A Month in Pictures

     They say a picture is worth 1000 words.

 I'm going to spare myself from writing ALL about

what has happened over the last Month and share

with you through pictures! Check back here frequently (bottom of page) for updates. 

If you have any questions about anything please feel free  to ask.

Day 1

 July 5th - 

Our pretty green custom  trailer arrives

2 weeks ahead of schedule our trailer was delivered. It survived it's first trip safe and sound.

We ordered a custom made trailer  from Topnotch trailers www.topnotchtrailers.com in Washingon state. They have a lot of experience with trailers and were familiar with building tiny home trailers. We wanted something specific and very durable  thus opted for the custom design. The quality has been really good for the most part. There have been a few points of poor craftsmanship that have caused us a little grief but it has been workable... And it IS STURDY

Signing off on the trailer and receiving our title

It took sometime getting the trailer leveled along with some creative use of wood shingles, cinder  blocks, and scrap wood. But eventually everything was perfect! Fortunately we aren't building in the back yard like originally planned, I think come winter our house would start looking like the titanic sinking in the soft mud below. It may seem basic but It's sooo very important to have the trailer level and slightly lifted. If your foundation isn't set up properly that is only going to carry out through the rest or your foundation and you will likely end up with crooked walls. Having it lifted will help take all the weight off the wheels. Nobody wants to have a worn or flat tire before they even hit the road. 

 

 It didn't take long before Fionnbharre was fast at work.  He was off to work the same day of 

delivery although the trailer got here one day the project has been underway for months. This was first created in virtual form using Google Sketchup but the  project was now underway into reality. Because we live in the Pacific Northwest and we are not building our home in a garage it's important to keep Weather under consideration. They say the rain is going to come early this year as early as September which means our floor, roof, framing,  siding all has to be done within a month and a half.  Needless to say we were off fast to work with little time to spare.

Fionnbharre begins taking measurements, preparing for the subfloor

2x2 support beams for base of sub-floor, these were placed on the bottom of every steel beam of the trailer, to create a subframe. 5mm thick under layment treat

                                                              

                                                                                    *tilt head to the right* 2x2s are set and ready in place

 

hmm. lets see how are we going to do this?

                  

There's only one choice.... From underneath.....Probably Fionnbharre's least favorite part in this whole project

          

5mm underlayment sealed with Thompsons Water Seal to prevent from water damage

As of right now we are not using any Aluminum Flashing for the sub floor but that is likely to change.

                                      

Insulation Installed in between each sub-floor framing compartment *NOTE* THE INSULATION DOES NOT FACE THIS WAY. MAKE SURE THE PAPER IS ALWAYS FACING UP. as shown on the right. Hopefully this wont cause us any problems. We realized this error after sealing it off.

  

Sub-Floor Complete

Wheel Wells-

     Working around the Wheel wells is one of the more trickier parts about building a tiny house. Building a square box is easy.... relatively speaking... but building a box with two big bumps in the middle is a different story... It's not impossible just a minor challenge to work around. 

We've decided to simply build a box around it. Once we begin building the interior we will simply cover it and build into it with what ever furnishing we are using. 

For the box we used 3/4 inch plywood  on all 4 sides

Still More to Come....