The Fairfield – Construction day 5
The wood filler was all dry of course so mainly today I sanded it all, which wasn’t a huge job. Then I re-assembled the house in another dry run. I am making swaps for my half scale group (we have to make 40-odd, and I am making 50 so that I have a few spares) so I am trying to get a prototype organized and I'm not spending a great deal of time on the Fairfield at the moment. But I did want to get this dry run done to fix the layout of the house more clearly in my mind.
Here are the steps for this dry run. It is just the basic shell, no trim, bay windows or roof at this stage:
Photo 1
Central and right front walls
Here are the steps for this dry run. It is just the basic shell, no trim, bay windows or roof at this stage:
Photo 1
Central and right front walls
Photo 2:
Sliding the chimney through hole in right floor
Wall beside chimney
Photo 4
Chimney in place
Photo 5
View of chimney
and fireplaces both floors (note side wall against central wall)
Rear wall is now added to right side.
Photo 7
Staircase in place
on ground floor (at this stage staircase assembly was only taped together)
Photo 8
Side view of staircase
Photo 9
Sliding dividing wall into place in left side floor
Photo 10
View of 1st floor left side from above
Photo 11
First floor left side
Photo 12
Ground floor view showing dividing wall against staircase, kitchen door on left, ground floor ceiling/first floor in place.
Photo 13
Staircase again
Rear of staircase (without the angled piece joining it to the 1st floor)
Photo 15
Tower in place
Looking into the tower
Photo 17
Looking into rear of tower, 1st floor
Bathroom wall in place,; view of tower and hallway 1st floor.
Photo 19
Bathroom - 1st floor, rear
Photo 20
Second floor/1st floor ceiling added (note that I had forgotten to add the side pieces to the chimney assembly at this stage)
Photo 21
Right side view
Photo 22
Tower interior
Photo 23
Rear view, showing bathroom on 1st floor and kitchen on ground floor
Rear view 2
Rear view showing small partial walls on each side of rear opening
Left side view showing kitchen bay window and porch on ground floor, bathroom and tower windows on 1st floor and attic window plus upper tower window.
Right side 2 (note that the right side chimney piece is added in this photo).
Photo 28
Right side showing fireplaces at front
Photo 29
Right side showing fireplaces at rear
This has given me a much better idea of how it all goes together than the first one did. Probably because I am now more familiar with the pieces and also because the chimney is mostly assembled (still had to add the upper left and right sides when I took these photos) and the stairs partly so (won't put the treads on until I've stained them and painted the rest of the assembly). Though when I went looking for them, I found that when Peter moved all the timber sheets from the lounge onto the square folding table I am using as a work table in the lounge room, he placed them square on top of the stair construction and they are squashed flat! Not happy at all! :( No matter how many times I ask/tell/plead with him not to put anything on my work areas, they are a flat surface and flat surfaces need to have things put on them. Men!
The wooden sheets still have lots of things in them so are still quite heavy. I will put them away tomorrow in the caravan, because I won’t have time to do any more on the house for a while now. When I do take the things like window and door trims, brackets etc out of the sheets, I need to put them straight into clip-lock bags according to where they go, so I don’t get them confused or lost. I will keep them separate if they are different – for example, I noticed that there are two different types of brackets. And being me, I know that if I don’t do this, things will go walkabout all by themselves and I will never see them again.
The wooden sheets still have lots of things in them so are still quite heavy. I will put them away tomorrow in the caravan, because I won’t have time to do any more on the house for a while now. When I do take the things like window and door trims, brackets etc out of the sheets, I need to put them straight into clip-lock bags according to where they go, so I don’t get them confused or lost. I will keep them separate if they are different – for example, I noticed that there are two different types of brackets. And being me, I know that if I don’t do this, things will go walkabout all by themselves and I will never see them again.
Ooooh, I have so much to read and see on your blog!! Looks exciting! :) xxxx
ReplyDeleteSo pleased you found my Fairfield blog - hope you enjoy catching up! Hugs Sandie
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