We Have a Door!

Finished up the front end and made the door. It was a lot of fun, since my poor framing skills created a door frame that is not exactly rectangular. Lots of trimming and filing was involved. It's a Dutch door, as you can see, made from pine planks over pine tongue-and-groove. Pretty simple and easy, but rustic and visually appealing, in my opinion. As you can see, the Goober crew thinks the door is pretty fun.

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.

Finally…some progress

Finished up the bay windows and the put the porch on. In the pictures, you can see the door frame going in also. There was a shipping problem with the cedar siding, but that is resolved and it should be arriving this afternoon. So now its on to putting the siding on and making the door. Also, our little stove oven arrived today for the kitchen. Cool.

Windows Y'all...

I know you're probably getting tired of reading about my windows. I got it. I'm tired of working on them, so we're even. I got them in and about half of them are hung. This has taken me forever because I suck at making windows. There's tons of filing and trimming so everything fits and opens and stuff. Sawdust everywhere (which is why the windows look so dirty). The cedar siding should be here early next week, so stay tuned for that when it gets here.

Making Windows Part II

Finished framing the 4 side windows for the main room. Here's some pictures of how I did it. There is an outer frame which is fitted to the window opening and fixed therein. Then there's an inner frame with lattice-work in the middle. The window panes go on either side of the lattice-work, sealed in with silicone glue/sealant stuff. Then the outer trim is attached which locks the panes in place. The lattice work has notches carved out so it all fits together snug…no screws on the inside. Once it's all assembled, its fitted into the inner frame and glued and screwed in place.

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.