Having recently built a slow sand filter, I was quite excited to test it yesterday for the first time. WARNING: if you don’t want to read about what happens to the sewage in our house after the toilet is flushed, you should probably skip this post. 🙂 Our sewage system in BaanMae takes the black…
Restaurant review: Mama Dolores
Yesterday, Praew and I had our weekly Wednesday lunch date at Mama Dolores “Old Time Pizzeria”. It is on Yen Akat Rd. across the street from Le Petit Zinc, which is a nice little French Cafe that Praew and I have been to a few times. We ate in an outdoor seating area that had…
Roof insulation options
About a week ago, we spent some time living in BaanMae and I got to try out the experimental thermal design ideas during the hottest days of summer. One of the observations is that the sun beating down on the roof generates a lot of heat. The “wind tunnel roof” was doing a pretty impressive job…
Installing a ceiling fan
I am quite fond of ceiling fans. (Did you notice how I avoided the pun from the word “fan”?)I am fond of fans in general and as the weather gets hotter, I tend to crank up the fans rather than turning to an air conditioner. It is uncomfortable when you come from the ridiculous heat…
Wind tunnel roof test (part 2: the friggin hot season)
Back in December, I brought the temperature sensor up into the attic to see how my low thermal mass airflow based attic cooling design worked out. Well, based on our experiences recently living in BaanMae, I thought it would be worthwhile measuring the temperature again during this unusually-hot hot season. The following test was done…
Slow sand filter progress update
Yesterday, we filled in all but the last filtration layers of the slow sand filter prototype we started recently. Before we could fill it up, we needed to make the hole for the pipe water tight. It turned out not to need any silicone since the cement seal seemed water tight enough. The process we…
Walkway light posts prototype mounting done
The workers welded a steel mold for the base of the walkway lights. Here is our prototype mounted up: The test was to see how stable it is. It is quite stable. If you really try to push it over, it tips… but this is probably a good thing. The metal is not very strong,…
Slow sand filter design
Building a slow sand filter has been on my to-do list of projects for quite some time now. Its turn has finally come. We had previously purchased some large second hand urns from our neighbors for building a few slow sand filters: My current design starts with placing some PVC pipe in the bottom of…
Restaurant review: Avanti
Last night, Praew and I finally had the chance to try out Avanti for dinner. It is an Italian restaurant recommended by a friend of Praew’s that is within walking distance of Haba Kitchen, which I reviewed previously. Occasionally we go grocery shopping at the Villa Supermarket nearby there, and we take this street on…
A four wheel drive tuk-tuk
Today, on the way back from dinner, I snapped this picture of the tuk-tuk driving in front of us: In particular, make sure you check out the mud flaps. In case you are wondering why this is funny, a tuk-tuk only has three wheels. (Only two of which are powered, the front wheel being steered…
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