"Built me a Vikinglonghouse" Topic

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Dalauppror	29 Apr 2016 11:54 p.m. PST
God morning I have built me a Viking longhouse. At first I thought that I would buy me one of those MDF ones, but as they was quite expensive and need plenty of work anyway to be possible to use I thought I could build my own for a lesser cost. So far my house have cost me Zero money as all parts was in my buildmaterial pile. The House mesure about 12x30cm, at least the base I built it on:) You can see more pictures of the bilding process here and a bunch of more pictures of the finished house here. I hope you all will have a greate weekend ! Best regards Michael
Herkybird	30 Apr 2016 2:04 a.m. PST
Very nice work there! I see you went for the traditional smoke hole in the roof rather than at the gable ends. --There has been a lot of research recently on the problem of smoke evacuation from thatched houses--most of the info supporting overhead smoke holes was derived from African iron age culture buildings,as no thatched building from the dark ages remains in Europe. However, problems with having a smoke hole over a fire pit include letting rain in, and causing an updraft which sucks cold air from the wall areas and causes sparks to fly into the thatch! A Danish example of the gable end smoke hole… A recent 'Time Team' programme on UK TV showed a dark age round house reconstruction where there was no smoke hole at all, and the smoke filtered through the thatch, incidentally killing insects in the thatch. I suspect it would allow smoking meat/fish in the rafters too! I would be interested if anyone else has any thoughts on this subject?
Samurai Elb	30 Apr 2016 2:07 a.m. PST
Very impressive building! Many years ago I let me built one from Barb´s Bunker, which if I am right informed was a forerunner from Architects of War and then still built houses for custumer. Your house is at similiarly good and you had not to pay many dollars for it ;-) As always execuse any errors english isn´t my own language
olicana	30 Apr 2016 2:15 a.m. PST
Impressive, love the thatch. James
Cardinal Ximenez	30 Apr 2016 4:46 a.m. PST
Nice
cavcrazy	30 Apr 2016 5:23 a.m. PST
That is an amazing piece. Beautifully done.
Mick in Switzerland	30 Apr 2016 7:01 a.m. PST
Well done / nice project
Shagnasty	30 Apr 2016 8:28 a.m. PST
Very niice work! All that is needed are Ragnar and Lagertha at the door offering a welcome cup of mead.
darthfozzywig	30 Apr 2016 9:53 a.m. PST
Great work.
Herkybird	30 Apr 2016 12:47 p.m. PST
Very nice work! All that is needed are Ragnar and Lagertha at the door offering a welcome cup of mead. Like this?
Shagnasty	30 Apr 2016 3:45 p.m. PST
Outstanding! You have a place in Valhalla for sure.
jwebster	01 May 2016 1:59 p.m. PST
Very nice house – thanks for the detailed build information John
CeruLucifus	01 May 2016 6:19 p.m. PST
Looks great!
Dalauppror	02 May 2016 3:46 a.m. PST
Thank you all for very kind words! Appreciated.