Monday, December 20, 2010
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Our Products
We are producing different construction materials, such as:
Bamboo fences
Bamboo exterior sidings
Bamboo rebar (for concrete slabs)
Flattened Bamboo
Bamboo opium mats foe interior walls and ceilings
Woven Bamboo plywood
Bamboo Poles
Bamboo fences
Bamboo exterior sidings
Bamboo rebar (for concrete slabs)
Flattened Bamboo
Bamboo opium mats foe interior walls and ceilings
Woven Bamboo plywood
Bamboo Poles
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Why Bamboo ?
Why Bamboo?
The “wood” of the future is GRASS it is BAMBOO !!!
Briefly, we must do something about the climate change. In our little corner, we try to do our best believing that if each of us does something, we will succeed to save this Planet for our CHILDREN.
If you look into Bamboo- you know already the reasons, but as you know bamboo does have so many uses, it is difficult to produce an exhaustive list.
1.- Bamboo Charcoal
2.- Paper
3.- Cloth
4.- Toothpicks
5.- Chopsticks
6.- Grill picks
7.- Furniture
8.- Houses
9.- Flooring / parquet
10.- Wall and ceiling panels
11.- Charcoal and active Charcoal
12.- vinegar
13.- Shampoo
14.- Anti odor elements in textile (socks + lingerie)
15.- Food (bamboo shoot)
16.- Panda food
17.- Anti static electricity in too dry places
18.- Bactericide in water
• Some General Facts.
The first electric light bulbs by Thomas Edison, used a carbonized piece of bamboo as a filament.
Alexander Graham Bell made the first phonograph needle out of bamboo.
Bamboo provided the first re-greening in Hiroshima after the atomic blast, and was the first plant to regenerate in Vietnam after vast areas were defoliated by Agent Orange.
Bamboo releases 35% more oxygen than trees and can reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) by sequestering 12 tons of CO2 per hectare.
Bamboo can be made into a soft, breathable and naturally anti-bacterial textile.
Bamboo is the fastest-growing woody plant in the world.
Over one billion people in the world live in bamboo houses.
Bamboo is rapidly renewable; it matures in just 3 - 5 years, compared to up to 60 years for hardwoods.
Why Thailand ?
Why THAILAND?
For the moment, the most active countries in BAMBOO are China and Vietnam, but they produce mainly parquet/flooring.
With the BIG quantity requirements which goes with HUGE production capacities.
Here in Thailand, we can produce smaller quantities with the
Assurance that no harmful product is used in treatment/ gluing/ coating, etc…
Culturally, the Thai craftsmen are proud of beautiful, and of highest standard products.
The Thai workers really do have an artistic approach to their work, and are proud of their realizations.
And last, but not least, our project was approved by the B.O.I. (Board of Investment) which does encourage us.
What does Chalet & Bamboo Co., Ltd do ?
Chalet & Bamboo.,Co. Ltd is starting to produce Small Cabins to enter in the niche market of:
- In many countries, (E.U all 27), anybody having a house in the countryside, he can erect a unit in his garden of 20 to 35 square meter without ‘Building Permit’. (just working permit = autorisation de travaux).
- A lot of camping’s, hotel resorts use independent units.
Bamboo has been used for building since thousands of years.
After a visit to Thailand, Nicolas Podlinski Our “Production Manager’ decided to build those cabins in bamboo and/or any other wood to help the planet.
Nicolas was trained in South of France as ‘Charpentier’ – Carpenter, specialized in Joinery and wood structures for construction. His training and experience was done through a craftsmen guild: ‘Les Compagnons’.
The most important point in working with Bamboo is the treatment:
The ones we choose are the following:
1.- Borax . see http://www.borax.com/borates2g.html
2.- Lime (eau de chaux) ปูนขาว (Calcium).
Lime: is used since 6,000 years so I believe it has proven its efficiency – sure the product in itself is inexpensive, but requires a lot of work.
3.- High temperature treatment.
About this system, one can see the following websites :
http://www.eds-lab.jp/english/jyumoku.html
http://www.corbat-holding.ch/CMS/default.asp?ID=1836
http://www.westwoodcorporation.com/World%20wide.html
We refuse any CCA or ‘tanalised E’ etc... systems.
We use only NON VOC products: VOC stands for volatile organic compounds
Then comes the drying:
We choose
1.- a solar Kiln dryer.
2.- the OVEN for high temperature does treat and dry in the same operation.
This production once in full speed, will allow us to produce different construction materials, such as:
a) Sandwich boards
b) Laminated 15 cm thick boards (3meter by 65 cm)
c) Boards obtained by ‘binderless’ method
d) Flooring parquet
e) Wall and ceiling panels
We will use in the future the difference essences like:
1.- Rubber Trees High temperature treatment
After 25 years, the rubber trees does not produce any latex anymore.
Only a small portion of it is used as timber.
After High temperature treatment, we can use it as
external walling
• roof tiles
• outside (like garden or swimming pool) flooring.
2.- coconut trees
3.- palm oil trees
4.- Mangoes trees
Etc… all kind of trees not/or little used ‘normally’ as timber
We think also at Using waste rice straws, we could:
Avoid the smog from Chiang Mai until the Burmese border, because the farmers, despite the forbidness (do not know what to do with it) and do burn it….
Finishing Products:
Glue – only PU and/or caseins and or epoxy
Not all are exactly ecological in their production, but at least they are harmless.
- In many countries, (E.U all 27), anybody having a house in the countryside, he can erect a unit in his garden of 20 to 35 square meter without ‘Building Permit’. (just working permit = autorisation de travaux).
- A lot of camping’s, hotel resorts use independent units.
Bamboo has been used for building since thousands of years.
After a visit to Thailand, Nicolas Podlinski Our “Production Manager’ decided to build those cabins in bamboo and/or any other wood to help the planet.
Nicolas was trained in South of France as ‘Charpentier’ – Carpenter, specialized in Joinery and wood structures for construction. His training and experience was done through a craftsmen guild: ‘Les Compagnons’.
The most important point in working with Bamboo is the treatment:
The ones we choose are the following:
1.- Borax . see http://www.borax.com/borates2g.html
2.- Lime (eau de chaux) ปูนขาว (Calcium).
Lime: is used since 6,000 years so I believe it has proven its efficiency – sure the product in itself is inexpensive, but requires a lot of work.
3.- High temperature treatment.
About this system, one can see the following websites :
http://www.eds-lab.jp/english/jyumoku.html
http://www.corbat-holding.ch/CMS/default.asp?ID=1836
http://www.westwoodcorporation.com/World%20wide.html
We refuse any CCA or ‘tanalised E’ etc... systems.
We use only NON VOC products: VOC stands for volatile organic compounds
Then comes the drying:
We choose
1.- a solar Kiln dryer.
2.- the OVEN for high temperature does treat and dry in the same operation.
This production once in full speed, will allow us to produce different construction materials, such as:
a) Sandwich boards
b) Laminated 15 cm thick boards (3meter by 65 cm)
c) Boards obtained by ‘binderless’ method
d) Flooring parquet
e) Wall and ceiling panels
We will use in the future the difference essences like:
1.- Rubber Trees High temperature treatment
After 25 years, the rubber trees does not produce any latex anymore.
Only a small portion of it is used as timber.
After High temperature treatment, we can use it as
external walling
• roof tiles
• outside (like garden or swimming pool) flooring.
2.- coconut trees
3.- palm oil trees
4.- Mangoes trees
Etc… all kind of trees not/or little used ‘normally’ as timber
We think also at Using waste rice straws, we could:
Avoid the smog from Chiang Mai until the Burmese border, because the farmers, despite the forbidness (do not know what to do with it) and do burn it….
Finishing Products:
Glue – only PU and/or caseins and or epoxy
Not all are exactly ecological in their production, but at least they are harmless.
Bamboo we use.
Thai - Name English - Name Latin - Name
ไผ่บงใหญ่ Pai Bong Yai Dendrocalamus Brandisii
ไผ่ตง Pai Tong Dendrocalamus asper Backer
ไผ่หก Pai Hok Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Nees
ไผ่ไร่ Pai Rai Gigantochloa albociliata
ไผ่รวก Pai Ruak Thysostachys siamensis
ไผ่รวก ใหญ่ Pai Ruak Yai Thysostachys oliverii
ไผ่ซาง Pai Sang Dendrocalamus strictus
ไผ่บงใหญ่ Pai Bong Yai Dendrocalamus Brandisii
ไผ่ตง Pai Tong Dendrocalamus asper Backer
ไผ่หก Pai Hok Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Nees
ไผ่ไร่ Pai Rai Gigantochloa albociliata
ไผ่รวก Pai Ruak Thysostachys siamensis
ไผ่รวก ใหญ่ Pai Ruak Yai Thysostachys oliverii
ไผ่ซาง Pai Sang Dendrocalamus strictus
Why Prefab ?
• Modularity
• Quality
• Speed of construction without • Ecological, but no extremism, meaning that if we need another material, we use it with moderation... being disturbed by weather .conditions.
• Ecology
• Design
• Ecological, but no extremism, meaning that if we need another material, we use it with moderation...
To build a house, we don’t cut trees, we cut grass...
• Quality
• Speed of construction without • Ecological, but no extremism, meaning that if we need another material, we use it with moderation... being disturbed by weather .conditions.
• Ecology
• Design
• Ecological, but no extremism, meaning that if we need another material, we use it with moderation...
To build a house, we don’t cut trees, we cut grass...
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