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fandomhigh2018-08-03 07:01 am
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Construction 102; Third Period, Friday [08/03].
"Welcome back," Amaya gave the students a little wave once they'd all gathered on the site for this week's lesson. "Sorry about last week; long story short, always take a second to listen to your packages before you open them. If you hear buzzing...it might be bees. But good thing about this stage in the construction process is that it's a lot of work, but it's pretty simple stuff, like the insulation. And, for today, we're going to be working on the lath and plaster method for walls down here in the shop.
"Now, according to my research, this style of wall-building has gone quite a bit out of style; drywall is used more now, because it's easier and cheaper, so we'll be doing that upstairs in the apartment next week. But for the purposes of the shop, lath and plaster walls are more soundproof, which I'm sure the neighbors will enjoy," despite, you know, a good portion of the shop still being open air, but whatever!, "and it's also better for the prevention of the spread of a fire, should anything happen, since a smith deals with a lot of heat and a lot of potential fire hazards.
"It's pretty easy work, too, though, all said and done." Amaya shrugged, reaching for a frame so she could demonstrate some of the steps, with some before and after examples she'd whipped up.. How to nail the boards on, make sure it's clean, smooth on the plaster. And since it took a long time to dry, they'd notice a few walls were already done, and that's where they could work on the sanding on those until the others were dry so they, too, could be sanded.
"Not too difficult, right? But don't hesitate to ask questions. Let's get to work!"
"Now, according to my research, this style of wall-building has gone quite a bit out of style; drywall is used more now, because it's easier and cheaper, so we'll be doing that upstairs in the apartment next week. But for the purposes of the shop, lath and plaster walls are more soundproof, which I'm sure the neighbors will enjoy," despite, you know, a good portion of the shop still being open air, but whatever!, "and it's also better for the prevention of the spread of a fire, should anything happen, since a smith deals with a lot of heat and a lot of potential fire hazards.
"It's pretty easy work, too, though, all said and done." Amaya shrugged, reaching for a frame so she could demonstrate some of the steps, with some before and after examples she'd whipped up.. How to nail the boards on, make sure it's clean, smooth on the plaster. And since it took a long time to dry, they'd notice a few walls were already done, and that's where they could work on the sanding on those until the others were dry so they, too, could be sanded.
"Not too difficult, right? But don't hesitate to ask questions. Let's get to work!"