Emily Adams
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Hi all, looking for some tips for building large exterior-grade facades. I'm working as TD on a drive-though "holiday town" experience and while it's similar to work I've done in the past, the fact that it's two-sided, 300 feet long, and will be up for about six weeks this winter are all new challenges for me. We're basically trying to make a main street facade of 2d building cutouts (back-to-back) in a big parking lot that will be supported by either truss or construction scaffolding in the space between the backsides (maybe 10 or 12 feet deep.) Buildings to be at least 12 feet tall but not more than 16 feet tall, and each one around 16 feet wide. I'm hoping to get some advice on sheet goods (exterior grade MDO? Standard AC? Film Ply?) thoughts on framing to support the seams (steel? flat-framed 2x4? studio studs?) structure to support the entire wall (theatrical truss? construction scaffolding? some combination of the two?) and type of paint (exterior primer and top coat or just primer? oil-based necessary? seal coat?) I've got lots of my own thoughts on this stuff but since I don't really have a design yet, I'd like to spend this time trying to get some of those procedural ducks in a row - this bad boy is supposed to open in 8 weeks (eep!)
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!