Lots of progress today. Got the main water line in, sink drain, insulation and subfloor for all but the bathroom.We’re plumbing 1/2” pex for everything because I feel like anything bigger is overkill for a tiny house. The pex is supported the same as a normal house but the holes are smaller. A triple...
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The rules do apply
I’m captioning this first photo: “Oh wait, the rules do actually apply to me.”Less than a day after explaining to Liz that you never want to put two directional fittings on the opposite ends of the same pipe (because you’re in trouble if you can’t finish that last turn) I tried to do exactly...
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Another supply run day
Started the day with high hopes of burning through the tiny house plumbing but quickly backed off realizing that I was unwilling to put anything in the soon-to-be-inaccessible floor cavity without having every single fixture in front of me so I can take real measurements.So it was off to the Rebuilding Center (our happy...
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Planning the plumbing
We’re rapidly reaching the point where nothing more can be done on the interior or exterior before we wire and plumb the house. We started the day by protecting the new French doors and fitting some important structural blocking in the walls before turning our attention to the plumbing plan. Unlike a normal house...
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Timelapse: installing the french door
New video up on YouTube! Tips for installing a French door in your tiny house. Link in profile ⤴️ . Offgrid tiny house build, Day 18 Brian: 8 hours, Liz: extra hands . Got the French doors installed and adjusted and functioning perfectly, and then we took some much needed down time to rest up and address the van...
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French door install
if you were to ask me what I think about tiny houses and French doors I would tell you it’s a risky plan. You’re looking at a big expenditure compared to any other option and a lot of potential problems either right away or later on down the road.With that in mind we decided...
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Timelapse: window installation
Offgrid tiny house build, Day 17. Brian: 4 hours, Liz: 4 hours. . Got the windows in today! Budget has been a big consideration in this project (as in any project) and something I’ll go into in more depth in future posts. Our goal is a house that’s both easy to build and easy on the wallet,...
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Installing the windows
Preparing to set and flash the windows, the day started with much exasperation over the sheer quantity of slightly different professional install videos available. I started the day relaxed with a simple understanding that a sill ought to be level and sloped outwards, a window ought to be square, water flows downhill and you...
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Timelapse: re-framing a window
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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