A Whole 'Nother Level

We got a couple sunny days but have a few steps before we can build the roof.

D K and I installed the collars that support the 2 lofts.  One over the door that's about 3 ft. deep, and the sleeping loft that's 6ft. 8 in.  That leaves about a 6 ft. span between lofts.

 We've put loft floors and some sheathing on.

We have 3 potentially dry days to get the sheathing finished and the housewrap on. But the wheel wells need to be waterproofed from the inside and we may take on that project first thing while we can be open to fresh air since spray foam and adhesive will be used.

A layer of TuTuff vapor barrier between our tiny home and our tarp, along with a temporary ceiling spanning between loft floors has kept it pretty dry.  The water that got in is dried up.   Now we are in the "home stretch" of getting closed up and waterproofed.  We are hoping to move onto flatter ground and start the roof framing in about a week...

A Few Snaps

Welcome to the Northwest

Red-legged Frog

Well we did it!  D K and I finished the fourth wall Tuesday night and got it up and screwed in place Wednesday as the sun went down.

We've covered it over with a huge tarp and are working inside.  That's how we did the 2 big walls and with more rain coming, D K has a plan to get the loft and rafters started inside, too.

Heavy rain Friday resulted in some big pools of water inside our tiny home where the tarp gave way.  It's rigged up better now, bailed out and drying, thanks to D K who did all the Damage Kontrol.

We'll take a heater tomorrow to assist in drying it out and get to some quick but careful roof building.  The sun may be back Wednesday and Thursday so hopefully we'll be prepped to put the ridgebeam and rafters in place in the few hours of daylight we'll get after work.




I have more pictures to post soon.  We still need to take some from the outside and have only seen the frame ourselves from inside our tarp.  It's like an unveiling...

Walls Y'all

Tricky Tarpery

Well, the forecast calls for rain so we'll be using tarps to cover sheathed walls until we get it all up and ready to wrap.  We have 3 days off and hope to have all 4 walls by Wednesday...

Awestruck by Autumn

Windows to the Future

The past week before this one was fantastically dreamy weather.  We were bundled up, but dry and there was plenty of sunshine.  And in October in Western Washington, that's pretty lucky.  We finished the 2 short walls before the rain started sweeping through this week.

 The windows came in so we tried one out.  It's satisfying to see this but we're hoping Mother Nature gets this out of her system quickly.  Just a few more dry days and we could be walled in...