I finished making and installing the front door, Installed the Dickinson Newport Heater so I could finally finish the exterior around the flu and around the front door.
Well after a being away for a while but I had recently had to move my tiny house to a new location to finish building. I'm at a standstill till I get my door installed to make everything water tight to start the hardwood floors. The Electrical needs to be tested again since I built the house backwards and insulated first but I'm 99.9% sure it's fine, but better safe than sorry so I've halted work on the walls till I can either move and test or buy a generator to hook the electrical up. But in the mean time I have some pictures and I finally took the plunge and bought my Dickinson Newport 12000 BTU LP Heater! I can't wait for the weekend to get most of this wrapped up so the finishing touches can finally take shape!
Started on the ceiling. Ran out of bevel cedar siding and working on getting more stained and painted. So far everything has been coming together without a hitch.
The cedar's coming along. Tried putting a 22 1/2 degree bevel on the overlap but went with a straight cut with 30 pound tar paper behind to take water out. The angled overlap wasn't working too well considering some boards had a curled and made the cuts different.
The roof is DONE! The ridge cap was a little difficult, both sides were finished and all you'd do is slide so i put some carpet over the metal roof and built 2x4 scaffolding off the LVLs. Then to keep the ridge straight i ran a string-line down the center from end to end. Rivets tied the metal ends together. The skylights took an extra sheet of metal to cover the grey flashing .
Now, I'm working on prepping all the cedar so it'll all be ready to put up in no time. I have a few pictures below showing the transparent stain on the 8" bevel cedar. Well after a vacation, the flu, and a few other projects to wrap up I'm finally glad to say the roof is nearly done! I have to say dealing with steel roofing for the first time has it's difficulties. If I could give any advice it's that the grinder is your friend and learn how to use it. I found my cuts came out straighter and cleaner with the grinder. Some high quality set of metal snips makes a world of difference and sanity for corners and other detailed work. The automatic nibbler tool I bought scraped paint off around the cut and never cut smoothly (might just need some tweaking and a good read in the owners manual lol) so might be fine for others, but either way still bent humps in metal. Other than the tools, flashing the skylights was tricky but found that this way will get my leaky proof stamp of approval.
Getting some interior pine tongue and groove up! The red cedar trim, ceiling, and hickory flooring will accent off the white. I'm not a big fan of the normal all clear coated pine from floor to ceiling. It gets to look all the same and sometimes unfinished look. I was hoping to find a happy medium and make sure all the most of the interior wood be cedar and really pop off the walls with cathedral ceiling lighting and framed views.
Able to finish the metal roof on the propane storage. The wind needs to tone it down a notch before I get back on the main roof. Oh and after 3 weeks of waiting the main power cord (#6-3 SOOW) has arrived so as soon as that's hooked up it's time to stop looking at all that insulation and see some pine tongue and groove!
Roofing is finally taking shape! Putting up the scaffolding helped a ton to reach the peak and prevent scratching the paint. Looking forward to finish it off here soon!
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Richard WrightI'll be posting pictures of the process of designing and building a tiny home. |