Thai House Build Week 11 - Walls & Roof go up

Week 11 of our Thai house build saw the block work for walls begin along with the start of the roofing system. Both teams are working alongside each other on site. Week 10 was a week off for the builders while the column concrete cured for 7 days. Good progress is being made, in between rain showers.

[@rimzalia1362]

Ensure your contractor install wire mesh where concrete meet AAC blocks. It avoids surface wall crack in the future

[@mabamabam]

Interesting.
Its like a standard south asian post and beam but updated a bit with the concrete slab, steel roof, and AAC.

[@OiAndyAum]

I don't understand why most of the people use the 7.5cm blocks. The heat insulation will be much better with Q-CON blocks with 15 or 20cm thickness. And you avoid all the corners next to the pillars....and you don't have to use two raws of blocks.

[@RetiredTranquilinThailand]

@@OiAndyAum it likely relates to cost of blocks & construction & related item costs for the likes of windows & door sizes for the wider dimensions. Lots of people are restricted by a budget - is my thoughts.

[@OiAndyAum]

@@RetiredTranquilinThailand Thanks for the feedback. We are actually also building a house in Thailand and we decided to use 20x60x20 blocks. For sure more expensive but not that much and less work and better heat protection.