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<body> <h2> <font size="2" face="Verdana">My Japanese teahouse</font></h2> <p> <b><font size="2" face="Verdana">Sorry your browser cannot support frames.</font></b></p> <p> <font size="2" face="Verdana">If you are viewing this text, your browser lacks the ability to read frames. Don't worry, you can still enjoy our site. All the pages can be viewed from the contents page. Please come inside! </font> </p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana" size="2">I had plans to build a Japanese teahouse (<b><i>chashitsu</i></b>) as the centre point of my Japanese garden though, because of winter, construction had been delayed until the spring of 2003. Well, the spring of 2003 is upon us so construction started in May 2003 and completed later that year. Over the next 12 months I also completed the garden, whose design can be found at: <a href="http://www.myjapanesegarden.com" style="text-decoration: none">www.myjapanesegarden.com</a> .</font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana" size="2">It is probably fair to say that this design is in the mould of a Japanese teahouse but for several reasons it needed to be practical for other uses in a western garden. This meant deviating from the norm of using only 'pure natural materials' and certain traditional architecture features. Another key reason for these changes is that I had to build to a budget.</font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana" size="2">It's now 2006, coming on 2007 and I thoroughly enjoy the garden and teahouse. I thought that a Japanese garden would be pretty much maintenance free; how wrong could I be! The work is worth it though.</font></p> <p> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <a href="../myhouseextension/contents.htm"><font color="#000000">Contents</font></a></font><p> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><span lang="en-gb"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_top" href="index.htm"><font color="#000000">Home</font></a></span></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <b><span lang="en-gb"> <font size="2" face="Verdana">Background<br> </font> </span></b> <span lang="en-gb"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2"> </font></b></span><font face="Verdana" size="2"><img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"></font><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><a href="teahouse-inspiration.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#000000">My inspiration</font></a></font></span><font size="2"><br> </font> <b> <span lang="en-gb"><font size="2" face="Verdana"> In development<br> </font> </span></b> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a href="reading_material.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#000000">Reading material</font></a></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <span lang="en-gb"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b> </b></font></span><font face="Verdana" size="2"><img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"></font><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><a href="initial_plans.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#000000">My teahouse plans</font></a></font></span><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a href="japanese_teahouse_parts_list.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#000000">Parts list</font></a><br>  <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a href="roof.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#000000">Roof</font></a><br>  <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a style="text-decoration: none" href="oak_shakes.htm"><font color="#000000">Making oak shakes</font></a><br>  <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a href="shoji.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#000000">Shoji windows & door</font></a><br> </font> <b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Build diary</font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span lang="en-gb"><br> </span><a href="stones.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000000"> </font></a><img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a href="stones.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#000000">Foundation stones</font></a><br>  <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a style="text-decoration: none" href="green_oak.htm"><font color="#000000">Green oak delivery</font></a><br>  <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a style="text-decoration: none" href="floor-joists.htm"><font color="#000000">Cutting the floor joists</font></a></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a style="text-decoration: none" href="uprights.htm"><font color="#000000">Cutting the uprights</font></a></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a style="text-decoration: none" href="assembly.htm"><font color="#000000">Starting the assembly</font></a></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a style="text-decoration: none" href="roof_assembly.htm"><font color="#000000">Assembling the roof</font></a></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a style="text-decoration: none" href="roof_covering.htm"><font color="#000000">Covering the roof</font></a></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a style="text-decoration: none" href="wall_covering.htm"><font color="#000000">Wall panels</font></a></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a href="floor.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#000000">The oak floor</font></a></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a style="text-decoration: none" href="tiling.htm"><font color="#000000">Tiling the roof</font></a></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a href="shojibuild.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#000000">Shoji windows</font></a></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a style="text-decoration: none" href="makingshoji.htm"><font color="#000000">Making the Shoji frames</font></a><br>  <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a style="text-decoration: none" href="inside.htm"><font color="#000000">Inside the teahouse</font></a></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a style="text-decoration: none" href="alcove.htm"><font color="#000000">The Tokonoma</font></a></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a style="text-decoration: none" href="door.htm"><font color="#000000">Door</font></a>s</font><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a style="text-decoration: none" href="guttering.htm"><font color="#000000">Copper guttering</font></a><br>  <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a style="text-decoration: none" target="main" href="rainchain.htm"><font color="#000000">Copper rain chain</font></a></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a style="text-decoration: none" href="eves.htm"><font color="#000000">Filling the eves</font></a></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a href="porch.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#000000">The veranda</font></a></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a style="text-decoration: none" href="copper_caps.htm"><font color="#000000">Copper post caps</font></a></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><span lang="en-gb"><a style="text-decoration: none" href="path.htm"><font color="#000000">Access path</font></a></span></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.myjapanesegarden.com/teahouse_garden.htm"><font color="#000000">The roji garden</font></a></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a style="text-decoration: none" href="suppliers.htm"><font color="#000000">Suppliers used</font></a></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana"><b><font size="2">Clones - wow!<br> </font> </b></font><span lang="en-gb"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> </font></span><font face="Verdana" size="2"><img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"></font><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><a style="text-decoration: none" href="clone1.htm"><font color="#000000">Richland, WA - USA</font></a><br>  </font></span><font face="Verdana" size="2"><img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"></font><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><a style="text-decoration: none" href="clone2.htm"><font color="#000000">Victoria BC, Canada</font></a><br> </font><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Other</font></b></span><font face="Verdana" size="2"><br>  <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a style="text-decoration: none" target="main" href="links.htm"><font color="#000000">Build teahouse links</font></a></font><font size="2"><br> </font> <b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Tea ceremony<img border="0" src="images/new_small.gif" width="31" height="12"><br> </font></b> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a style="text-decoration: none" target="main" href="tea_ceremony.htm"><font color="#000000">Tea ceremony overview</font></a><br>      <img border="0" src="images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a style="text-decoration: none" target="main" href="epicoftea.htm"><font color="#000000">The Epic of Tea</font></a></font><font size="2"><br>  </font><p> <font face="Verdana"><b><font size="2">The garden<br> </font> </b></font><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span lang="en-gb"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://myjapanesegarden.com/"><font color="#000000">Japanese Garden</font></a></span></font><p> </p> </body>