THAI HOUSES
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Poles have to be buried deeply up to 2m50 into the soil until rock or firm ground is
found in order to have stable house foundations.
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| Thai house |
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Up to 20 poles can be used to form a mesh. Steel is used to link
the poles to have a strong mesh.
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| Thai Bungalows |
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Then concrete is used to do a concrete screed. Concrete shall be fluid and
mixed with some water to get the best quality. Then water shall be poured on the
concrete during 30 days in order that the concrete is always wet. So it can
rightly melt and get very strong.
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| Thai house |
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A gap shall be kept under the concrete screed in order not to touch the soil.
It will avoid to be always wet. The concrete screed shall be at least 20cm thick.
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| Thai Bungalows |
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Then once the concrete screed is ready, bricks can be used to build the walls.
Big bricks shall be preferred to small red bricks. The best is using two bricks with
a gap between them in order to have the external brick absorbing the heat
and the internal brick being at house ambient temperature.
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| Thai bricks |
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Once the walls are built following the construction plan, then the roof can be
added.
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| Thai house |
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Normally in Thailand, typical houses' poles are not buried very deep.
Thai people often build a small soil elevation to avoid flood and insects.
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| Thai spirit house |
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But sometimes, Thai house owners don't let the soil elevation rest enough.
So it is still possible that the soil can still move later. It then causes
cracks in the walls or even the house could collapse.
The concrete screed is built but is often only a few centimeters thick.
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| Thai Louis XIV house in Pranburi |
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Many Thai house owners use only a few poles. Then steel poles are raised and the roof is
immediately added even before the walls. Most of the time the small cheap red bricks are used
for building the walls.
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| Thai Louis XIV house in Pranburi |
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Stones are put along the shore to prevent sea erosion but it is not enough.
The road erosion is worrying regarding the future of those places.
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Big complexes are built along the sea and a show case apartment is featured.
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| Big complex along the sea |
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What happens if it failed? The first buyers pay and allow the promoter to continue the
construction. It could be risky. Many tourists are targeted.
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| Big complex along the sea |
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Many similar housing complexes started in 1990s but were stopped by the 1997
Asian Financial crisis.
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| Houses construction stopped |
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