Reflection on building a tiny house, on August 5th

It is amazing how much changes in the build affect my mood. I like the days where there is visible drastic changes to the appearance of the tiny house. I love seeing the siding change the house to a home. I love the pine interior making the home feel warm and inviting. It is much harder on days when there is a lot of work done on smaller items, but little visual change. I know the process of finishing the house will take a lot of time and patience on my part as all the loose ends are dealt with.

I also need to thank my family for all their support and help, my “contractor” (aka dad), the “supervisor” and “staining professional” (aka mom), and another “staining professional” (aka Trish). I definitely wouldn’t be this far along on my tiny house build without all their help, support, work, and effort. THANK YOU ALL!

The following pictures show where the house is as of today:

Notice the mini patio added for our family reunion on Aug 4th

House as of Aug. 5th

Interior coming together.

Interior pine as of Aug 5th

Spray Foam Insulation Done

Roof Completed!

Many supervisors for roof work

Trish the “staining professional”

Mom, another “staining professional”.

Scaffolding built for roof work, and my “contractor extraordinaire” (aka dad)

Lastly, if you enjoyed these pictures then check out the gallery as I added many new pictures today of the building process up until this point. If anyone has questions feel free to comment and I’ll respond as soon as I can.

Half a day’s work before the rain!

Well, we were able to get half a day’s work completed before the deluge. My supervisor (aka Dad) returned to find the sheathing completed on the roof. I finished that up yesterday.

Today, we tackled the sheathing around the upper windows, which was completed before the rain. We also added some trim, that needs to be in place for the spray foam insulation application process. During the trim work we also house wrapped about half of the building.

Next on our to do list is to wrap the rest of the house, tar paper the roof, and build enclosers around the wheel wells. The encloser will allow foam insulation to be applied around the wells which is very necessary in this climate. The house wrap and tar paper will make the house more or less sealed, until after the spray foam is applied. Then the windows and sliding glass door, will be fitted and metal added to the roof.

I am happy with the progress so far. I know there is so much to do, but feel that the house is slowly coming together. Now to decide on appliances and utilities, and get things ordered so I have them before they are needed for installation.

Glad to have a rainy day off, so I could relax a bit, and focus on other things than building which has consumed most of my days lately.

 

Progress at end of June.