Building House in Kram

The work has started with the pillars to the first floor, as usual it starts with rebars, then forms and last concrete. It's nice to see the pictures of the development when I'm not at the site. Soon time to leave the dark and cold Sweden.....

The concrete truck arrived yesterday to fill the first level of beams and today the form was removed. It's now possible to see the shape of the house. In two weeks (today) I will visit the site myself - I guess there will be more blog posts when I'm there. Taking of the forms Using Antisol to help curing the concrete

We have started the discussion about electricity in the house. There is a confusion between the standards they use (Thai -US) and the normal US standards. By sharing pictures, it's always easier to explain what you want. This is the 3-Way switch (S3) that is needed to be able to switch on and off the same light in two places (stairs as an example).

Full speed working with the forms to the first level of beams. There are now 12 people working on the site. When the concrete work is done, some of them will move to next project and be replaced with workers with other skills.

The first stage is now done, The platforms and the pillars are there. New pictures describing all the steps needed to complete the new stage is nailed at the big board by the "office". The second stage starts with the beams between the pillars on the ground level. As before the base for the beams are concrete (not styrofoam as we use in Sweden) - upon this there will be forms with cages of rebars filled with the factory produced concrete. Some pictures:

It's Sunday and the concrete work on the underground parts is almost done. The digger will come tomorrow and fill the last holes with soil and concrete beam work will start.

For a couple of days now the workers have concentrated to be finished with the foundation. Here is some pictures. The for is gone from the platform, now it has to cure. To support curing in the tropics, this chemical can help. With this the concrete will keep the moist within even if the temperature is 35 degrees (Celsius) and full sunshine. Two times is needed on every surface. Time for the pillars. Forms in place. Quality control - measurement The digger was here again - this picture shows the area. For me, it looks like a WW2 battlefield?