The Bungalow in Foamboard

[Earl Marischal]

David,

Will you be making the roof removable, so the interior can be viewed?

steve 

[Anglia105E]

11 hours ago, Rodent said:

Doesn't need to be a woman, just ask anyone who cooks. Your stove, sink, and fridge need to be nearer to each other or you will walk 1/2 mile just making your biscuits and tea. Maybe put your corner cabinet in the upper left corner, or make the windowsill smaller so your sink can go under the window and arrange the other stuff as needed. M'lady can have a view of the garden whilst washing the dishes since you haven't given her a dishwasher.

Thank you Steve . . . I had considered removing the window sill or making it smaller, in order to place the sink unit under the window as you kindly suggested. There will be no dishwasher or tumble drier, as I think there are enough appliances in what is not a particularly large kitchen, but I take your point. M'Lady is welcome to wander out through the French doors and into the garden, once she has finished washing the dishes . . .

David

[Anglia105E]

6 hours ago, Earl Marischal said:

David,

Will you be making the roof removable, so the interior can be viewed?

steve 

Once the rooms are completed and all of the 16 wall panels are firmly in place, the ceiling panel will rest on top of the upper wall edges. The ceiling panel will not be glued to the walls, or attached in any way. The lighting for each room, including the garage, will be mounted within the ceiling panel.

The entire roof structure is being constructed on it's own baseboard, and this baseboard will rest on top of the ceiling panel . . . Both the ceiling panel and the roof structure baseboard can be lifted clear of the lower room compartments, giving a free and unobstructed view of the room interiors . . .

I have made this bungalow model so that the ceilings and roof structure assembly fits within both gable ends, as shown in the photo below . . .

David

[Anglia105E]

Steadily moving forward, as the wall panels are being mounted onto the baseboard, one at a time, with an overnight setting time of 24 hours to allow the PVA glue to dry completely . . . Yesterday, I did manage to mount two walls, which were the rear and side walls of the garage.

Today, I carefully mounted the front wall panel of this bungalow, which is the wall that has the window for bedroom two and also the double garage doors. Now that this wall is firmly glued in place, the hinged double garage doors are locked into position, and cannot be removed. The two upper hinge rods and the two lower hinge rods are slotted precisely into holes that were drilled into the upper and lower styrene strips . . .

Some PVA glue seeped out from under the garage wall on the inside, and found it's way between the 1-2-3 block and the garage floor. When I slowly removed the 1-2-3 block a section of the garage wall and floor was torn off . . . This damage has since been rectified, using some grey emulsion paint.

Having started in the centre of the bungalow and gradually moved outwards, over to the right hand side of the baseboard, I can now continue across to the left hand side of the baseboard . . . The walls for bedroom one, the bathroom and the two gable ends are going to be mounted during the next few days, along with the longest wall that runs along the left hand side of the bungalow . . . This will leave only one wall at the rear of the living room, that has French doors, and also the main front entrance door of the property.

Thanks for following the build this far, and pretty soon the roof structure will be coming together decisively . . .

David

 

[PHPaul]

Excellent progress, Sir.

And I've been there and done that with glue and 1-2-3 blocks...

[Anglia105E]

1 hour ago, PHPaul said:

Excellent progress, Sir.

And I've been there and done that with glue and 1-2-3 blocks...

Thanks Paul . . . Generally, the PVA glue is what I would describe as a ' friendly ' adhesive, and I like using it. The lengthy and slow setting time doesn't bother me really . . . Super glue on the other hand, is what I would describe as an ' unfriendly ' adhesive, and I hate using it, but sometimes I am forced to use it . . .

The damage from the PVA glue seeping under the 1-2-3 block is easily fixed, and actually looks like a typical garage interior after many years of use.

David

[Anglia105E]

Having mounted both gable ends of the bungalow, I moved on to mounting the longest side wall that runs between the two gable ends. Prior to this, the front entrance door and frame was mounted between the walls of bedroom one and bedroom two . . . The bathroom has all four walls in place, and the hall is now nicely squared off at the corners.

Three paintings by Edward Hopper are now hanging on the walls of three rooms, these being ' Gas ' in bedroom one, ' Hotel Lobby ' in the kitchen above the fireplace, and ' Nighthawks ' above the fireplace in the living room . . . There will be one more Hopper painting hanging in the hallway.

The final wall of sixteen was mounted this evening, which is the back wall of the living room, including the opening French doors. Once this has been allowed to set over a period of 24 hours, the entire lower floor structure is ready for further painting . . .

David

[PHPaul]

Great progress, David.

I like the creative use of bracing...

[Anglia105E]

9 minutes ago, PHPaul said:

Great progress, David.

I like the creative use of bracing...

Sorry Paul, just woken up and the brain is not fully functioning this early in the day . . . When you say creative use of ' bracing '. what did you mean ?

David

[PHPaul]

1-2-3 blocks are normal/common.  Glass bottles are "creative"...

[Anglia105E]

18 minutes ago, PHPaul said:

1-2-3 blocks are normal/common.  Glass bottles are "creative"...

Oh I see . . . These are what I call my ' weight bottles ', and basically I fill empty plastic bottles with water, so they get used a great deal for holding things down, or bracing upright structures . . . Thanks !

David