Miniature Concrete House Building Manual
in your box you will find:
Tools:
Spatula
Brush
Palette
Trowel
Mixing sticks
Sandpaper for plaster
Paints
Measuring cup
Glue
Parts:
250+ miniature bricks
Pre-assembled house frame (base)
Gray powder (for cement/mortar)
Wire mesh (reinforcement for the foundation)
White powder (for plaster)
Mixing containers
Wooden planks (for the roof)
Windows and doors set
Chimney piece
what you'll need at home:
DAY 1: Preparation & Foundation
1. Set Up Your Workspace:
Lay down a protective sheet on a sturdy table. Keep all your materials within easy reach.
2. Inspect the Frame:
Check the pre-assembled base frame. Place the base with this side facing you, as shown in the picture. Make sure it’s clean and free of dust or debris.
3. Prepare the Mortar Mix :
Take the smallest container with three bags of mortar for bricks inside. Take the two bags out and pour one bag into the container.
(With one preparation mix you can work up to 20 - 25 minutes. If you work longer than the specified time, the fixing mixture may dry out, but don't worry, just add a little water to moisten it again and continue working.)
Take your measuring cup and add 20ml of water, stirring continuously.
Mix until the mortar is smooth, without any stuck pieces.
4. Lay the First Bricks
- Take the modeling spatula and apply concrete mortar to the bottom and one smaller side of the brick so that you can easily connect the next brick.
- The average amount of mortar to apply to each brick is shown in the picture.
5. Place the First Row
Place it carefully along the bottom edge of the frame exactly as shown
6. Build First 3 Layers
- Add the 2nd and 3rd layers of bricks.
- Stagger the bricks: place each brick in the middle of two bricks below it (like real houses).
- Check alignment regularly to keep the walls straight.
7. Attach the Stairs
- After building three layers, you will see some space left on the base. This is the space for the stairs. Take three identical boards marked "65x10" from the bag containing the roof parts and two serrated pieces.
- Attach one serrated part to the base and the other to the other edge, glue the three boards together as shown in the picture below.
8. Pour the Foundation Floor
Take the largest bucket containing foundation mortar intended for your foundation.
Place 4 to 7 bricks and place reinforcement bars (wire mesh) on top of them to strengthen the foundation.
Pour 200 ml of water into a bucket with foundation mortar and stir until the mixture is smooth and no dry particles remain. Use a metal spoon or fork (don't worry, it will wash off easily).
9. Level the Foundation
Pour the mixture onto the base, pressing gently and smoothing with a larger trowel. Add the mixture to the hardened stair formwork, pressing gently so that the cement fills all the gaps.
Use a trowel to level the foundation as much as possible, form steps so that the cement is level with the top of the wooden boards.
👉 Leave the foundation to dry for ~12 hours
DAY 2: Walls & Plaster
10. Build Walls - Layer 4
Take the bag with 80g of the mortar. Mix one of the three bags with 20ml of water to make the previous foundation.
Layer 4: The stairs lead to the porch, so no bricks will be laid there. Now you will begin to form a rectangle. Leave space for the door, you will use one half-brick for this purpose in this layer.
Keep stacking bricks, remembering to stagger them.
11. Build Walls - Layer 5
Place a half-brick on the right side near the gap. Take the door and place it in the opening to see if it fits.
If it doesn't fit, try to carefully move the structure so the door fits.
12. Build Walls - Layer 6
Leave gaps for windows. In total, you have five windows. One larger window will be above the stairs, another on the left and another on the right side of the house. A smaller window will be on the right side of the door. The door and the smaller window are one and a half bricks wide, while the large windows are two bricks wide.
Their locations are marked in grey in the picture and cannot be filled in until you have finished laying nine layers. Don't forget to check after laying each layer whether the windows fit by adding them and then removing them again.
Also, be sure to use half-bricks from this layer to the ninth so that the bricks will always be staggered. On the right side of the wall from the door, use one full brick, then two half-bricks in the next layer, then another full brick, and so on. In each layer, half-bricks will need to be used for each window.
13. Build Walls - Layer 7
Place the bricks exactly as shown in the picture.
14. Build Walls - Layer 8
Place the bricks exactly as shown in the picture.
15. Build Walls - Layer 9
Place the bricks exactly as shown in the picture.
16. Build Walls - Layer 10
After laying the last ninth layer, place the windows and doors in their designated places, then take the longer bricks (transoms) from a separate bag. There are three longer ones and two shorter ones in total.
All longer bricks should be placed above the larger windows, and one smaller one above the door, with another smaller one to its right.
Secure this layer with the others, but do not secure the windows with concrete, just insert them to maintain the correct distance so that they can be fitted later.
Keep in mind that the windows are not square.
17. Build Walls - Layer 11
The last layer - keep stacking bricks, remembering to stagger them.
After finishing the 11th layer leave the house for at least 30 minutes for mortar to dry.