Khao Tao Lake

[Big Boy]

This amused me today - the solid base on which to build the scaffolding. A couple of nails into the concrete uprights to secure some wooden planks. What else would they need?

[Dannie Boy]

A life jacket!! Looks like they’re getting ready to render the outside.


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[Big Boy]

Yes, they've already done some of the other side.

[Big Boy]

Took my new 'Point & Shoot' to the lake today to give it a try - at least I'd be able to see what I was photographing. The carbuncle is starting to take a bit of shape but mini-constructions within the larger construction are happening.

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caller's 'Grand Entrance' is being shaped with a freestanding mini-pointy arch within a larger pointy arch.

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Maybe they're clearing a bit of lakeside land to make a car park.

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The backside section of the building has no external walls.

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I've been believing for a while that this section at the back could be a lakeside café.

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However, having said that, I still haven't got a clue what it is yet

[Big Boy]

At last. they've cleared a lot of building debris, and hopefully somebody can make a guess at what it is.

It is split into 3 distinct modules (left, middle and right) with a large open passageway between modules. We already know from Saturday's photo, that the rear (lakeside) of the carbuncle has been left open. So very little of the structure, despite being under cover of a roof has no walls.

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Personally, apart from a possible café area at the back, I still don't have a clue what it might be.

[PeteC]

I would hope no cafe, bathroom or anything where waste water and/or sewage would enter the lake, which it inevitably will if they have those type facilities in there.

Can you see any signs of plumbing pipes underneath of it?

[Big Boy]

Very good point, and I haven't seen any plumbing whatsoever. Where I indicated with the arrow, there is a concrete platform, basically at water level, but noting on it yet. Funny, without thinking plumbing, I did have that area above earmarked as a potential toilet block. That area was built up using red bricks, where as the rest of the carbuncle used blocks.

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[berlinmichael]

It does seem to be common practice to use the small red bricks for bathrooms. When I asked a builder why he said because they had always done it this way !!??