Longhouse build

[Verderer]

I am getting buried under my workload at the moment, but I have made some small progress. The doors are almost done, I just need to make some bars / latches for them.







Making the side door open inside as well causes a little issue. Firstly, it's a bit cramped in there but manageable I guess. Secondly, I was planning to make floor in the rear of the house raised, but I didn't come to think that the door opening inside would complicate things. It can't open inside like in the above picture, if the floor is 7 to 8 mm (or thereabouts) higher than it is currently... I guess I could raise the door the equivalent amount and make a little step outside, or figure out something with the floor that would allow me to use the door as is and have the raised section too. Bugger...

Making the door open outside is pretty much out at this point, unless I re-do the actual door again. If I just flip the door now, the planking would be horizontal on the outside, which I don't like.

I guess I am going to leave the door as they are for now, and move on to make the interior a bit, so I actually see how it will look in reality.

[OSHIROmodels]

The doors look good 

Could you have the raised floor raised around the area where the door opens, like a recess of sorts, and have the raised floor as the ‘step’?

[DintheDin]

Just beautiful! 
Eager to see the continuation!

[Verderer]

The doors look good 

Could you have the raised floor raised around the area where the door opens, like a recess of sorts, and have the raised floor as the ‘step’?

Thanks,  yes I though about making the raised section end at the posts behind the door opening section, the ones that part of the wall structure, but the trouble is the door opens that far back and crosses over their line, if you know what I mean? So it it would require the raised section fall even more behind, and I think it may look odd, if there's a section of the back room with dropped floor in just at one corner?

I will build up the raised floors first and see what looks best. I am inclined to think that raising the door would be the best solution at this point, maybe a nice stone foundation under the entrance section? Not sure if that solution looks 'viking' enough precisely, but nobody's perfect?

[Ragnar]

Much awesomeness.

[Pendrake]

The doors look good 

Could you have the raised floor raised around the area where the door opens, like a recess of sorts, and have the raised floor as the ‘step’?

That sounds like the Viking equivalent of a mudroom. The Vikings probably invented the mud room. Maybe check archaeology sites and see what the Vikings did.

If all else fails, move the door posts outward, away from the building by 10-15mm.  Is that an option?

[Verderer]

Sure, and I can always widen the base around the entrace a bit in case the door looks to be too close to the edge. We'll see.

[Verderer]

Started work on the raised floors, with a bit done on the left side.




I also decided the make the entrance raised, rather than have a sunk section of the floor. I tried it out, but it didn't look good to me. So I made a mock section of foamboard in the pic. I will make a better one eventurally, and maybe extend the section a bit outward and widen the base just a bit. I think it will look more natural once done.

[Lost Egg]

It's looking pretty darn awesome.

[bluewillow]

Doing a great job on it, looking for Forward to your roofing work!

Cheers
Matt

[Verderer]

I haven't been entirely idle, got the raised floors done and some other details:


The side door is now raised with  some stone foundation. As you can see, the walls there are taller than the rest of the house at that point, but I am not sure whether that is an issue. Will see when I get to building the roof. I can always cut it down a bit.


The side door has a working latch shaped like a bird's head. The beak goes in the hook to close the door, and the weight keeps up.

I have no idea if this would be realistic, but I saw something similar while googling, and thought it looked pretty cool.

Finally, I've been experimenting with making wattle screens from coir (coconut fibre). It looks a little loose maybe at this point, but I like how it looks more organic and irregular than, say, string.


My intention is to make several of these screens for the main space, between the pillars and the walls, and then one larger interior wall for the chieftain at the back. Either wattle or plank. Might make both, as I intend to keep these separate, so I can use them when needed and other times leave the space more open.

[Supercollider]

wow, this is incredible stuff.  Glad I chanced across this thread 

[Lost Egg]

Lovely attention to detail as always

[Verderer]

Moving on to roof construction:

[Anselm van Helsing]

Very cool project. Great attention to the real longhouse structure. You could use these photos to explain the Scandinavian longhouse at school/university!