Itakura Method in Zushi / 板倉工法 Part 15
We have started the work for the outside area after undoing the scaffolding. As for the inside, we are progressing with the work for staircase, the bathroom, the kitchen, the tatami room and the fire place.
We also build the bathroom from scratch, avoiding the ‘unit-bath’ which is explained well in this website, basically it is the entire room (tub, ceiling, walls and floor) is pre-fabricated and then installed as a unit in the apartment. There are many grade and it is pretty common but in my opinion, it feels so blunt. Going back to the bathroom for this project, the upper walls are the cypress timber while the lower part of the room is surfaced with tuff called Towadaishi.
The staircase is of course made of cedar. On the ground floor, there will be a fire place. Yes, a fire place in a wooden house, you heard it! We are using a different kind of tuff called Ooyaishi as a fireproof wall around and beneath the fire place. Damn it looks good.
The kitchen is mainly cedar apart from the kitchen top which is made with stainless board. (please wait for the photo of the kitchen top as it is protected neatly to take a photo)
At this stage of construction, we meet with a lot of builders (tilers, plumbers, wall paper hangers, electricians, slingers etc) and the site get quite lively 🙂 By the way, have I told you that we have been keeping ALL the scrap wood?
They will be used as fuel for the fire place. Since they are all natural wood unlike plywood, laminated wood or engineered wood that could produce fume/toxic gas, we can sit back and relax by the fire place without any worries. Cedar would be burnt quite quickly but I guess that’s still better that than none. There seem to be enough for the whole winter coming.
Almost there, stay tuned!
外部仮設足場がはずれ、外構工事が始まりました。内部工事のほうは、階段、お風呂、キッチン、和室、薪ストーブに絡む工事を行っています。
お風呂はユニットバスではなく造作風呂になります。腰から上にはヒノキの板を張りまして下部分は十和田石を貼ります。
階段はご存知の杉板で1階リビングダイニングには薪ストーブが設置されます。ストーブの周りは防火壁になりますので、ここでは大谷石をはります。
キッチンも同じく杉板で作ります。天板だけはステンレスの一枚板です。（がっちり養生してありますので写真は完成の時までお預けとなります）
この時期になると、この新築工事に携わる各職人さん（鳶さん、タイル屋さん、左官屋さん、クロス屋さん、電気屋さんなど）がどんどん入ってきますので現場がいつもより賑やかになります！
この工事ででた廃材（木材）は薪ストーブの燃料になりますので捨てずにとっておきます。合板や集成材などの工業製品は燃やすと有毒ガスが発生しますが、ここではそういったものは使っていませんで、全て無垢の自然の木ですので薪として燃し、暖をとる事が可能です。ほとんどがみなさんご存知の杉なので燃えるのは早いですが、ないよりかは良いでしょう。薪も買うと高いので！今年の冬はこの杉（ヒノキもちょっとあり）だけでなんとかなりそうです(^^)
板倉工法の施工の順序、引き続き投稿していきます！
(This construction was taken place on November, 2015 – 実際の工事は2015年11月に行われたものです)
