Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Rooms are starting to appear
Sometimes I wish I was left-handed. Left handed people apparently better at spacial visualisation, i.e. imaging things in 3-D. Having a set of plans is all very well but trying to image the turning, twisting space under an invisible staircase in which to build walls for a toilet and washroom is very difficult.
Ian and I spent most of the morning scratching our heads figuring out heights and angles etc, so we could put a toilet and washroom in the space under the stairs. As a secondary element we also wanted to provide some extra structural support for the beams under the upstairs bathroom. A full bath of water weighs quite a lot. The result was quite a feat of over-engineering. The front stud wall perpendicular to the overhead beams is made from the wood normally used for floor joists with the side walls a more normal metal studwork. The metal studding is much mush easier to work with than wood, but we needed the additional strength in compression for the extra high ceilings.
I learnt a couple of useful tips today. The first from Ian on using nails and rawplugs in the concrete floor as a fixing and secondly, to move the scaffolding to the outside of the room before constructing the room around it ! We did realise just in time and managed to squeeze the scaffolding out of the room without having to dismantle it first.
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Rooms are starting to appear
