Building a tiny house

Deck

I was tired of walking on insulation so I built a deck using some redwood. Fortunately, George lent me a air compressor nail gun and Mark lent me a chop saw so it took me an hour to complete. Ellora has since screwed down all the boards to make sure that they don't go any where.

Putting the walls in..

So it is the New Year and instead of behaving like normal people and not doing anything, we hung out in a tiny house with no door and put in 1/4 inch redwood tongue and groove siding over the insulation. We didn't have a proper saw so for a while, we were cutting each piece by hand. It was so fun. We had to put shims on each stud because the insulation jutted out a little past the studs and it would have messed up the interior siding. As I said before, it was a very fun New Years Day. Dad took off back to Texas after that.

Notice how Christine is using proper safety equipment including gloves and a mask. Dad and Brendan are not. Even though I gave them safety equipment. Behind Christine you can see that the house is fully insulated.

The wall is really coming together.

Insulation

The Tumbleweed Tiny house workshop I went to in October mentioned that poly-iso insulation was a really good choice for a tiny house. I really dislike living in poorly insulated houses and so I went with the best insulation I could afford. So I bought poly-iso insulation last March from Z-Insulation. This is seconds from a factory so it was substantially cheaper than if I had purchased it from Home Depot or Lowes. I wasn't able to get it into the walls until December and I had a lot of help from Matt in getting it into the walls. I know it is a little weird to love your insulation, but it makes the house so quiet and warm and I am really happy with my choice.

Each board was about an inch and 3/4 thick

so I would cut and put in one board at a time

What it looked like with a second board.

Layers are how we stay warm.

Also, I used the rigid insulation board as a door

during the winter. It really kept the weather out and the house nice and warm.

Siding, phase one...

Putting the siding on took forever. George sold me some beautiful redwood tongue and groove. Dad suggested I install it vertically. So we did! Some of the boards were warped which meant the first side took forever but as soon as we stopped using warped boards, we still took forever. Like 4 days for each side. Anyway, I am really happy with how it ended up looking.