Construction Blues

[Huh? What?]

I started framing out a wall for a fire watch tower on my G-Scale layout. My wife, the building inspector, took one look at it, handed me a notice of violation, and a stop-work order. Then she went and fetched her copy of Architectural Drafting and Design, with the book open to the pages on framing.

 

[stockers]

Looks OK to me - it is a model after all.

 

[Rhinochugger]

I started framing out a wall for a fire watch tower on my G-Scale layout. My wife, the building inspector, took one look at it, handed me a notice of violation, and a stop-work order. Then she went and fetched her copy of Architectural Drafting and Design, with the book open to the pages on framing.

There's plenty of people who'd build a shed the way you've done your model.

When it comes to knocking a timber frame together, there's 101 ways of killing a cat

 

[Gizzy]

No diagonal cross bracing per chance?

Not that I'm an expert or a US building inspector....

 

[Huh? What?]

Unfortunately, my wife is.

The stop work order she made...

 

[dunnyrail]

Unfortunately, my wife is.

The stop work order she made...

That lady has a rare and wicked sence of humour!
JonD

 

[stockers]

No diagonal cross bracing per chance?

Not that I'm an expert or a US building inspector....

Stress sheeting - the ply panel at the bottom will do the bracing for you Gizzy.

 

[Madman]

There's plenty of people who'd build a shed the way you've done your model.

When it comes to knocking a timber frame together, there's 101 ways of killing a cat

There's only one way to frame a wall.....My way.....and if you don't like my way, there's the highway. And one more thing.....My way kills the cat in one fell swoop.....