This is part six of a personal carpentry project whose stages were recorded on video: building a cat house for our two kittens. Here are the other parts:

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
• Part 7
• Part 8

In this video, you can see the three layers of insulation in the side walls: the 2 cm boards at the exterior, the polystyrene layer, and the 1 cm boards nailed over the polystyrene and secured to the 2cm exterior boards with wood screws. Most of the interior joints have already been caulked. Next up is finishing the interior, then sanding and treating the exterior.

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This is part five of a personal carpentry project whose stages were recorded on video: building a cat house for our two kittens. Here are the other parts:

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 6
• Part 7
• Part 8

In this video, you can see the almost-finished bottom, where the 3 cm thermal insulation has been laid against the bottom part of the floor and secured to it by wooden planks and wood screws. The bottom beams (the ones belonging to the frame) have already been treated with base (against mildew and rot), and the interior has also been treated with base at this point. The bottom still needs to be caulked properly at the edges of the thermal insulation, then stained and treated with wood wax/varnish.

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This is part four of a personal carpentry project whose stages were recorded on video: building a cat house for our two kittens. Here are the other parts:

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 5
• Part 6
• Part 7
• Part 8

In this video, you can see the finished exterior, with the 2 cm wood planks cut to size and nailed in place. The floor is also completed. You’ll see the wood has stains and other marks on it, since it’s left over from the renovation job. By the time the cat house is completed, all of that is going to be sanded away and any holes or dents are going to be repaired with wood filler.

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This is part three of a personal carpentry project whose stages were recorded on video: building a cat house for our two kittens. Here are the other parts:

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 4
• Part 5
• Part 6
• Part 7
• Part 8

In this video, I show the finished frame and talk about the next steps in the project. You’ll have to excuse me as you watch the video, because there are two places where I can’t remember the English words for what I wanted to say. Living in a foreign country and speaking another language all day long has one obvious downside — I tend to forget some English lexicon, and I don’t like it. Fortunately, these are just momentary lapses. When I sit at my laptop and write, I have no problems (yet).

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This is part two of a personal carpentry project whose stages were recorded on video: building a cat house for our two kittens. Here are the other parts:

• Part 1
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
• Part 6
• Part 7
• Part 8

In this video, I show the basic frame of the cat house after it’s been put together, and talk about the wood used in its construction.

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