Monday, November 2, 2009

"Rustic "Villa" second set of walls

The first set of four walls for the "rustic" villa have been reinforced with balsa wood in order to give them a stiffness in setting the four basic walls up on the house plan.  The walls have been glued up and will be dry in the morning.  Meanwhile, I have cut out the front wall of the villa and the wall sections for the two end rooms on either end of that wall which extend forward.  These three cutouts will form the front part of the villa.  I will back these walls with balsa stripping, when I collect the first four walls from my workbench tomorrow.

When I get the seven walls up and fastened down solidly on the plan, then I will take another picture of the villa as it looks at that point to give you somewhat of an idea about how the "construction" is coming along.

In the design of the "townhouse" villa, I will be making a third story sketch of the basement or sub-level area of the house.  This will consist of two sections separated from each other:--the hypocaust (furnace) and the basement storage area.  The hypocaust will heat only one or two rooms on the ground floor, probably the lady of the house bedroom, and the office.  These will be the most often used rooms in the house during inclement weather.

Respectfully;

Marcus Audens


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