tiny house construction & living
Today’s update is all about the gas. We start with the furnace. After several days, I got only crickets from the manufacturer about that 6″ long 7-3/4″ inch exhaust tube, so I decided that, given the other two units inspected by my vendor also had the same 6″ long tube, that the manufacturer had changed … Continue reading Passing Gas
Ah, the furnace. You know, the one I tried so hard to get both the unit and the thick-wall kit in the same place at the same time, which as you may recall, took our intrepid builder to Sketch E Commerce, a handful of other vendors, at least one wrong-thing-sent, and, finally, at long last, … Continue reading Furnace Rancors, Stove Anchors, Drawer Slides, And Holes In Sides
Some people have asked me whether I have been employing all the new decorative woodworking skills I’ve learned to the various projects inside the tiny house. The answer is “no”. The answer to “why” is that I’m still such a novice at that stuff and even pros take a long time to make these beautiful … Continue reading Cabinetry, Kitchen Plumbing & Furnace Sleeve
Since last update, the ceiling in the Cozy Loft has been dressed, as have two of its three non-glass-block walls. The third wall I originally thought to upholster like a fancy chair back for leaning up against, since it’s the only wall I can lean up against up there, but then I noticed I could … Continue reading Ceiling, Circuits, Swing, Site, And WOG
Hearth grout cured, it’s time to complete the installation of the wood stove! Step 1, put the stove on a piece of cardboard so I can slide it easily along the hearth. Step 2, attach another section of flue and adjust the height so I can locate the chimney port of the stove directly under … Continue reading Stove, Stairway, Stove, Ceiling
Add some trim & some grout and presto, the hearth is done! Well, technically, I still need to sand off the grout from the trim and then apply some wood finish to the trim, but the hearth part of the hearth is done. The transformative power of grout never ceases to amaze me. Somehow filling … Continue reading Hearth, Heat, and Handrail
To tile the hearth area, and to be sure my tiles wouldn’t drift past the reference line that went around the corner, I thought it prudent to install the fractional tiles at the bottom of the vertical faces, perfectly at the line, then let their cement set, before proceeding with the corresponding vertical faces. Further, … Continue reading Tiles, Blocks, and a Catheter?
Spring is here! Or close enough, anyhow. The cold weather has let up and construction season is open! Priority is getting the kitchen done, including all the utility hookups, so I can cross a few things off the list. Before I can work on the kitchen, though, I need to finish the installation of the … Continue reading Home is Where the Hearth is!
Well, at least it’s not Albuquerque. What’s in Baltimore? I mean, besides all the things that belong in Baltimore? That parcel from Sketch-E-Commerce supposedly containing the hard-to-find vent kit for that furnace I wanted to use in the HomeBox. Why Baltimore? Blind Bambi! (No-eyed-deer). What I do know is my order clearly specified my correct … Continue reading Baltimore?
It’s still a few weeks ahead of construction season, but I’m getting ready! Next up in the design process is… figuring out where to put the furnace and laying out the kitchen. The tricky bit about the furnace is that it needs to be against an exterior wall, like the water heater, for the same … Continue reading Kitchen Sketch & Loft Partition