Show January 21 1976 Page 2 That big day has come You are finally moving into your new home But wait will the queen-siz- e bed fit through the door and into the bedroom? Can you get sofa down the stairs your ten-foand around the corner? The Vance Christiansen family won’t have to worry about these things when they move into their new home this spring Christiansen who is building his own home first built a scale model of his planned home - complete with furnishings Prof uses models to detemine if furniture fits new house ot Works with models “I am used to working with models” says Christiansen an associate professor in civil and environmental engineering at Utah State University ‘‘Blueprints are really a model but people who aren’t used to reading them like my wife find them hard to understand So I surveying built a model our house to see how things would fit” Christiansen explains “I wanted to make sure large furniture like beds and sofas would go through the doors and around the corners” Each wall of the model is constructed from two pieces of three-dimension- al of plywood and repreh sents a wall in the actual house The scale furniture was built by taking measurements for the largest items of fuYniture in the Sears catalog quarter-inc- h ten-inc- This way Christiansen can physically move a replica ten-fosofa down the stairs and into the family room and then tell which wall it will fit against ot Before settling on the model home they did Christiansen built several other models “I set one out for the trashman to pick up A neighbor noticed it and asked if he could have it for his children I said ‘yes’ and they had a great time using it as a doll house” Christiansen said Christiansen built the model he is using over Thanksgiving vacation three years ago He broke ground for his home about two and one-hayears ago Working in his spare time he hopes to finish and move his family in this spring “I go over to the house about 5 am before going to work Then I work in the evenings and on weekends” says Christiansen Building the house has been a I has even old Camille who included real family thing often kept her dad company ‘‘My father is a retired brick contractor and I'Jiave had some experience in masonry and know how to survey I had not had much carpentry experience though and no plumbing or wiring experience I learned by doing and through good books” Christiansen lf instruments for while I set the footings” ‘‘Really the whole family benefited The boys learned how to work building a home while they earned their allowance It was nice working with them too’ ‘‘I am saving a little money by building myself but more importantly I am getting a better quality home than a contractor could afford to build Besides nailing everything I have glued it I have also added some luxuries such as double-pan- e windows Contractors in Cache Valley do a good job but a contractor couldn’t make money and do these same things” Christiansen comments explains Have plenty of time “We also had time to decide Won’t do It again Christiansen who hasn’t had many Saturday’s off in the last three years doubts he would ever try to build another home He did find advantages in doing it this redecide and investigate problems If a contractor were building our home he would move faster and decisions would have to be made more quickly This way we have less chance of one time though making a wrong decision I even “My wife and children have drew the kitchen cabinets on the become skillful through helping floor so we could see how much build our house The kids can room they took up and whether we wanted them in that place or pound nails with the best of them Twelve-yea- r old Brian ran the not” Christiansen cogkided iftoUND THE HOUSE OF SOUND THE HOUSE ui m SiyLEE o in m D It’s January Clearance Time with Reductions on o IXI Z Q Stereo Z & Equipment o Z o it's not a doll house Vance Christiansen looks over the scale model of the home he is building The model complete with car and various furnishings allowed Christiansen to check details such as the possibility of moving a sofa into the basement Lafayette NO 1 ot HASS ANYONE SEEN FAY COLLEGE HASS COLLEGE WEEK 20-2- 3 WEDNESDAY: The UTAH STATE! 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