Thailand has two commodity Portland cement products hand mixing as well as several other specialist products. Red Branded Portland Cement ASTM 1 Commonly branded as Cement Red there are several major brands of this “type” including TPI, Rajasri and Elephant Brand – all of these brands are considered equivalents products as they are all are [...]

An explanation of the measurement system used in Thailand. Thailand uses the Metric system of measurement for Building dimensions however maintains the traditional Thai system for Land measurement. And although at times this system can be complex it really only comes into focus when your purchasing land itself, as every discussion past that is in [...]

Combining lightweight with high strength provides Superblock with several advantages over alternative wall building materials including improved thermal insulation, noise dampening and even resistance to fire and flame. Superblock is created from a locally sourced mixture of cement, lime and sand mixed together a slurry before aluminum powder is added. The aluminum powder reacts with [...]

In a previous post I mentioned that I manged to find steel form work for hire that was suitable for the slab of my low cost house. I highly recommend steel forms ( or shutters ) if your pouring large areas or structural concrete. The traditional method of building formwork around the World is with [...]

Auto Darkening Welding Helmet As steel is significantly cheaper than quality wood where I am building ( as result of the deforestation bans  ) I will be using ( and welding ) a lot of steel on our home build as such I decided to buy myself an auto-darkening welding helmet and boy am I [...]