We have been busier than a one legged man in a butt kicking contest. Kick, fall down, get up, kick, fall down, get up, kick, fall down, get up, kick, fall down, get up, kick......................
We told the guys if they didn't finish the work yesterday they would not be paid until we return in September. You guess correctly, they finished all the work except for the dead bolt on the metal roof door. They said they would return at 8:00 this morning to put it in.
All the major work is complete and everything works good. We had a couple of hours of hard rain yesterday afternoon so we got to test the new piping system. Everything drains correctly.
I was a little worried as I watched them pour the 
concrete but it turned out very nice. I also had some concern about the way they hung the Teak door in the downstairs room off the kitchen. They deep mortised the four door hinges in the door but surface mounted them in the Teak door jams.
concrete but it turned out very nice. I also had some concern about the way they hung the Teak door in the downstairs room off the kitchen. They deep mortised the four door hinges in the door but surface mounted them in the Teak door jams.They explained that because the jams are sent in concrete they can not be replaced but the door can and the only thing that would show, if you removed the hinges, would be the screw holes. They can be filled. The door looks good.
The only thing that was wrong is I set the eight (8") clean out up to grade beside the building. I did not glue it in so if a car or truck ran over the top it would just push down and not break the pipe. Well, I stepped on it before the concrete was completely dry and it went down a few inches.
I removed the cap and raised it up again. This time we put a big planter over the top so no one will drive or walk on it.
We are going to give Daeng's brother, Tun a set of keys to the place this morning and walk him through everything that we feel he should know.
We have a car picking us up at 11:30 AM, talking us to the Chiang Rai airport about 50 Km south. Our Air Asia plane leaves for Bangkok at 1:35 PM. It is about an hour and ten minute flight.
We'll hop in a taxi and stay in a nice little guest house in downtown Bangkok. We'll rest up for two nights, do a little shopping and head to California on Monday night. We leave Bangkok at about 5:00 PM and arrive in LA two hours later. That always blows my mind.
According to the weather reports on the Internet if will be 100 degrees in LA this coming week. I'm sure our telephones will be ringing with people saying: "Please help us, it's hot."
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