tiny house construction & living
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
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