Thailand House Build - Brickwork

Brickwork begins on our house construction in Loei Thailand

[@noninamvong2873]

Love to see the house progressives. Can’t wait to see it.

[@MrMartgolf]

Thank you for sharing your journey 🙏🙏🙏

[@canuckinisaan8242]

Thanks for watching the videos. Glad you enjoyed them

[@StevenSacto]

Keep them coming. Love learning

[@canuckinisaan8242]

Thanks for watching. New video coming soon.

[@douglaswilliams4274]

Nice progress.. I know u r excited !

[@wealthyperson3108]

Sad to see house made out of AAC being done this way - block are way too thin which will help with bulging AC bills + some brickwork questions leave no doubts in a bit shoddy job done by cutting alot of corners, actually roof trusses made of steel is very decent solution but kinda dubious about steel beams to carry weight of the roof and trusses. Hopefully they'll be alright. Not quite saw how both sides of them are interconnected as they has to be. Anyways you're brave guy ! Good luck with this build !

[@MM-sf3rl]

The brick are an excellent way to conduct heat into the house, and as the bricks cool at night, more heat will be released into the house. Ancient technology and methods.

[@spicypeteinthailand8732]

ohhh... thanks for mentioning me... LOL. it is coming together nicely.

[@canuckinisaan8242]

Hopefully steady progress in the next few weeks

[@SullyMadoori]

Thanks for sharing. Ive seen builders in the Philippines and I dont know how those houses are still standing. These Thai builders rocked

[@canuckinisaan8242]

thanks for watching. yes, we are happy with the job that our builders did.

[@sebastianrustica9511]

Taking shape nicely 👍👍

[@AmericanInThailand]

Great open floor plan! You have the kitchen out in the open like we love! And great call with the walk in pantry!

[@canuckinisaan8242]

Thanks, we think this floor plan will work for us..

[@PolarAttack]

Another tip that might be useful. When the electrician was putting our lights in the walk-in closets he naturally wanted to center them to the room. But having the wardrobe cabinets on one side made it ideal to move the lights off center and center them above the open area. Also, when it comes to your electrical panel you need to tell them where to put it. Otherwise they may install it in the middle of your dining room wall. Because it’s easier.

[@canuckinisaan8242]

Those are good points. Noni will have to keep watch for that, and the placement of all the plugs and switches.

[@AmericanInThailand]

We used track lights in our small walk-in closet , since like you said, shelves were off to one side.

[@darwinjina]

I can understand that point. Myself, had to put spot lights above the bathroom mirror. (women want to see their face. lol)

[@khongkhamonepeng4600]

I wish you added a floor plan in the end? Looking very nice! 👍

[@canuckinisaan8242]

Thanks very much. There are floor plans in some of the other videos..

[@ricksolosailor5804]

Thanks for sharing. Well planned. Good storage. Love the open concept. You’re certain to be very happy in your new home. Cheers from a fellow Canuck! BTW, have you connected with Merv, yet another Canuck, from up your area?

[@canuckinisaan8242]

Thanks for checking out the video and thanks for the comments. No, I have not connected with him, what city/village is he in? The only other Canucks I have connected with here are Pete from Vancouver and Michelle from Montreal.

[@confucius247]

One very important tip if you want to keep your house cool and your electricity costs down. That is, if you haven't already thought about it, i.e. install sisalation (good quality), preferably thermal reflective sisalation under your roof tiles, a little expensive, but well worth it in the long run. This will reduce the time it takes for the suns heat from the tiles to enter your roof space, then put in Stay Cool R38 ceiling batts above your gypsum plasterboard ceilings which will stop the heat transferring down to your living areas/bedrooms, then finally, a couple of good whirly birds, vented eaves and some vents just under the front gable to keep the hot air flow moving in your roof space to be extracted by the whirly birds. I spend most of my time indoors and never have to turn on the air conditioner, except 20 minutes before going to bed to cool the room down, e.g. the bricks do heat up during the day and the heat does enter through the glass windows. I then I switch a fan on, once I turn off the air conditioner to allow the cool air to circulate all night. It's a huge win every month when the electricity bill rocks up when comparing electricity bills with other farangs, rarely over 1,500 baht a month, summer might be as high as 2,000 baht, that's with 6 people living here, using 3 bathrooms and lots of fans, seriously no use for the air conditioners which keeps the electricity costs down, but the main thing is being comfortable in your house, that or let the sweat pour off of you when your sitting down, or have a high electricity bill every month and dry skin, dry throat and itchy eyes. Good luck.

[@canuckinisaan8242]

We do have insulation under the roof tiles…. And the ceiling tiles are insulated. If required, we’ll add insulation above the ceilings. We will not be living there during the hot season, so not too worried about it right now. Thanks for the tips.

[@darwinjina]

have not seen wirlybirds in thailand.

[@darwinjina]

have not seen wirlybirds in thailand.

[@confucius247]

@@darwinjina Any large hardware would have them, just purchased 2 x 24" the other day from our local one for our flat roof outdoor area, 2,350 baht each. Have seen them in the larger franchise ones like DoHome, Global etc as well, however a little more pricey. You can also buy them online through Shopee and Lazada

[@darwinjina]

@@confucius247 Oh agreed. But I have only seen them on farang videos. ;) And I pointed it out and we wondered why not more people use them.

[@AmericanInThailand]

Will you hang a door on the walk-in closet? Or just leave it open. Ours has no door.

[@canuckinisaan8242]

We are going to have a barn door on the walk in, same for the other two storage areas

[@Mike_in_Thailand]

Yet another Thai builder who thinks AAC blocks cannot be used in the bathroom......with the humidity in Thailand it makes no difference if you are in the bathroom or elsewhere. AAC blocks cannot handle the dampness of a bathroom, even when tiled too ? How do exterior AAC walls handle a torrential monsoon for hours then ? AAC blocks are quite ok for bathrooms, they get used there in countries which have actual building regulations and inspections ! Some people should read the fact sheets from people like Hebel before blindly believing what Somchai tries to tell him. OK, rant over, LOL ....looking good overall. What height are your ceilings going to be ? Looks to be high ?

[@canuckinisaan8242]

Some good points about the AAC blocks, not that we can change anything now, but out of curiosity, I am going to check what Q-Con recommends on that subject. Yes, the ceilings are going to be high. 3 metres, and 2.8 meters in the bedrooms and bathrooms.

[@anthony7091]

Lol 😂 I had a Thai engineer tell me not to use them for the whole home! He says it will crack. Red bricks was his advice. Went one ear and out the other for me.

[@MM-sf3rl]

Is it illegal to wear a tool belt in Thailand.

[@hamhassen-realestateagent9262]

Hi Where are you located ?

[@canuckinisaan8242]

Wang Saphung, Loei

[@namhomphimwongsat6263]

graet re you in issan now because like to meet lester

[@canuckinisaan8242]

We will lbe in Loei at the end of October

[@charlesmcdonald8654]

What was the total cost?

[@canuckinisaan8242]

When we researched building a house here we were told to expect to pay 15,000 to 20,000 baht per square meter. And that turned out to be a correct estimate.

[@charlesmcdonald8654]

Does that include appliances , sewer and water installation. Or is that just for the construction of the house itself.?@@canuckinisaan8242

[@rimzalia1362]

Why no roof yet?

[@canuckinisaan8242]

Thats a good question. The trusses were done weeks ago. Apparently there is a shortage of the tiles from the factory in Bangkok. Builder told us today he found some in Udon Thani.

[@rimzalia1362]

@@canuckinisaan8242 did you consider installing radient barrier sheet between the roof tile and those metal trusses? It will reduce your house temperature and air-conditioning/electric bills

[@canuckinisaan8242]

@@rimzalia1362 yes, we are putting that insulation under the tiles.

[@watugondu]

Blocks are far too thin they do a thicker block with far better insulation

[@canuckinisaan8242]

Thanks for the info. But obviously too late for us to change it. We’ll have to have the AC machines working harder.

[@watugondu]

@@canuckinisaan8242 yes sorry hope you don’t think I was being smug if it turns out expensive you could always add a cavity wall

[@canuckinisaan8242]

@@watugondu no, I didn’t think that at all..Probably something I should have done more research on. Do you happen to know the difference in the R value between the 7.5 cm blocks and the next size up which I think is 10 cm?

[@spicypeteinthailand8732]

@@canuckinisaan8242 the only walls that you may have concerns with are walls that face the south and the west.. if I recall you have another house to the west and are sun exposed to the south.... i believe your bedroom and the 2 windows face south... is that right? so you may consider adding another wall with a minimal gap between them.... but I would wait and see how you feel once the house is done. another option would be to add siding on the outside. you would only put the siding on hot walls, and I would guess that only the south wall will be an issue. use siding that has some foam under it. if the west wall is an issue, it is an easier fix as your exposure time is limited. just hanging some sort of shade... many houses have these, it is just a metal frame with metal slats across it to give more shade.

[@craigmiron3047]

What’s the best yet economical cinderblock in Thailand. Want to build a cinderblock block home in Ubon