You can make plans and try to organize but, especially in Thailand, you need to be resilient. Things many times work out different than you think.
Different than expected we needed to wait nearly two weeks longer for the excavator to come. We are not the only ones that are building.
Monday March 8 the example of the glass rooftop should have been made but still did not arrive yet.
Saturday March 6, on our way back home with the Kia truck, we smelled plastic burning and smoke leaving the engine compartment. Luckily on time not to have the truck on fire. This time it worked out the engine cooling fan cover dropped down on the fan and both started to melt and burn. It took till yesterday to wait for spare parts that needed to come from Malaysia. This evening everything was fixed again but for two weeks we could not pick up construction materials we already ordered.
Monday March 8 the example of the glass rooftop should have been made but still did not arrive yet.
Saturday March 6, on our way back home with the Kia truck, we smelled plastic burning and smoke leaving the engine compartment. Luckily on time not to have the truck on fire. This time it worked out the engine cooling fan cover dropped down on the fan and both started to melt and burn. It took till yesterday to wait for spare parts that needed to come from Malaysia. This evening everything was fixed again but for two weeks we could not pick up construction materials we already ordered.
In the mean time we went on with the outside metal stud walls. We installed the Siemens switchboard and the first electricity pipes and wires. We worked on the 'flat' roof edging and the 'rainproof' connection between the metal stud walls and rooftiles. We also started the first brick laying (actually gluing) just to find a right way of dealing with that.
Two days working with the excellent operator of the excavator brought us the second construction area for the second guest pyramid to build exactly the same height (spirit leveling with our Bosch materials again), the septic tank, sewage system and soak away field with gravel and cover cloth for the first guest pyramid fixed, and main water and electricity line underground installed to the sub control station. Also the basic soil replenishment around the first room is finished and the concrete cover of the septic tank.
Temperatures during the day now are between 35 and 40 degrees C. Inviting us to take more breaks, drink a lot and slow down a bit. Although very hot, Kadhow is there to keep an eye on what's going on and if necessary to guard.
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