Good Carpenter Required To Build Timber Home-Warinchamrap, Ubon

[UbonOz]

I would like to build a timber home in Warinchamrap and require the services of a good carpenter, not a man with a hammer and a saw.

It would be approximately 16 metre square(256 sq mtr) built on concrete stumps.

164 sq mtr would be verandah and carport, the remaining area of 92 sq mtr is bedroom/kitchen/lounge/bathroom etc.

If anybody in the Ubon Ratchathani area knows any good builder/carpenter I would greatly appreciate any information.

Below is a link of the similar type of design I would like to build.

http://www.completehome.com.au/Suppliers/Valley-Kit-Homes/Eco-Excellence

[NeverSure]

Is this what you mean? Timber framing with mortise and tenon joints, wooden pegs... ?? This is an art for a specialist and is very difficult and expensive.

Timber framing

If it is something else you need, perhaps there are other terms in addition to timber framing?

Edited December 16, 2012 by NeverSure

[UbonOz]

Is this what you mean? Timber framing with mortise and tenon joints, wooden pegs... ?? This is an art for a specialist and is very difficult and expensive.

Timber framing

If it is something else you need, perhaps there are other terms in addition to timber framing?

Not really, it would be very nice though. Interesting video.

The link I posted is more the style.

I would like to use recycled timber, timber has much more character than a block home.

[Michael Hare]

Is this what you mean? Timber framing with mortise and tenon joints, wooden pegs... ?? This is an art for a specialist and is very difficult and expensive.

Timber framing

If it is something else you need, perhaps there are other terms in addition to timber framing?

Not really, it would be very nice though. Interesting video.

The link I posted is more the style.

I would like to use recycled timber, timber has much more character than a block home.

I know of two families in the Warin-Ubon area who have recently built timber houses using recycled timber from the Nam Yuen area. Both houses are very attractive and completely different. Built on concrete pillars and raised very high off the ground so one can park the car underneath.

I believe the tradesmen came from the Nam Yuen area as well.

[NeverSure]

I really couldn't see anything unusual about the framing in the link you posted. I didn't really see the framing other than the outside eaves.

Something that's cheaper and looks really nice is to do a conventional framing, but maybe make the walls a foot higher. Then after it's framed, add some timbers at intervals to the walls and ceilings for looks. Just run them up and over. Then you can still do all of your plumbing, electrical and insulation conventionally. When you run the timbers up the walls and over the ceilings, you can space them so that they are out of the way of doors and windows and even cabinets if you want.

Something like this. You don't even need timbers. You can use 1" boards and build a box. First you attach one board solidly to the framing through the drywall. Then you build your other 3 sided part and slip it over and nail it to the first board you attached. You stain it, and then mask it all off while you finish painting your drywall. It looks a bit like an English half timber. You can also put some on the walls. This is going to be the cheap way to go, and is within the skill set of any good framer or finish carpenter.

[SantiSuk]

Have a couple of friends/acquaintances that are building Thai style teak houses in amphur Kantharalak, but both have had awful problems with the relaibility of their builder-carpenters. Projects that should have taken a year are into their fourth year already and fifth builder in one case! And that's with a design that is traditional to Thailand (but not these parts).

I celebrate your endeavour and would also prefer to be in a non-standard concrete and blocks modern house, but I guess you already know that you are in for one hell of a lot of pain if you are wanting to build to a design that is not one that the craftsmen you find are used to. Best thing would be to search for a similar style recent build (and maybe that will take you outside meuang Ubon - Kemmarat sems to have a lot of wood build) and ask for the builder.

Sorry Ubonoz - trying hard not to be too negative here! Bon chance and give us an update when you surmount the obstacles

[John 1]

Is this what you mean? Timber framing with mortise and tenon joints, wooden pegs... ?? This is an art for a specialist and is very difficult and expensive.

Timber framing

If it is something else you need, perhaps there are other terms in addition to timber framing?

Not really, it would be very nice though. Interesting video.

The link I posted is more the style.

I would like to use recycled timber, timber has much more character than a block home.

You could go to where they sell the recycled wood from old homes there is a location about 2km from BigC. They also build small 1 room hoses on site so they have carpenters.

[UbonOz]

Thanks for the replies, will keep hunting.