Off grid tiny house build, Day 16. Brian: 3 hours. . Sometimes you gotta slow down and reassess before moving forward. Today after much discussion, Brian did some last-minute surgery to the framing, dropping our end windows by an inch and a half each. . Functionally, our original placement had been perfectly fine. Good, even. But it just kind...
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Some last minute framing updates
Today we paused to address some things that have been bugging us and some things that we didn’t even know we needed to change until recently. First up was adding even more attachment points for the hammock chairs that figure prominently into our seating plan. The original idea was a couple of attachment points...
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Timelapse: installing the ice & water shield
Offgrid tiny house build, Days 13, 14 & 15. Brian: 10 hours total, Liz: 10 hours total. . Short days the last few days while we time work around materials pickup and the heat of some very summery days. Got the ice and water shield applied to the roof Saturday morning and then went out to pickup...
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Installing the standing seam metal roof
We waited for the afternoon shade to start the metal roofing. The roof we chose is ASC Skyline, one of many reputable brands of standing seam concealed fastener roofing. I really like standing seam roofing because it’s reasonably priced, easy to install, lasts forever, and when you no longer trust it on your house...
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Burning our fascia boards
Before the roof can go on we need to attach the eave fascia boards which means making some admittedly trendy charred surface wood. Done correctly, this historic Japanese wood-preserving technique is a more labor intensive process than most people have the stamina for, which is why you see so much of it looking not...
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Installing the ice & water shield
I’m convinced that YouTube is the best thing to ever happen to makers. We watch at least 5 videos a day on how to do this or that and it’s all free. It’s not always the best advice but if you surf enough you can usually figure out who is or isn’t legit. As...
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Timelapse: Sheathing the roof
Offgrid tiny house build, Days 12 & 13. Brian: 7 hours each day, Liz: 7 hours each day. . Finished installing any nailing needed before the roof went on, and then installed the roof sheathing. . Our roof is 105”, and rather than deal with added blocking and standard 4x8 plywood, we opted for oversized sheets to tie the...
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Sheathing the roof
Sheeted the roof today! We are running true half-inch five ply CDX plywood transverse across the entire roof. The roof of our tiny house is 105 inches wide so we used oversized sheets to pick up the full width. 10 foot ply is nearly twice the square foot cost of 8 foot, but it...
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Finishing up the roof framing
We were hoping to put the plywood on the roof today but our punch list of things to do before that step just kept growing. Something I’ve been avoiding is putting up Sheetrock nailing strips on the inside of the rake wall top plates. I just couldn’t commit to buying lumber for something so...
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Timelapse: finishing the rafter install
Offgrid tiny house build, Day 11 Brian: 8 hours, Liz: 8 hours. . After an early morning run to the lumber yard Brian finished setting the rafters, and I was chasing his work hanging hurricane ties. I was having trouble with the nails I’d bought and realized they were the right length but wrong type and despite...
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