Dear readers I am ashamed to say that in my haste to build this next house I ignored two cardinal rules. The first of these rules was "measure twice, cut once" - the second, and possibly the most important - dry fit. With my front walls glued firmly in place I came to realize that the measurements on my hallway were all wrong. Nothing about these measurements was at all correct. Had i completed my foam core dryfit I would have realized this.
My hallway was supposed to be 7.5" wide, this allowed room for the stair kit I have which is 2.5" wide. I'm not sure why something didn't trigger when I realized that my double door kit was too wide - regardless my beloved front wall had to come off tonight and now I have to figure out how to cut my base without taking down all the other glued and nailed walls so that I can add a spacer of three inches.
I wrestled with putting a "tower" on the back of the house but in the end I knew that I wanted to have visibility of the hallway, and if it was only 4" across it wouldn't be very impressive at all. Two steps forward and one step back it seems!
I will have further news once I figure out the best way to cut my base!
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