Maarten, watching you work is like watching myself. Like you, I am also a very exacting craftsman. I love your series and all of the attention to detail that you do. Fixing all of the panes of glass was crazy!!
Yeah, and now we have to replace them. We just received 220 meters of glazing-beads. Now we need to cut that to size, paint it and nail it into place. An other job out of hell.
Geweldig, die glaslatjes. Nu alles klaar is kan je erom lachen maar tijdens, een beetje veel gevloek in het NL's zou er bij mij wel uitkomen... mijn Thaise vrouw snapt die woorden...😊
Nice job, Sir! Those hollow-core doors are quite popular in the US as well, so please don’t blame Thailand for that. Your window carpenter is very talented with the mitre, but how on earth could he be so good at making window sashes and not know how the glass panes go in? I’m sure you asked yourself similar questions one thousand, six hundred times. Oy! It’s a beautiful house and I wish I could be doing the same thing. It’s wonderful to see your work, and your video is top notch. Thank you!
Ahh the latest model Seesaw toilet, must get myself one of those, just in case I run out of things to read, I can rock back and forth. Amazing! Great work again!
Really enjoyed the 4 videos so far and look forward to seeing your new house totally finished. I'm potentially about to take on a similar project and would love to hear your advice on how to hire trustworthy Thai construction workers. All the best.
It is very difficult to find good workers in Thailand. We had many, but only a few were "adequate". My advise is: Don't be afraid to send workers away if they don't do a good job. Keeping them out of a sense of "being nice" can become very very expensive if they mess up the wrong thing.
Beautiful house Maarten, I'm embarking on a house build next year in Thailand and I've been soaking up every Thai house build video i can to see how people do things. The right workmen help definitely but from what I've seen you have to be there most of the time to oversee everything if you want it done right or at the very least the important milestones. looking forward to see what you do with the surrounding area and thanks for the info on the kitchen. I too plan on using Ikea for the kitchen and a few other bits.
Absolutely brilliant job really enjoying your build videos , much stronger footings and foundation than normal Thai builds , very clever doing all this yourself
Thank you Maarten, was delighted to see this post, it’s a long process but you are getting there. You are over the hill so to speak. A really lovely job and I know what you mean when you say there is a lot to do. Looking forward to future videos of your build completion and you landscaping the grounds.
Wow a lovely style and different house shape as we normally see here ...well Done so far...let us join when the other thousands details done :-) >>> And enjoy it daily !! great home you have now !!
Nice vlog Maarten sir, being a carpenter myself I liked what I saw except for the window sashes lol, that must have been soul destroying cutting all those beads out, keep well and thanks for sharing.
love the process in building. always loved construction work. I was good at doing many jobs at my homes to build, increase curb appeal, additions, tiling, decking, etc. I did my research, drew a plan, checking costs, then proceeded in doing the work. watching your building, it reminded me of the many little things, if it could go wrong, it would. hope to watch more of you vlogs. best of luck.
Looks great!….and those windows..what a bummer…and you’re right about the saw…last year unfortunately I almost lost a few fingers in a bad accident with mine here in Thailand…I made a video on that…lol
@@Living-off-grid sure here it is... th-cam.com/video/dlN2o6zKHRQ/w-d-xo.html if you don't want to watch the whole vid the saw accident is revealed at about the 7:10 mark and after the explantion I show the post surgery unwrap at the 25:00 mark...enjoy..lol
Enjoying your videos. I have two questions. What is to insulation in the roof called and who supplied your kitchen cabinets? We are building a house in Bang Saray. Great job, look forward to the next video.
Hi Wayne, The roof insulation is a layer of foam and a aluminium foil radiation barrier. I don't know what brand or name. We just buy a 200 meter roll at a roof-sheet factory. The kitchen is from Ikea. You can design and order on their website. Good luck with your build.
Hi. The house itself is 138 M², not including the attic and terrace. Terrace (and carport) is an other 100 M² The price is hard to say as it has many things (water-tower, solar system, electric fence around 12 rai Forrest, shipping container for storage, generator, loads of tools) we had to buy just to build it. I would have to do a lot of calculating.
Hi. Love watching building videos like this (properly because I am not even close to be able to build anything) but may I ask why no solar panals on the house ?
I must say Maarten, if you weren't there the job would not have been in that shape or that complete, not at the rate these locals work. Working to them is a vocational holiday, nothing has a serious part to it, and blowing the draw line through the pipe is totally something new to them. Now they have learned some thing new, well done.
You are very right. In the beginning things were fine, but the closer we got to the finish-line, the more often they were "sick". At one point we simply let them go as nothing got done. So now I finish up myself. A lot of work but a lit less stress.
Looking very good. I was just wandering about the block size. You mention you used 15cm blocks. I have read that loadbearing blocks should be 20cm wide .What is your thought on this. Very interested because we plan to do our house using these blocks.
AAC blocks come in two varieties, G2 and G4, which determine the compression strength. G2 is a minimum of 25Kg/cm² and G4 is a minimum of 50Kg/cm². All blocks from 10 cm up can be bought in either of these varieties and Insee even makes 7.5 cm G4 blocks. You need to calculate the weight of the walls, the concrete ring on top, the roof steel and the roof covering (tiles or sheets). Then you have the "dead load" of that part of the house that puts weight on the first course of (load bearing) blocks. To be safe (and to approximate the dynamic load) you double that number. Now calculate the surface of the top course of (load bearing) blocks (that carries the concrete ring) in cm². Multiply this with 50 (assuming you used G4 blocks) and you have the minimum load bearing capacity. This must be higher than the calculated dynamic weight of your house that you calculated before. If it is not, you must increase the thickness of the load bearing walls. In our case the 15 cm blocks had more than enough load bearing capacity... and for insulation purposes we also did not need more. And why spend more than you need?
You are really neat and precise with your work. Not sure what Nationality you are but would guess Scandinavian or Swiss. Unlikely to be Swiss because you have a sense of humour.
Where did you get the kitchen cabinet set? It looks pretty nice. I've always kept my food stuffs on an open metal shelf because mold tends to fill up enclosed spaces so I'm curious how well kitchen cabinets actually work in this climate.
My Thai wife tells me that before you can build a house you have to pay an architect for plans and an engineer for the foundation and other approvals. Regardless if you have your own plans. Was this true in your case? Did you serve as your own building contractor or did you hire a company? Thanks
There is a simple trick around this rule: If your house is smaller than 150 M² and the colums no longer than 4 meters, you do not need an architect. You can submit your own plans (a simple floorplan with a description is enough) to the obatoo (how ever you spel that) and obtain the permit. Extensions to the house do not need a building permit, so you can make it bigger if you want later on, but in reality 150 M² is quite big.
Thanks for the info, there is no requirement for an engineer's approval for the foundation and structure, etc? You must have planned a very long time for this effort, including which particular contractors you got involved with during the various aspects of construction. No doubt you had a place to stay nearby with Thai family while the house was being built..@@Living-off-grid
@@robdavinroy1761 No contractors. I did all myself. We just hired local workers. There is no need for an engineer to approve the plans. The obatoo has a few engineers and they take a look and either approve or tell you what to change. They also visit on site to check if you follow the plan. In our case, a house without columns, they could not even follow the math of the load-bearing capacity, so they simply approved it right away.
You mean window-putty? Sadly not available in Thailand. I tried to make my own with linseed-oil and calcium, but that did not work. Anyway, the silicone is not exposed to direct sunlight, so it will last long enough. Probably longer than me 😂
Great job 👏👏👏
It is a pleasure to see your attention to details, and accuracy.
Maarten, watching you work is like watching myself. Like you, I am also a very exacting craftsman. I love your series and all of the attention to detail that you do. Fixing all of the panes of glass was crazy!!
Yeah, and now we have to replace them.
We just received 220 meters of glazing-beads.
Now we need to cut that to size, paint it and nail it into place.
An other job out of hell.
Geweldig, die glaslatjes. Nu alles klaar is kan je erom lachen maar tijdens, een beetje veel gevloek in het NL's zou er bij mij wel uitkomen... mijn Thaise vrouw snapt die woorden...😊
Ja, ik was er niet echt gelukkig mee. 😢
I like how You went with a Western style Home. My Wife has a field
In Buriram, We are going to build a house and fish hatchery. 🙂
Nice job, Sir! Those hollow-core doors are quite popular in the US as well, so please don’t blame Thailand for that. Your window carpenter is very talented with the mitre, but how on earth could he be so good at making window sashes and not know how the glass panes go in? I’m sure you asked yourself similar questions one thousand, six hundred times. Oy! It’s a beautiful house and I wish I could be doing the same thing. It’s wonderful to see your work, and your video is top notch. Thank you!
Ahh the latest model Seesaw toilet, must get myself one of those, just in case I run out of things to read, I can rock back and forth. Amazing!
Great work again!
Fantastic videos, the house building is a lot of work, but making these great videos is a lot of work, too.
Really enjoyed the 4 videos so far and look forward to seeing your new house totally finished. I'm potentially about to take on a similar project and would love to hear your advice on how to hire trustworthy Thai construction workers. All the best.
It is very difficult to find good workers in Thailand. We had many, but only a few were "adequate".
My advise is: Don't be afraid to send workers away if they don't do a good job. Keeping them out of a sense of "being nice" can become very very expensive if they mess up the wrong thing.
Beautiful house Maarten, I'm embarking on a house build next year in Thailand and I've been soaking up every Thai house build video i can to see how people do things. The right workmen help definitely but from what I've seen you have to be there most of the time to oversee everything if you want it done right or at the very least the important milestones. looking forward to see what you do with the surrounding area and thanks for the info on the kitchen. I too plan on using Ikea for the kitchen and a few other bits.
Absolutely brilliant job really enjoying your build videos , much stronger footings and foundation than normal Thai builds , very clever doing all this yourself
Maarten, you are best of all the builder I've seen in Thailand.
Thank you Maarten, was delighted to see this post, it’s a long process but you are getting there. You are over the hill so to speak. A really lovely job and I know what you mean when you say there is a lot to do. Looking forward to future videos of your build completion and you landscaping the grounds.
Wow a lovely style and different house shape as we normally see here ...well Done so far...let us join when the other thousands details done :-) >>> And enjoy it daily !! great home you have now !!
Your creativity, video producing and editing skills are exceeded only by your construction abilities.
Thank you for sharing and educating us.
Nice vlog Maarten sir, being a carpenter myself I liked what I saw except for the window sashes lol, that must have been soul destroying cutting all those beads out, keep well and thanks for sharing.
love the process in building. always loved construction work. I was good at doing many jobs at my homes to build, increase curb appeal, additions, tiling, decking, etc. I did my research, drew a plan, checking costs, then proceeded in doing the work. watching your building, it reminded me of the many little things, if it could go wrong, it would. hope to watch more of you vlogs. best of luck.
Maarten geweldig om jouw video's te kijken. Compliment voor jouw bouw stijl, maar ook zeker voor de editing van jouw video's.
That's such a nice location. I have endless problems with neighbors here so that's going to solve so many problems for you. :)
Man, oh man wat een werk aan die raamkozijnen. Ik zou er gek van worden... Maar het resultaat is er wel naar. Super!
บ้านสวยมากๆค่ะ ล้อมรอบด้วยต้นไม้ธรรมชาติ
you should be a building manager/inspector for hire ;)
Looks great!….and those windows..what a bummer…and you’re right about the saw…last year unfortunately I almost lost a few fingers in a bad accident with mine here in Thailand…I made a video on that…lol
Yes, that is a scary tool.
I hope all is well with your fingers now.
Do you have a link to that video?
@@Living-off-grid sure here it is... th-cam.com/video/dlN2o6zKHRQ/w-d-xo.html if you don't want to watch the whole vid the saw accident is revealed at about the 7:10 mark and after the explantion I show the post surgery unwrap at the 25:00 mark...enjoy..lol
Hi Maarten
When will you be doing the next video? I look forward to seeing the finished product
I hope soon.
But hard to say exactly when. A lot depends on the progress and delivery of materials.
Respekt man, Goed gedaan.
Enjoying your videos. I have two questions. What is to insulation in the roof called and who supplied your kitchen cabinets? We are building a house in Bang Saray. Great job, look forward to the next video.
Hi Wayne,
The roof insulation is a layer of foam and a aluminium foil radiation barrier. I don't know what brand or name. We just buy a 200 meter roll at a roof-sheet factory.
The kitchen is from Ikea. You can design and order on their website.
Good luck with your build.
Sorry mister for my bad english. How much you put in for this beatifull house ? And how much square meter is this ?
Hi.
The house itself is 138 M², not including the attic and terrace. Terrace (and carport) is an other 100 M²
The price is hard to say as it has many things (water-tower, solar system, electric fence around 12 rai Forrest, shipping container for storage, generator, loads of tools) we had to buy just to build it.
I would have to do a lot of calculating.
God bless you and your family sir
@Maarten: Man, what is it with you and windows in Thailand? 😂😂 I think the Wicked Witch from the Window Shop must have cursed you 😜
She probably did. 🤣😂
Hi. Love watching building videos like this (properly because I am not even close to be able to build anything) but may I ask why no solar panals on the house ?
Ohh, but there are. 😊
They will be in one of the next videos.
@@Living-off-grid Ah ok. :)
I must say Maarten, if you weren't there the job would not have been in that shape or that complete, not at the rate these locals work. Working to them is a vocational holiday, nothing has a serious part to it, and blowing the draw line through the pipe is totally something new to them. Now they have learned some thing new, well done.
You are very right.
In the beginning things were fine, but the closer we got to the finish-line, the more often they were "sick".
At one point we simply let them go as nothing got done. So now I finish up myself. A lot of work but a lit less stress.
You are certainly learning how to build with a Thai crew the hard way… 555!
@@garyprice6504 Is there an easy way? 🤣😂
Looking very good. I was just wandering about the block size. You mention you used 15cm blocks.
I have read that loadbearing blocks should be 20cm wide .What is your thought on this. Very interested because we plan to do our house using these blocks.
AAC blocks come in two varieties, G2 and G4, which determine the compression strength.
G2 is a minimum of 25Kg/cm² and G4 is a minimum of 50Kg/cm².
All blocks from 10 cm up can be bought in either of these varieties and Insee even makes 7.5 cm G4 blocks.
You need to calculate the weight of the walls, the concrete ring on top, the roof steel and the roof covering (tiles or sheets).
Then you have the "dead load" of that part of the house that puts weight on the first course of (load bearing) blocks.
To be safe (and to approximate the dynamic load) you double that number.
Now calculate the surface of the top course of (load bearing) blocks (that carries the concrete ring) in cm².
Multiply this with 50 (assuming you used G4 blocks) and you have the minimum load bearing capacity.
This must be higher than the calculated dynamic weight of your house that you calculated before.
If it is not, you must increase the thickness of the load bearing walls.
In our case the 15 cm blocks had more than enough load bearing capacity... and for insulation purposes we also did not need more.
And why spend more than you need?
@@Living-off-grid Thanks a lot. Very useful info. Can maybe save some money😀.Our hose only one story whit simple metal roof.
You are really neat and precise with your work.
Not sure what Nationality you are but would guess Scandinavian or Swiss.
Unlikely to be Swiss because you have a sense of humour.
🤣😂 No, definitely not Swiss.
I am Dutch. That is a bit like a German engineer but with a sense of humor and mostly the ability to ridicule myself.
so good~
Where did you get the kitchen cabinet set? It looks pretty nice. I've always kept my food stuffs on an open metal shelf because mold tends to fill up enclosed spaces so I'm curious how well kitchen cabinets actually work in this climate.
Hi Hairy,
The kitchen is from Ikea. Great stuff, easy to assemble and comes with a no nonsense 25 year warranty.
@@Living-off-grid Great thanks. We're in the north and I believe the only Ikea in in BKK. How much did it cost if you don't mind me asking?
In total about 150.000
We ordered all on-line. Never set a foot in the shop.
Their website has a "kitchen planner" in which you design the kitchen.
Did that include the bench top?
@@anthony7091 No. The worktop is from a different supplier.
My Thai wife tells me that before you can build a house you have to pay an architect for plans and an engineer for the foundation and other approvals. Regardless if you have your own plans. Was this true in your case? Did you serve as your own building contractor or did you hire a company? Thanks
There is a simple trick around this rule: If your house is smaller than 150 M² and the colums no longer than 4 meters, you do not need an architect.
You can submit your own plans (a simple floorplan with a description is enough) to the obatoo (how ever you spel that) and obtain the permit.
Extensions to the house do not need a building permit, so you can make it bigger if you want later on, but in reality 150 M² is quite big.
Thanks for the info, there is no requirement for an engineer's approval for the foundation and structure, etc? You must have planned a very long time for this effort, including which particular contractors you got involved with during the various aspects of construction. No doubt you had a place to stay nearby with Thai family while the house was being built..@@Living-off-grid
@@robdavinroy1761 No contractors. I did all myself.
We just hired local workers.
There is no need for an engineer to approve the plans. The obatoo has a few engineers and they take a look and either approve or tell you what to change.
They also visit on site to check if you follow the plan.
In our case, a house without columns, they could not even follow the math of the load-bearing capacity, so they simply approved it right away.
Don’t recommend the carpenter guy to anyone, unreal how you managed to work it all out yourself great job
Yeah, that carpenter was a nightmare.
Cheap doors are the same everywhere; they are hollow inside with egg box type fillers.
What surprised me was that the end (bottom) had this small hollow space and not, as usual, a plank.
should use putty silicone doesent last
You mean window-putty? Sadly not available in Thailand.
I tried to make my own with linseed-oil and calcium, but that did not work.
Anyway, the silicone is not exposed to direct sunlight, so it will last long enough. Probably longer than me 😂
*promosm*