Back On Track…Race to the Finish

I'm back working on the trailer house after taking about a month off to work on the big house. As we prepare to put the (actual) house on the market next month, we had a lot of projects to do. We replaced the old plumbing pipes, replaced the old wiring, built a closet into one of the bedrooms, painted the whole inside of the house, pressure washed the outside, reglazed and scraped and painted all the windows, painted the front porch, and repaired some vinyl siding. Now we are mostly done, and I have 10 days to finish the tiny house before we take it on the road for the first time. So I have registered the trailer and got it all street legal, and now I'm in a mad dash to finish it. To meet this timeline I had to streamline and simplify a lot, based on some developments to our re-settlement plan. These changes include nixing the built in shower in favor of building a stand alone shower structure at our final destination, as well as some minor layout changes. The floor is done, and I did about 50% of the insulation today. Tomorrow I will finish insulating and begin installing the siding. These pictures aren't the best quality, but I seem to have left my camera at a friend's house in North Carolina last week, so I used the computer's picture capture feature. Take it or leave it.

Outside is Basically Done

After much other stuff going on, I have finally finished up the siding. Timelines don't seem to work very well for this project. But, it sure feels good to be done with outside. I still have to put some trim type stuff around the rafter ends, but now I can move to the interior. The next thing will be framing the bathroom wall inside, and then laying the hardwood floor.

One Side Done...

More of the same…here's a bunch of pictures. Enjoy. As you can see, the left side is done and the front is around 50%. Hopefully I can knock out the other side tomorrow and finish up the front.

Starting the Siding

Began siding this afternoon. It is all 8 inch wide beveled cedar siding, with 1x4 cedar trim on the corners. The siding has around 2 inches of overlap, so about 6 inches exposed. Cutting out the wheel well portion was a real beast, which is why the second board on the side doesn't look quite straight. Whatever. This is the side with the furring on. 1/4 inch furring goes in first, to create a tiny air gap between the siding and the wall itself in case any water gets in; that gives it a way out so it doesn't stay caught in there. The furring is placed over the framing studs and the siding attached with ring-shank siding nails. The front with furring and the first siding board. The framing in the front is a little trickier than the sides, so I will be adding furring to the top as I get up there. Also our water heater got here today. It is an Eccotemp L10 tankless propane heater. All it needs is a hose going in, and hot water comes out. It's got an electric ignition system, so no pilot light to worry about. Plus it will actually be mounted to the outside of the trailer in a little "shed", so no venting concerns either. Here's my stopping place for dinner. We have all day tomorrow to work on it before I check back in from leave.

Wrapping up...

Alright; the exterior is all sheathed and I put the housewrap on. Just in time too, because a mega-storm nuked us right after I finished. I am on leave now, so my weekend project will be to finish or at least complete a significant amount of the windows. Once they are done (I'm roughly halfway done now, not counting the one huge window), I can install them and put the cedar siding on. That will hopefully look sweet and it will mean the exterior will be 100% done, so I can start on the interior. Okay, I still have to trim the bottom of the housewrap. Whatever.