tiny house construction & living
After installing the roof peak trim, I noticed from the ground that a section of the bottom drip edge/hem which is supposed to wrap around the cleat was actually flapping freely (purple arrow). This is a problem. The cleat is what keeps the end of the trim in place when there’s a bunch of wind, … Continue reading I Used A What?
Two sides stained and sealed (some work by Melissa). Roof needs a little more work but today’s intermittent sprinkles make that unsafe. I have started siding the other long wall, which is moving along more quickly given what I have learned from doing the other two. Like I keep saying, by the time I finish, I … Continue reading A Step Back
Lots of roof progress! Shown here: the main field of panels installed, as well as the low eave trim. The left rake wall trim is up, too, though it’s hard to see. One thing that’s easy to see: note the sky light flashing on the left (center of image) is somewhat taller than the flashing … Continue reading Roof Progress
As promised, when the roofing material arrived, it got priority. What you can’t see (pink arrow) is the low eave trim already installed. Roofs are built from the low point to the high point so all the overlaps are in the preferred direction for water shedding. So, what’s up with the gap on the left? … Continue reading Metal Roof Starts
Sometimes, things get a little tricky. For example, cutting a piece to mate perfectly in this spot. At first, it looks simple enough, but when you factor in that there is a loose tongue-and-groove joint on the right and a potentially not-quite-exactly-square angle around the window frame (I do my best, but my best isn’t … Continue reading Tricky Business
Siding continues! It looks really nice – I am pleased with the appearance. You can’t see all the errors, right? Right. I did have a little trouble at the upper left corner of that window getting the two courses to line up again. And the nailing fin of the window protruded out a bit, too, … Continue reading Siding Continues
The first task tonight was finishing the corner boards all around the house. This was more slow ladder work and machining, but it got done. I had some time left to actually work on the “real” siding, which moves along pretty dramatically. This is one of those fun phases of the job where the appearance … Continue reading How Ex-Siding!
There is approximately 70 linear feet of top trim to be applied to the house. 24.5 of which are at 11+ feet of elevation. 24.5 of which are at 13+ of elevation. The balance are the end walls, which span the lower height to the upper one. The tricky bit is how to install this … Continue reading Upper Siding Trim
I keep saying the reason I don’t have a safety line for my roof work on FRHT is that there’s no intelligent place to anchor it that gives me both decent protection and mobility. Today I figured out a way to get both! I strung some plastic-coated steel cable along the middle of the roof, … Continue reading Safety Dance
So okay, I need another layer of roof decking. Fine. Except there were some minor imperfections perpetrated during the installation of the first layer which I fully expected to simply cover up with finish trim. But now that I need another layer, those imperfections are actually in the way. Such as? Such as the side … Continue reading The Plane, The Plane!