Thanks for watching and sharing the content all- we hope you are doing well - will keep everyone posted on the costs soon. There will be a small break in the build as damo and Otis come to Bali. In February we also plan to build a retreat in our rice fields 🙏👍
Hi Ryan Damo & tis the cottage is taking shape now can't wait to see it Finished . Damo is doing a good job as site manager and tis loves watching all the lorries coming and going hope the weather stays good for you 👍😎👌🤝🙏
Never underestimate the ability of Thai women to manage and get things done. The project appears to be in very capable hands and is coming along quite nicely!
Sorry but couldn't help myself after seeing the thumbnail, Green Acres is the place to be. Farm livin' is the life for me. Land spreadin' out so far and wide Keep wherever, just give me that countryside
Hiya, what a great video. Love watching the process. Damo is doing so well. You both are. You're a great couple. So excited for you both. Really enjoyed watching them. Have a great week.
After watching the channel for so long, how could anyone doubt Damo's managing skills. Being Thai, Damo can communicate with the contractor better and ensure you get the kind of job you want. Her narration adds to the video. It seems the project will come along quickly. Many blessings to you and your family.
Damo is absolutely capable of managing this project. Much respect to both of you living how you wanna live and being a complete team. Many blessings from God to you and your family Love love ❤️ the channel
Damo is most definitely able to manage this on her own thats for sure.. Such respect to Damo what a lady she , an amazing couple thats for such good luck in whatever you do you deserve to be successful. Once again great video from Damo
Fully agree Ryan- project is in very safe hands with Damo - Otis was really excited when the truck dumped the sand in the yard. Can’t wait until it’s finished. Cheers from Downunder.
Good to see the progress.. And well done for trusting Damo completely.. She will do an excellent job! Thai women never shy away from being in charge of a project ☺️👍💪
Well done Damo!!! You have really done such a fantastic job with the vlogs. Your voice sounds awesome. You’re a wonderful mum and wife and I admire you so much. You sure know how to hold the fort in the absence of Ryan. I eagerly look forward to all your content… so breathtaking and relaxing to watch. Hugs to all
One more bill ! Lol! We all know that feeling! Thank you for including us on your home build! So happy your wonderful family is able to build this home! Tis is sooooo adorable!
You sir and your wife make a very good team and to me it appears your wife is doing a fine job project managing. I can't wait to see the finished cottage. Great vlog once again.
It's all coming along very nicely under the scrutiny of project manager Damo. As well as keeping an eye on this, looking after Otis, feeding the animals and caring for the farm, the photography for this vlog was great. Well done Damo. Ryan you are right to trust your wife as she is spot on. What a team you are. God bless you all. 😀🙏❤️
Wow, coming along nicely! And ya kill me Ryan explaining to the haters why you and Damo are doing things the way you are. It is none of their business. Any who awesome video as always, be safe in Bali!
Yeah Damo and her mom seem to have things under control. Construction also seems to be going very well. And I dont know about other people but I find Damon’s English very good/understandable… the subtitles must take more time to do… dont know if they’re needed imo. Cheers!
I know the engineers work it out, but my primitive mind looks at anything that can catch the wind, and I think about the weather in Thailand, and I think "It'll never take that!" Every stadium, every gym, every mechanics' workshop, I look and I think that force when the wind hits that must lift the foundations. I lived in a tower block in Glasgow. The top could move about a foot in the wind.
Well done Damo. I have been away from this channel for far too long. The cottage will be stunning. Breathtaking & my words will absolutely be inadequate. Magnificent!! Blessings to you all. I am sending peace light & love your way. SINCERELY Charlie Boston USA
@@lifeinruralthailand Although I only know you through your videos I am confident to say you are among the best men I know. You are a good teacher. Thank you for all you do for us. And that is also more than my words can say
I totally get why they want the roof up first. I have a lot of respect for these hardened Issan workers. Making that kind of work in the scorching heat is no joke. That is something that is not easy to understand from a video, it must be experienced.
Damo is smart am sure Ryan's absence will not effect the construction in any way because like Ryan said they are planning n deciding things together on video calling. Thanks for sharing this building vlogs, will be exciting to see Ryan's family come to visit in near future
Well done Damo you are doing a fantastic job, look forward to seeing your cottage when it’s finished. Lovely to see the trust you and Ryan have in each other and to see how happy and positive you both are . ❤️❤️❤️
Looking good 👍 puzzled why they don't clear the land put a base down before concrete here in ny we must do that or it will crack . 😉 but very interesting why they build 🤔 that way . Stay safe 🙏
A friend and his wife have recently completed a similar build on a small farm up in Udon. As with Damo she completly managed the build. He just did the BBQ area. Turned out great I believe😁
Very exciting stuff Ryan, really looking forward to seeing the next instalment. Damo seems to have it all under control, so many things to consider and communicate, it's a lot of work!
What stupid people said you should be there. Damo has shown she can do just about anything. I am happy for your trust and respect for each other. Go Damo.
It's best to leave Damo to it cuz they will not listen to the farang, they will smile and say "ok, thank you" and then go back and do it the way they were gonna do it anyway. My wife has been awesome managing every aspect of our build including the government paperwork.
Looking good, having built a house in Ayuthaya last year and not being there due to COVID; I have since discovered some dodgy work by the building co. So important to have some one keeping an eye out on the build. Can’t wait to see the finish. Love the timber posts feature. great touch
curious why you didn’t choose cob or adobe to build?? I think the style would fit your lifestyle and offer superior energy saving. There seems to be a cob movement in Thailand. PunPun has been teaching and hosting workshops, starting a grassroots movement
Interesting way to build a house, I agree tin roof can be noisy specially in Thailand where the rain buckets down and great project management by Damo👌
Hi mate . I seen you on Paddy's vid 😁 i love how you do the farm life , i spend most of my time out on the farm in Nakhon Pathom prov We have a little koi fish farn / banana's . I miss it there so much and i look forward on watching your vids mate 👍
fantastic altho i do have some concerns.... the concrete pillars need to be braced from one bottom corner to the opposite top corner (diagonally) on everyside to brace it together to stop it from swaying in high winds and possibly clapsing. but it does look like its going to be a magnificent building. keep up the good work damo.... 👍👍👍
It does seem like the perpendicular brick wall will act as the bracing required to prevent swaying of the building both ways... No real danger here though swaying is real in some bamboo hits that's not braced... 😁😁
Well its looking bigger than what I imagined and not adjacent to the previous one they built .Is this a separate unit and do you still plan to extend the original and enclose it for night use? Damo doing well and sounding more at home in front of camera
Do you think they would wear helmets and safety shoes if you buy it for them? I would be really afraid that something happens on my construction site. I am very excited to see the complete house!!
How deep was your concrete post under the ground? Is it precast? Thanks. Have a wonderful life in the tropics, enjoyed you videos and thanks for sharing them.
Awesome I can't belive the price on steel so very cheap. We are paying ridiculous amounts in Australia its up 60% we are getting ripped off. We'll done building manager lol😊🙏🙏
Hey Ryan and Damo and Otis, 13 years and you're complaining about just starting to building? I've been here for 15 years and haven't even started yet. LOL
Civil Engineering Consultant Here: It's not good to pour concrete directly on grass and topsoil since this can frequently lead to cracks. If it's not too late, have them strip off all the organic material like grass etc and about 10 cm or more of soil and build it back up with a couple of layers of well compacted non-organic clean fill.
One observation that I have, having poured quite a lot of concrete in my time is the concrete those guys are mixing has a very high 'Slump'. I guess there must be a good reason for this in Thailand?
Thanks for watching and sharing the content all- we hope you are doing well - will keep everyone posted on the costs soon. There will be a small break in the build as damo and Otis come to Bali. In February we also plan to build a retreat in our rice fields 🙏👍
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I will wait to see your lovely house Damo
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Hi Ryan Damo & tis the cottage is taking shape now can't wait to see it Finished . Damo is doing a good job as site manager and tis loves watching all the lorries coming and going hope the weather stays good for you 👍😎👌🤝🙏
Never underestimate the ability of Thai women to manage and get things done. The project appears to be in very capable hands and is coming along quite nicely!
Amen
Sorry but couldn't help myself after seeing the thumbnail,
Green Acres is the place to be.
Farm livin' is the life for me.
Land spreadin' out so far and wide
Keep wherever, just give me that countryside
🙌🙌🙌
great to see Damo in full control of the project - love the music on your videos Ryan
Thank you Marty - all the best brother 👍🙏
Hiya, what a great video. Love watching the process. Damo is doing so well. You both are. You're a great couple. So excited for you both. Really enjoyed watching them. Have a great week.
Thank you! You too!
Great video Damo & Ryan , good to see a great team at work , and not a hi-viz jacket in sight ! Stay safe
It's nice to hear Damo talking, she is a good narrator. Good luck with this project.
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After watching the channel for so long, how could anyone doubt Damo's managing skills. Being Thai, Damo can communicate with the contractor better and ensure you get the kind of job you want. Her narration adds to the video. It seems the project will come along quickly. Many blessings to you and your family.
Cheers Stephen 🙏😁
Damo is absolutely capable of managing this project. Much respect to both of you living how you wanna live and being a complete team. Many blessings from God to you and your family Love love ❤️ the channel
Thank you Michael 🙏
Damo you're doing well hats off to you
Thank you 🙏
Damo is most definitely able to manage this on her own thats for sure.. Such respect to Damo what a lady she , an amazing couple thats for such good luck in whatever you do you deserve to be successful. Once again great video from Damo
Thanks Michael!
Damo , great job on the narration
Thank you 🙏
Agreed, and the filming too.
Nice one Damo great progress and yes the Thai workmen are fast.
congratulations on the start of building your house!
Thank you 🙏
Fully agree Ryan- project is in very safe hands with Damo - Otis was really excited when the truck dumped the sand in the yard. Can’t wait until it’s finished. Cheers from Downunder.
Good to see the progress.. And well done for trusting Damo completely.. She will do an excellent job!
Thai women never shy away from being in charge of a project ☺️👍💪
Thank you!
This is amazing! 13 years of expat:) Well done, sir!
Great progress.Glad to see that the rain stayed away for some time.Welding and water dont go together.Ask me😊😊Stay safe Damo and Ryan and Spider man.
Cheers Henry 🙏👍
Great video Damo & Ryan, good to see a great team at work , at not a hi-viz jacket in sight ! Stay safe
🤣🤣🤣
I think yr house will turn out very nice. Misery is growing bigger. 😄
Well done Damo!!!
You have really done such a fantastic job with the vlogs. Your voice sounds awesome. You’re a wonderful mum and wife and I admire you so much. You sure know how to hold the fort in the absence of Ryan.
I eagerly look forward to all your content… so breathtaking and relaxing to watch. Hugs to all
Thank you Michelle 🙏🙏
One more bill ! Lol! We all know that feeling! Thank you for including us on your home build! So happy your wonderful family is able to build this home! Tis is sooooo adorable!
Damon has a nice voice for narration! This house is going to be awesome! Keep on keeping on!🙏🙏
Thank you brotha!
Dang spell check, I meant Damo!😂
Looks like it coming along great. 2 thumbs up!!!!
Thank you Samuel 🙏🙏
I can’t wait to see the finish built cottage. Love your channel. The music in this video is amazing. 🏡
You sir and your wife make a very good team and to me it appears your wife is doing a fine job project managing. I can't wait to see the finished cottage. Great vlog once again.
Thanks Jason, appreciate it!
looking good. damo doing and great job.
Thank you Peter 🙏
So nice to watch the house's progress and Damo has such a sweet voice,thumb up for Damo's management 👍🌺
It is so easy to watch in TH-cam but I know it is not something easy to achieve. I really envy the achievements. May life treats you well.
It's all coming along very nicely under the scrutiny of project manager Damo. As well as keeping an eye on this, looking after Otis, feeding the animals and caring for the farm, the photography for this vlog was great. Well done Damo. Ryan you are right to trust your wife as she is spot on. What a team you are. God bless you all. 😀🙏❤️
Wow, coming along nicely! And ya kill me Ryan explaining to the haters why you and Damo are doing things the way you are. It is none of their business. Any who awesome video as always, be safe in Bali!
Cheers Tony 🙏
Yeah Damo and her mom seem to have things under control. Construction also seems to be going very well. And I dont know about other people but I find Damon’s English very good/understandable… the subtitles must take more time to do… dont know if they’re needed imo. Cheers!
Oh the whining I have to read without them is worse than the time it takes 👍😊
@@lifeinruralthailand lol fair enough
I know the engineers work it out, but my primitive mind looks at anything that can catch the wind, and I think about the weather in Thailand, and I think "It'll never take that!" Every stadium, every gym, every mechanics' workshop, I look and I think that force when the wind hits that must lift the foundations. I lived in a tower block in Glasgow. The top could move about a foot in the wind.
Well done Damo. I have been away from this channel for far too long. The cottage will be stunning. Breathtaking & my words will absolutely be inadequate. Magnificent!! Blessings to you all. I am sending peace light & love your way. SINCERELY Charlie Boston USA
Thank you Charlie 🙏
@@lifeinruralthailand Although I only know you through your videos I am confident to say you are among the best men I know. You are a good teacher. Thank you for all you do for us. And that is also more than my words can say
Excellent block again good to see damo getting involved she is well capable of managing this
House coming on nicely Ryan !!! Damo and Tis are doing a great job, I am looking forward to see the finish of the house
Love house under the sun...and rain 👏🙏
Your family deserves the best life has to offer. You are good souls.
Thank you Mark 🙏
This is awesome Ryan. Great progress. Really enjoying following this. Hope your family has fun together in Bali!
Beautiful and interesting as always!
Blessings to you and your family!
Thank you - you too 👍👍🙏🙏
❤️🙏🏼So interesting & excited to see end result. 💞💞💞💋💋💋
Enjoyed the vlogg.Can’t wait for the next one . Me and my girlfriend will be building a small house in a few months
Good job young lady!! You have been so busy and things look terrific!! Enjoyed this video and how Perfectly Homey u make Us Feel!!
I totally get why they want the roof up first. I have a lot of respect for these hardened Issan workers. Making that kind of work in the scorching heat is no joke. That is something that is not easy to understand from a video, it must be experienced.
That's so wonderful. It must be so satisfying to see it all coming together. Congratulations. A Milestone in your super interesting life journey.
Damo is smart am sure Ryan's absence will not effect the construction in any way because like Ryan said they are planning n deciding things together on video calling. Thanks for sharing this building vlogs, will be exciting to see Ryan's family come to visit in near future
Well done Damo you are doing a fantastic job, look forward to seeing your cottage when it’s finished. Lovely to see the trust you and Ryan have in each other and to see how happy and positive you both are . ❤️❤️❤️
The new build is coming along nicely. What an exciting project and thumbs up for Damo 👍 (I always look forward to your video on Sunday after lunch 😀)🙏
Looking good 👍 puzzled why they don't clear the land put a base down before concrete here in ny we must do that or it will crack . 😉 but very interesting why they build 🤔 that way . Stay safe 🙏
You're doing a great job Damo. Have a great day Jeff
The copper windmill yard ornament is beautiful !
This is so exciting! Can't wait for the finished build!
Thanks Chris hope you are both well 🙏🙏
Damo, great job on what you choose to film on the house build!
Demo está haciendo un estupendo trabajo con la supervisión de la obra. Quedará hermoso!!!
Looking good! Thank you so much for sharing. :)
Great video ! I love to see how it comes together ! Well done Damo 💕🌷
The Cottage is coming on great Ryan. Looks awesome. Very interesting to see the building process
Thank you Matt 🙏
A friend and his wife have recently completed a similar build on a small farm up in Udon. As with Damo she completly managed the build. He just did the BBQ area. Turned out great I believe😁
Very cool!
Great update brother. Build looks fantastic 👍
Cheers Carlos 🙏🙏
Very exciting stuff Ryan, really looking forward to seeing the next instalment. Damo seems to have it all under control, so many things to consider and communicate, it's a lot of work!
Thanks Joe - hope you are well my friend 🙏🙏
Girl power! Great job managing this project Damo!
Looking great so far ……… go Damo
Cheers Terry 👍👍
What stupid people said you should be there. Damo has shown she can do just about anything. I am happy for your trust and respect for each other. Go Damo.
Thank you 🙏
Lookin' good, youngsters!
8:08 Arrgh, those ground beams!
Congratulations! I hope you enjoy it for a very long time.
It's best to leave Damo to it cuz they will not listen to the farang, they will smile and say "ok, thank you" and then go back and do it the way they were gonna do it anyway. My wife has been awesome managing every aspect of our build including the government paperwork.
Awesome
Thanks 🙏
Beautiful l can’t wait to see your new house 🏡
Looking good, having built a house in Ayuthaya last year and not being there due to COVID; I have since discovered some dodgy work by the building co. So important to have some one keeping an eye out on the build. Can’t wait to see the finish. Love the timber posts feature. great touch
Nice!
curious why you didn’t choose cob or adobe to build?? I think the style would fit your lifestyle and offer superior energy saving. There seems to be a cob movement in Thailand. PunPun has been teaching and hosting workshops, starting a grassroots movement
Using local builders this is what they know 🙏😁
Love that cement mixer 😆😎👍
Interesting way to build a house, I agree tin roof can be noisy specially in Thailand where the rain buckets down and great project management by Damo👌
Hi mate .
I seen you on Paddy's vid 😁 i love how you do the farm life , i spend most of my time out on the farm in Nakhon Pathom prov
We have a little koi fish farn / banana's . I miss it there so much and i look forward on watching your vids mate 👍
Thanks and welcome to the channel!
Wow alot has been done in a short space of time
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Thank you for sharing , looking forward to the next one
Merci, c est très intéressant et la music est TOP
Hey, what was the name of the Thai/English language learning app you had recommended before?
Hello talk 👍🙏
fantastic altho i do have some concerns....
the concrete pillars need to be braced from one bottom corner to the opposite top corner (diagonally) on everyside to brace it together to stop it from swaying in high winds and possibly clapsing.
but it does look like its going to be a magnificent building.
keep up the good work damo....
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Be reet, every building in this village has been built this way for the past 50+ years and most of Thailand I suspect - no problems 👍
It does seem like the perpendicular brick wall will act as the bracing required to prevent swaying of the building both ways... No real danger here though swaying is real in some bamboo hits that's not braced... 😁😁
so the walls inbetween the concrete posts will be made from brick and not bamboo.?
Looking good
Thanks Russell 🙏
Well its looking bigger than what I imagined and not adjacent to the previous one they built .Is this a separate unit and do you still plan to extend the original and enclose it for night use?
Damo doing well and sounding more at home in front of camera
The original build will have doors put on and a pantry added. The cottage is separate 👍🙏
Excellent
Do you think they would wear helmets and safety shoes if you buy it for them? I would be really afraid that something happens on my construction site. I am very excited to see the complete house!!
Probably not 🤣🤣
Nice to follow this project 👏
Cheers Willem 🙏
Boss lady can handle it. All metal, good choice, no termites.
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looking good..L.A Rob
How deep was your concrete post under the ground? Is it precast? Thanks. Have a wonderful life in the tropics, enjoyed you videos and thanks for sharing them.
Been follow for a while .just want to say thank you.wfr hans in bangkok
Hey Hans, thanks for coming along for the ride! 🙏😊🇹🇭
Nothing like being perched on a lightening rod during the summer storms.
Awesome I can't belive the price on steel so very cheap. We are paying ridiculous amounts in Australia its up 60% we are getting ripped off. We'll done building manager lol😊🙏🙏
Thank you 🙏
Hey Ryan and Damo and Otis, 13 years and you're complaining about just starting to building? I've been here for 15 years and haven't even started yet. LOL
Civil Engineering Consultant Here: It's not good to pour concrete directly on grass and topsoil since this can frequently lead to cracks. If it's not too late, have them strip off all the organic material like grass etc and about 10 cm or more of soil and build it back up with a couple of layers of well compacted non-organic clean fill.
looking for a comment like that. it also lookekd kind of strange to me that they did that
They won’t pour into the grass - future episode 👍
One observation that I have, having poured quite a lot of concrete in my time is the concrete those guys are mixing has a very high 'Slump'. I guess there must be a good reason for this in Thailand?
How do you source the huge tree poles? They are awesome!
Where do you get your music?