We are making more progress on the inside of the house thanks to our friend, Justin who even volunteered his services during the holiday week! We finished up the ceiling insulation and moved on to putting on the ceiling panels and putting in the hardwood floors. We decided to finish off the ceiling with batts … Continue reading
Sorry, we haven’t been posting much. We are super busy constructing a house. HA! But seriously, everything has been taking longer than anticipated and of course we had some unexpected issues come up. We are still finishing up the exterior siding. It’s really taking us forever! We are hoping to get to the insulation and … Continue reading
Skylights have been installed on our little tiny roof! We have two larger skylights in the great room and a smaller one above the bedroom loft for stargazing and the like. We had a little hiccup with the skylights since Lowes sent us the wrong ones and we didn’t figure it out till it got … Continue reading
The windows and roofing will be arriving this week. It’s a little later than we were expecting but in the meantime our metal sheathing is being installed. We decided not to do traditional sheathing but we needed to have the metal sheathing installed over the house-wrap in key areas of the house to prevent racking … Continue reading
Jay and I had a big ongoing debate about what kind of insulation we should use in our tiny house. You might be wondering why this topic is of great debate. There is a plethora of insulation options out there. First, it was important for us to settle on an insulation option that was a … Continue reading
Another house update! The roof has been framed and our house wrap is on. We are so excited that phase 1 of the build is almost complete. We opted to forgo the sheathing on our house to reduce the weight on the trailer. Photos below of the progress. Continue reading
Our walls are up!! Our wee little home is coming along. The wall framing is up and it almost looks like a house now. I can see all the areas where our door and windows will go. It’s so exciting to see this come together after 6 months of planning. Even though it’s in the … Continue reading