Offgrid tiny house build, Day 7. Brian: 8 hours, Liz: 8 hours. . Sheeted and raised the end walls using the same pulley system we used to raise the back wall. It’s weird seeing the window spacing because we’re still standing on the trailer pan - so about 7 inches lower than the finished floor will be....
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Raising the walls, part 2
Raised the other 3 walls today. A few minor hiccups but overall things went really well. Framing is always such a gratifying part of the building process due to the rapid progress and big dramatic results. The 5/1 pulley system I set up works awesomely and allowed the two of us to raise the...
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Timelapse: Raising the walls
Offgrid tiny house build, Day 6. Brian: 8 hours, Liz: 8 hours. . With all the walls framed, it was time to get ‘em up. Our original plan had been the standard of backyard builds: find some friends with strong backs and ply them with beer. But it’s a holiday weekend and our schedule can’t wait- rain...
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Raising the walls
Thanks to the huge horse chestnut tree in the neighbor’s backyard I was able to raise the back wall alone using a pulley system and some long neglected rigging skills. I used 5 inch structural screws to pin climbing bolt hangers to the wall and rigged a 5/1 pulley onto a bridle backed up...
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Getting started on sheathing
Started the day by sliding the south wall off of the north wall and then sheathed the north wall with 1/2 inch plywood. I like to sheath walls lying down when possible, because it’s easier and locks in the square of the wall. We have a large tree to help us raise the wall...
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Timelapse: Framing the front wall
Offgrid tiny house build, Days 4 & 5. Brian: 8 hours, Liz 8 hours. . Two short days framing the front wall of the house. Work was interrupted a bit by weather and the inevitable trips to the lumber yard for things forgotten, things to be ordered, and things that need to be changed. I’ve learned to...
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Front wall framing, part 2
Today we framed the south wall right on top of the north wall, basically copying the common pieces, and measuring in place for the differences. The framing here is the same eclectic mix of reclaimed and new wood as the north wall, with various strengths of wood prioritized for where it’s needed in the...
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Framing the front wall
With one long rake wall finished, framing the other is much simpler because we now have a known wall that we can pull real measurements from, and we can frame right on top of the other wall. Spent a few hours today precutting pieces for the south rake wall. My wood for this is...
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Timelapse: Framing the rake walls
Offgrid tiny house build, Day 3 Brian: 9 hours, Liz: 9 hours. . Today was a long day, framing up the north wall of the trailer. On the one hand, this was an easy wall, as we’re applying some passive building concepts to the house and have no openings on the north face. On the other... this...
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Framing the long rake walls
Without a spacious subfloor to work on or continuous sill plates to work up from framing the long rake walls is a bit of a brain bender. Here is how we tackled the task: 1) Use the 2×6 rafters that will ultimately be the roof to build up from the floor to above the...
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