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Posted by RicodJour on April 1, 2008, 11:36 am
> My son's group won the design phase of a design/build competition at his
> tech school. Now the teams have to build their buildings, per the design.
>
> He has a nuumber of problems and I don't know how to correct them while
> construction is underway. They started by framing the building's
> exterior to the correct outside dimensions. But all of the interior
> stuff doesn't fit. They can get some of the rooms to the right size,
> but every time they do that, something else gets too small. I think
> that is happening is that the walls are too thick. On paper, they are
> just lines but when they build them, they can be up to 4.5" think.
> That's throwing everything off. How does he correct for that? How do
> you get thinner walls. If they were maybe 1/2 or 1/4 inch, no one would
> notice but over 4" is just ridiculous. What's the secret?
>
> The other issue is the door and windows. He's using a standard 32" door
> but that doesn't fit correctly either. The hallways are 32" and there's
> all of the stuff around the door that somehow seem like it is meant to
> be installed. I don't get it, it's just a little camp they are trying
> to frame. The windows have the same problem. For instance there are
> two windows that are 10" apart and there shouldn't be a problem putting
> the 8" chimney between them, but it doesn't all fit in. He's missing
> something.
>
> The teacher isn't any help. He says it's the best design he's seen in
> years and he can't figure why there are any problems.
>
> Please help.
I'd suggest building it tomorrow. That should fix the problem.
R
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