Two questions - 1. Why not put leaves on the roof to dampen the sound of the rain hitting the roof 2. CAN I PLEASE STAY in the hut when I visit your province... I start my Issan adventures in Loey this week!
Hey my friend- the leaves are difficult to attach and definitely as things open up we would love to have you as a guest, our village still has a lot of restrictions as of yet. We should connect via fb 🙏
Rubbish, the leaves are not difficult to attach. The helpers with their comradery would have them on the roof in no time at all. How about a follow up on how the jacussi is going and how often you use it?
Wow , so nice to hear another person to say and think as I have always done regarding running to our grave for the bigger house or faster car, one more charming video you’ve given to the planet ,thanks.
A delightful alternative to the solid construction. I once spent almost 5 years living in a bamboo hut in Phuket, whilst serving 5* hotel guests in our restaurant. I used to tell them I lived in the rabbit hutch on the hill. I would suggest, next time, you dig holes and insert short lengths of cement pipe bedded in the ground in concrete as a proper foundation, to house the bamboo frame posts. Level the unit with steel rods through the bamboo support posts, then fill the pipes with concrete, a secure and neater solution. You could also introduce a water trough in the concrete base around the posts to prevent ants climbing the frame. Personally, I would also omit the wriggly tin roof, and use the baijack thatch, looks and sounds better, and is far more insulative against the sun.
Living the dream in the most humble and inspirational way of life. A life I could so easily adapt too. I’ve said it many times before, I truly wish you and your family, a life full of good health and good fortune. And it’s great to hear your words of feeling excepted within the community where you live. 🙏
I live in Thailand too and just found your channel. I love it. After all this covid drama I'm totally burnt out on modern life. I like how you're living. I'm gonna transition to a life outside town too. Thanks for the inspiration.
That was such an important point you made about beautifying your life. It resonates with the whole "clean your room" concept. Give yourself a haven from the cruelties of the world into which you can re-energise, whether it be literature, music, art, or finger painting. It doesn't matter what it is as long as it is what one considers beautiful. From there it is possible to build. For me, it is Edward Hopper, Edouard Cortes, Isaac Asimov, Tool, and chocolate to name but a very few. Understand what lifts you, live in those moments, and grow. It's from there that you can bring joy to others. Let's not forget we are the dream of our own being. So why make that dream a nightmare?
That is a very nice bamboo hut I would love to have one in my backyard. Also, it's nice that you have the locals who come to help with your projects, and never expect anything in return. Like they say, i't takes a village and you feel welcome, and a part of that community. God Bless your Family.
New hut looks awesome Ryan & Damo.Both should be very proud of how developed the land and surrounds. Great enviroment for Otis to grow up in and for his future too..
Hi Ryan- I so enjoyed watching this video with my hubby and it’s so great to see the progress on the land! Thanks for sharing the details on the Bamboo Hut and yet another wonderful vlog! Sending you peace and love ❤️ Take care:)
Wonderful new addition, so nice! I lived in a bamboo but for a few months on a tiny island off Bali in the 80's. There was something so comforting about it and I don't think I've ever slept so well in my life. Cheers!
So interesting to see the hut delivered and put together. I'm very interested in the tiny house style living. And there's some very interesting examples in Thailand too
Great to see the new hut, they bring back happy memories of staying in one in a small place on Panay Island, Philippines. There was a large communal bamboo hut for eating/chilling and the smaller one's for 1/2 people. Days were spent out walking and kayaking. Actually when I say kayaking river swimming is probably more accurate as I spent most time swimming after my kayak after hitting the rapids :o) Then back to the the accommodation where they have a number of huge metal dishes, a few big enough for one person to get in and one huge one for mmm 4/6. They fill them with water and light a fire underneath. After dinner it's into the cozzies, beer in hand, looking up at a multitude of stars and into the undergrowth at the fire flies amazing! Thanks for jogging my memory!
Another brilliant vlog. The hut looks fantastic, 45000 thb an absolute bargain. And great to hear about the plans for the extension. Keep them coming Ryan. Would love to see round the land and all the plants you've now got.
I would recommend adding solar panels and one of the new small wind turbines so you can further lower your cost of living and minimizing your carbon footprint. Have you considered adding roof gutters to gather rain water in the big clay jars that stand next to most Thai houses? I think my wife’s families property is near you if you are in Buri Ram.
Loving your work and what you are building a true inspiration to me and I am sure many more. Keep up the great vlogs and the great work. Best wishes to you all.
Used to Work 6 7 8 9 Months for Twenty Years and in the Last Ten i Luckily Dropped it Down to 4 Months a Year and Lived Relatively the Same as You are Doing and Felt SO FREE It was Incredible You and Your Family keep Heading in this Direction Can see How Fulfilling it is foe all of You and Inspire Others
I'm almost there. People have to realize or at least I hope they do.. I am on an insurance pension for eyesight loss, drivers lic and job. I currently am looking into your lifestyle but not there yet. It's a learning curve. I'm on a journey and you're helping. Thanks.
Love your Blogs guys. It takes a lot to follow your heart and dreams. Well done both of you. Was good too see MR.Paddy Doyle vist you. Another guy I admire for his travel vlogs. All the best for the future. Hopefully I may have a chance to meet you face to face one day
That's a nice bamboo hut. I'm going to get one for my Homestead as well. At least you are mortgage free and that's what I'm planning to do. The reason why I'm building a brick house on the homestead is because of the storms I don't know how the bamboo house will stand up to that. My homestead that I'm making is in Buriram. Good Luck mate.
Beautiful dwelling 👌 Also home is where you make it, and to be accepted by the locals is wonderful, like myself, a Thai in the UK (47 years). Thank you so much for making me feel at home in my birth place 🙏 Take care.
Hi.Ryan hope you well.just love your hut.have you maybe considered making it a holiday home and renting it out to visitors? I'm a senior and really love your place ...proud of your achievements and your hardworking wife...stay happy son...🙏🙏🙏
That is really great work they do. Amazing craft building the huts. I am impressed totally, your dream is reality...good vlog always, till next week cheerio!
I only WISH I could live there! It looks beautiful and it also looks like I would have a life, not all that different, in reality than the one I have now! It woud just be in a much more hospitable climate and one that is nore beautiful in all aspects! I'd LOVE it!
Great video and I love your bamboo house. I am planning to return to Thailand, simplify my life, perhaps lease a plot of land live in a small stilted wooden Thai home. I can afford a lot more, but I just don't want to. I was happiest when I lived the simple life.
What a great way to have an instant house to live in. Of course you have to let it get rid of the fumes but well worth the inconvenience. I am building a house next year and this would be a great way of staying on the property while it is being built. I will definitely look into it.
Great video again! Love the teamwork….Hey it’s off topic but have you heard of the Miyawaki method of growing a small food forest? I think I’m going to make one when my family move home to Udonthani 🇹🇭✌️🙏
People have been living off the grid for thousand of years until now especially in Cambodia country side with very little of what they have. Enjoy it with your family. Greetings from a genocide survivor during Pol Pot era!
Have you thought of using mosquito netting to screen in an outdoor living area? In the Stated, you can find different grades in the market. Some of them even screen out 40 or 60% of light. Just a thought 😅. Love Asia but mosquitos are no no.
That looks great mate. My misses just inherited the family home. Its unfinished as her dad died before he could finish. I am hoping to finish it off for them. Peace be upon you 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼. She lives in ban sawai Surin.
lot of ongoing maintenance though with twice yearly coating to stop termites I like the cost and amenity and could enjoy that maybe with ceiling fans off a solar battery set up.
Nice bamboo shelter. Bamboo wood fiber is very strong and can take dynamic flexible loadings. Be careful about strong rains and winds during the seasons in Buriram area. You have placed the hut on dry flat bricks to both level and elevate it. Caution though, you have to anchor it down at least the large vertical structural post with concrete footings. Dig minimum 1/2 meter deep and use some concrete footing 15 cm diameter wide > cylinders with longer threaded rebar, along with metal feet to bolt those corners down. You do not want a flying hut around your property, nor is it safe for any people to be around during a storm. On the cheap you can drive rebar long rod stakes into the ground and lap rope tie the bamboo legs to it. Also check how that roof truss is tied to the bearing walls. Can use or make metal sheet lap strips or rope tie it strong. Footings are your structures Earthen support during those Thai storms. More concrete mass in the ground will counter any wind loading against it. Always a good watch NG, don't mean to be a hut bummer. I know your family will figure it out ! Be safe n sane all ! 😎 Country folks are always willing to share and give when needed the most ! Great bamboo hut workmanship by the contractors ! Great meaningful thoughts about living off grid ! Being tied to a residential mortgage debt is no fun and a lot of hard time work to pay for it all !
Love it, house doesn’t quite get through, but it will, with a little help Thai style, and some of us do like to enjoy the evening hour lol, it’s awesome that everyone comes to help and muck in, very homely, if they didn’t want you there, they wouldn’t help,shows your well integrated with locals which I think is very important, I think your fluid Thai speaking helps, I think also locals hopefully appreciate you and how you accept living Thai lifestyle..
Hi guys, from London Henry and Elsa. keep up the good work. we are so happy to see your progress its quite helpful, i just built a wooden shed 3m by 6m, and that's for our leisure yoga and massage slash summer house for our 2 girls. But i would say this hut is ammmaaasssinng!!!! I wish we could get this in the Uk, that would have saved me £2000. Thanks for sharing again. And for keeping us entertained I would like to see Paddy at your place for sure.
bamboo is such a good material to build with i used to stop and stare at the scaffolding used in thailand when i first came ten floors high,i wonder if they still use it
at 11:00 minutes you started on a subtle rant about sovereign individualism that i can completelly relate to. Interesting to me also that you talked about a 'collective shift' away from corportate and industrial slavery in the same breath. Quietly inspirational, my friend. I am aiming for Thailand, I'll pop in and say hello if I make it
I have been watching all your vlogs really.Oh by the way we call it here in the Philippines bayanihan I mean the way that the community helping each other same way they are not expecting anything but we tried to give good lunch and sometimes drink.
I have a home in chaing Dao , go back and forth to USA ,love to meet you someday . Wish I had gone simple and small but at that time I was not as conscious as I am now . But life is good and now going simple from here forward
WOW!! This is AMAZING!! I was contemplating on moving to Thailand in a few years time, perhaps 6 months Thailand 6 months Switzerland. My thoughts were "how long can I afford rent??!!" Well!!! This is an awesome solution!!! With an additional 500 Dollars income per month, through renting out my flat in Basel while I am in Thailand this could work very well!!!! THANK YOU, BEAUTIFUL INSPIRING FAMILY!!!! The Hut is AMAZING, the look, the quality and the craftmanship. Thank you for the Info!!
