Advance from Normandy.

[Jim R]

Looking good Scottie.
Jim

[rtfoe]

Scottie, I see you're using the tiles that look like chicken feathers. :smiling2: I regret doing mine with the same design...it ended looking very Henzel & Gretelish. :tears-of-joy:. You've got yours spaced out properly, mine were too close hence the H & G look.

Cheers,
Richard

[Steve Jones]

Not sure if I should add a few more loose tiles or leave it as it is

The look you have gone for is not a direct bomb strike but damage caused from a nearby bomb blast. Therefore the tiles at the top of the roof will be blown off first as they are more exposed to the upward force of the blast. The tiles near the bottom have the weight of the other tiles holding them down. I think it is spot an and should be left as is. Keep it comin my friend

[BigGreg]

Chair PULLED.... it's gonna be awesome....

[scottie3158]

Looking good Scottie.
Jim

Thanks Jim.

Scottie, I see you're using the tiles that look like chicken feathers. :smiling2: I regret doing mine with the same design...it ended looking very Henzel & Gretelish. :tears-of-joy:. You've got yours spaced out properly, mine were too close hence the H & G look.

Cheers,
Richard

Cheers Richard, your right they can be a bit H&G hopefully they will look ok when painted.

The look you have gone for is not a direct bomb strike but damage caused from a nearby bomb blast. Therefore the tiles at the top of the roof will be blown off first as they are more exposed to the upward force of the blast. The tiles near the bottom have the weight of the other tiles holding them down. I think it is spot an and should be left as is. Keep it comin my friend

Steve, that is kinda what I was hoping for, it is hopefully not far off the reference pic I'm using. Many thanks.

[scottie3158]

Chair PULLED.... it's gonna be awesome....

Hi mate good to have you along

[Tim Marlow]

Tiling looks good Paul. Great to see this coming to life in front of us.

[scottie3158]

Tiling looks good Paul. Great to see this coming to life in front of us.

Tim,
Cheers mate.

[Guest]

Well having a critical eye of 50 years in architecture you have done superbly well there
Paul. Very nice piece of work on the dormer. A good idea of construction not easy.

Perhaps a few broken tiles at the eaves. The slate edges are the most vulnerable there
as the slate tops are nailed to the tile battens an upward blast will snap them.

Very nicely done. Great to see DIY just love this work myself. Just thinking of a small hanger
on my Jersey Airport. Look forward to your progress.

Laurie

[adt70hk]

Coming on very nicely indeed Paul.

Keep up the good work.

Andrew

[boatman]

HI Paul this is lookin great carpentry an could you put your hand nr the build so i can see how big it is an whats wattle and dorb ?
chris

[wotan]

Paul

Excellent building job to complement an excellent vehicle build. BTW it's Wattle and Daub" as in daub mud all over the woven sticks.
Keep it coming

John

[Guest]

Paul

Excellent building job to complement an excellent vehicle build. BTW it's Wattle and Daub" as in daub mud all over the woven sticks.
Keep it coming

John

Plus a good shovel of animal dung. But it is in fact lath & plaster or a lime mixture

Wattle & daub is pre historic using twigs straw & branches etc. clay & the dung.

Laurie

[Tim Marlow]

Different applications weren’t they though Laurie? I know you know this stuff Laurie, but others may be interested…..


Wattle, covered with mud/clay/dung/straw as a wall finish….
…and in use…..



Lath with the plaster removed…

Lath from behind, plaster keyed into the wall by the horizontal gaps.

As I understand it, Wattle and Daub was used for main wall construction filling in between house framing.
Lath and plaster was used for a smooth decorative wall finish inside a building? It is very difficult to hand things like radiators and cupboards on lath and plaster stud walls…believe me, I’ve tried LOL. The only way I found was to use spring toggle clips…..everything else just fell through or fell off…unless you were lucky enough to hit a stud behind the lath!

[Guest]

Well I think will leave it there unless some one wants to start another topic.
It is all rather academic.

Unfair to Paul's topic. Makes no difference to his superb work.

Laurie