Itakura Method in Zushi / 板倉工法 Part 13
The sun has been working on the exterior wall (Japanese cedar) which started changing its colour to beautiful amber.
We had five electricians do their amazing work today. Normally, electric cables run through the pillars and in the walls so eventually they would not be seen on the surface of the interior. With Itakura Method, however,
the walls do not have that “inside bit” for the cables to be hidden as they are a solid piece of wood (if you do not recall, refer to Part 4) So, the electricians got to work out the alternative places like underneath the flooring or on the beams. When it comes to the very end of cables like light switches power sockets, they would have to be on the surface to some extent which would later be covered with wiring covers made of cedar.
Phewwww aren’t you amazed at how many cables a house would require? I am! This looks crazy. I’m also amazed at electricians who actually knows (or should know?) which goes where and what is for what.

Meantime, we carpenters placed Agarihinoki (please see the picture below, it is where we take off our shoes to go inside the house) and Shikii to finally place the final flooring. Guess what kind of wood we are using?
feel good on your skin and definitely look good. You wouldn’t get that “sticky feel” when you walk on it barefoot. This can be applied to all the organic natural timber.
調湿作用があり湿気の多い時には、水分を吸収し、乾燥している時には水分を放出することにより部屋の中の湿度を調節し快適な空間にしてくれます。よって我が国では古来から建物の構造材、化粧材、家具、器、船、薪など様々なものに使われてきました。使い込むうちに『味がでる』『風合いがでる』というイメージ。木に限らず革製品や銅板葺の屋根などにも同じことが言えますね。(最近では新しいものをわざわざキズつけ汚して古びた雰囲気を出す、エイジング加工なんてのもあるくらいです)