tiny house construction & living
2018-08-05. At long last, the rear wall is sided! This completes the siding job! This wall and the one around the corner need to be stained before I can just leave it to the weather, but for sure the hard part of the exterior is done. There are a bunch of little gaps and such … Continue reading Tail Siding
I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before… sometimes when I’m building things, I hide little blessings or wishes. Here’s the back of a little piece of siding. And it lives right next to the door. … and that little piece of siding goes here, to the right of the door. Who doesn’t want a little love … Continue reading My House Has a Heart-On
Sure, it’s a construction site. Doesn’t mean there isn’t room for a little whimsical art 🙃 Continue reading Art!
After installing the roof peak trim, I noticed from the ground that a section of the bottom drip edge/hem which is supposed to wrap around the cleat was actually flapping freely (purple arrow). This is a problem. The cleat is what keeps the end of the trim in place when there’s a bunch of wind, … Continue reading I Used A What?
Two sides stained and sealed (some work by Melissa). Roof needs a little more work but today’s intermittent sprinkles make that unsafe. I have started siding the other long wall, which is moving along more quickly given what I have learned from doing the other two. Like I keep saying, by the time I finish, I … Continue reading A Step Back
Lots of roof progress! Shown here: the main field of panels installed, as well as the low eave trim. The left rake wall trim is up, too, though it’s hard to see. One thing that’s easy to see: note the sky light flashing on the left (center of image) is somewhat taller than the flashing … Continue reading Roof Progress
As promised, when the roofing material arrived, it got priority. What you can’t see (pink arrow) is the low eave trim already installed. Roofs are built from the low point to the high point so all the overlaps are in the preferred direction for water shedding. So, what’s up with the gap on the left? … Continue reading Metal Roof Starts
Sometimes, things get a little tricky. For example, cutting a piece to mate perfectly in this spot. At first, it looks simple enough, but when you factor in that there is a loose tongue-and-groove joint on the right and a potentially not-quite-exactly-square angle around the window frame (I do my best, but my best isn’t … Continue reading Tricky Business
Siding continues! It looks really nice – I am pleased with the appearance. You can’t see all the errors, right? Right. I did have a little trouble at the upper left corner of that window getting the two courses to line up again. And the nailing fin of the window protruded out a bit, too, … Continue reading Siding Continues
The first task tonight was finishing the corner boards all around the house. This was more slow ladder work and machining, but it got done. I had some time left to actually work on the “real” siding, which moves along pretty dramatically. This is one of those fun phases of the job where the appearance … Continue reading How Ex-Siding!