Well, okay! Very busy couple of weeks. I photo blogged them in this publicly viewable Facebook album. As it stands, the subfloor, floor, and walls are all up and attached. Most of the roof panels are on the top but not yet adjusted, glued, and screwed. I have to wash all the dust and grit… Continue reading It’s up!
I’m stumped. I thought the trailer in my kit would be an Iron Eagle tiny house trailer, which comes with flanges on the wheel wells for flashing. This is a pretty big deal in a spot that can attract water and send it under the sheathing to do damage. A flange helps very much the… Continue reading Working Around the Wheel Wells
Well, I have the SIPs and most of them are at the build location. Two roof panels are still in the truck; I’ll need help unloading them, so a friend will come help tomorrow. I don’t really want to talk about when I received them and after what problems. But the Papaw’s Cabin at Tennessee… Continue reading Wherein it All Gangs Agley
I am mostly done with the buying and storing of materials. There will still be a few things like wire nuts, weensy screws for paneling, wiremold and other sorts of molding, things like that. But the major things are taken care of. That also means Hilda the work truck gets a break. I’ve been burning… Continue reading Milestone
This is the third or fourth eighth iteration of the electrical plan, but the first version to be fully digital. I’m using a Progressive Dynamics PD4045 power distribution panel to serve these circuits. This is the go-to panel in the build-it-yourself travel trailer world. I am not thrilled with the location, but hard pressed to think… Continue reading Electrical Layout
It was getting hard to see the remaining things, so here’s a trimmed list. To-do List Pre-pickup prep Move all items from current storage to bigger unit. in progress Clean up and cancel rental on old unit. in progress Backprime all the siding. Finish cleaning up windows and doors. Learn learn learn! Continue to obtain and store… Continue reading Trimmed List of Lists
Bit by bit I’m getting more accomplished on that giant list. I’m also remembering more things and adding them to the list. That’s the way of it, right? I’ve added to the list a DC adapter for my digital camera so I can stake it out at the corner of the workspace for time lapse… Continue reading Dizzying Progress
I took the big ugly list I had posted before and sorted it out into several. These are notes to self, but if you see something obviously crazy. please feel free to contact me through that little contact form at the right or the comments form below the entry. Ditto for questions, comments, whatever. BTW, if… Continue reading List List List
This is on my list of lists: Do I need a make-up air inlet? Can I open a window instead? Will I always remember to open a window before I turn on the fan? What if I install a cat door? Can enough air get in through it? I obtained this 180 CFM exhaust fan… Continue reading Air
It’s hard to research things when you don’t know their names. What’s a window called when it has no flange but it does have some kind of pre-attached trim on the front? Some of my windows have this, and I need to research how to flash it. Here’s my window layout. Clicking it will give… Continue reading Windows, Flanges, and Decorative Elements
