Category: Tiny House Archive
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Build Day 20 (5/26/12)
Today was house wrap day! This was a neat transformation for me, as I’ve been staring at plywood walls for a while now. I went with Lowe’s house wrap because I couldn’t get any from smaller, local stores. I did research eco-friendly house wrap but couldn’t find anything legit that was made from recycled materials…they…
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Build Day 18-19 (5/23/12-5/24/12)
Another rainy day on the 23rd! Progress has been slow lately because of the weather. We put roofing paper on just one section of the A frame part of the roof and picked up some kitchen cabinets from the YMCA thrift store. They’re in great shape and I was able to buy them individually (most…
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Build Day 17 (5/20/12)
…and yet another roofing day concludes. The plywood went up on the dormers so we’re good to go with all the plywood for the roof. Finally! Because of the height of the house and weight of the plywood, ladders seemed more awkward than necessary so we used the tractor. Not sure which would have won…
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Build Day 16 (5/19/12)
Another roof day! This one was more exciting than the others though because plywood eventually went up. First I put on a few more brackets that secure all the planes of the house together, and then some went on over the roof trusses. Those were a bit of a pain, to be honest. The height,…
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Build Days 14 and 15 (5/17/12 – 5/18/12)
Another combo based on the smaller amount of work accomplished both days. There was still some framing left to do on the dormers, so we put up both long angled boards on each side. This is what the plywood roof will eventually sit on at the bottom. Getting the angle cut right on these was…
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Build Day 13 (5/16/12)
2.5 hours worked today, so this will be pretty short. We found a small mistake made yesterday around the triangles so we cut out the trusses, trimmed them, and put them back in place. It looked fine yesterday because sometimes it’s difficult to visualize how the next piece of the puzzle fits with the current…
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Build Days 11 and 12 (5/13/12 – 5/15/12)
I’m combining these since we only worked 2 hours each day and there’s not a ton of visual progress I can show you. I’m working my real job during the day so the tiny house work doesn’t start until 4 or later, leaving just a few hours each evening. But hey, it’s better than no…
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Build Day 10 (5/12/12)
YES! We finally started to frame the roof today. I am particularly excited about this because I can finally see the real height and design of the house in front of me instead of just in my head and on paper. First we put up the ridge beam that we built about a week ago.…
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Build Day 9 (5/6/12)
Today we built the two dormers that sit on both sides in the middle of the house. I’m glad we went with this design to break up the roof line a bit and add more head room and storage on the inside. These were actually pretty easy to make…they’re essentially mini walls. The plans call…
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Build Day 8 (5/5/12)
Last week I went back up to northern VA to be in the office for a few days, so the house sat untouched for a bit. Minor progress today due mostly to the weather and it’s supposed to rain off and on for the next few days. We managed to make the ridge beam that…
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Rocky Sink Farm 