Author: Daniel

Most of today’s work on the HomeBox (I only had a few hours this weekend) was spent finishing the “sub ceiling” for what will become the bathroom and entry way. Remember the in-ceiling tank? It’s in there, now mostly hidden except for the drain trunk, upper left. That drain line will soon get a plug … Continue reading Bathroom Ceiling

Today’s goal was simple: install the bathroom partition wall. You can see the foot of the wall laid out on the subfloor here. Just copy this on the ceiling, measure for the studs, install, done, right? Right. No. First, there’s the matter of the tub corner (against wall, left). Looking at the layout, I wasn’t … Continue reading I Just Wanted to Build a Wall…

So I had this crazy idea: what if I used the empty space between the rafters over the bathroom to store my gray water, rather than taking up precious *usable* storage space with a big tank somewhere? The most rational way to use the intra-rafter space would be to run some pipes and gang them … Continue reading Tanks!

This weekend’s work featured quite a lot of difficult angle cutting to finish siding the Snout. Also, it now has doors. Or, as I like to call them, “Nostrildoormus”. They can smell the future. I have materials to do some “roofing” on it, as well – not deployed yet. I need to get some galvanized … Continue reading More Propane Porchness & Patchwork Door

Nearly all of the work done on the homebox has been by my own two hands. A couple of times, I was lucky enough to have a helper or two for a day to get a challenging task (raising walls, installing roof rafters). Today, it was the rarest day of all: I didn’t do any … Continue reading Spray It!

Those black boxes are actually sheet metal wheel covers, not unlike the wheel wells you might have in the interior of your automobile. They’re definitely not suitable for bearing weight and anyway, they’ve got the insulating properties of 1/8″ of steel (i.e., none). To address both of these shortcomings, I present to you: wheel boxen. … Continue reading Wheel Boxes & Propane Porch Progress

Rain gonna stop me from building stuff? Nope. It does slow me down a bit, though. Without ever trying to cut one, I simply assumed compound angles would be hard to get right. Today I tried to cut one. Well, four, actually. Well, really eight. This was one of those times that assumptions turned out … Continue reading The Propane Porch

How do you get a 69×34 x30h tub into a tiny house trailer? This is how. This tub is nearly 6 ft long and should easily hold a solid 2 ft of water. Yep, you’ll be swimming in luxury. The open diagonal sight line to the left of the tub keeps you from feeling like … Continue reading I’m Tubbin’ It

Homebox interior design begins! It starts very quietly… … it starts, with a tape measure. And then I get jiggy with some CAD software and cool stuff starts to happen. h/t Emily Sparkle for introducing me to Loom, the free presentation capture program I used to create yon video. Continue reading Let’s Talk Interior

Start with a bunch of 2×6 and 2×4 scraps, not a one of which is longer than about 18″. These are off-cuts from wall studs and floor joists. Next, use a finger joint (upper inset) and some glue to convert short lumber in to long lumber by piecing them together. Only one joint is indicated … Continue reading End-of-Season Wrap-up