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| HOME Acquiring a Sauna The Frame Hardboard Wiring Lamp Guard Filling the Gaps Insulation Change in Plans The Door The Vent Final Touches Epilogue Sauna Sessions Effects and Results |
Filling the Gaps
Page Seven At this point, there were very large gaps in the corners of the unit, because of errors in cutting the angles, and the fact that the hardboard wasn't quite wide enough to cover the whole frame. These had to be filled in or covered.  There are fairly large gaps at the corners where the sheets of hardboard meet. I considered many solutions to solve this problem, and looked at a wide range of molding at Home Depot, as well as other options, but in the end I decided to go with 1x4's again. I obtained four more 5', 1x4s and mounted them in each corner using #6 x 1 1/2" round-head wood screws to join these pieces to the top and bottom Trapezoids. Then #6 x 5/8" pan-head sheet-metal screws were screwed into both the edge, and the flat side of the 1x4's, every 6", to pull both sheets of hardboard in tight, and to cover the gaps.  With these additional 1x4's screwed in place, the gaps are gone. |
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