Front page news.....

 In other news in the tiny house world, there's a chance I'll be teaching a class at the college on building a tiny house this summer.  To get the word out, we've been on the local radio station, and in the local paper, the Ukiah Daily Journal. 

Progress, slow and steady into the realm of a more finished tiny home

I know, I've been slacking on the posts.  However, I’ve slowly been plugging away and made significant progress.  Other activities interfered, and I lost a little steam, but I'm back in action.  

Since the last post, I’ve waterproofed the roof, added a stove pipe through the roof, finished insulating,  put up my interior paneling, finished my rough plumbing, added a few extra outlets for posterity, and experimented with some flexible plaster to finish my paneling.  Not one of my interior panels was a complete piece, and every piece required some kind of adjustment, or hole cut in the middle of it.  Of course, it took much longer than anticipated.   The loft is my favorite part so far, with all of the wood finish. I'm looking forward to the rest of the finish work, and the ability to play with making the space seem as large as possible.

Insulation:

I used recycled denim insulation, which is pretty friendly.  But, if I don’t use a mask, I end up with blue snot, so I imagine I also have fine jean fibers in my lungs.  The fun part about the insulation is there is the occasional bit of jean that wasn’t totally ground up, and sometimes a tag or two telling you about the fibers.  Apparently I do have some spandex in my walls.   Gives it a little stretch, right?

Tim Owen-Kennedy of Vital Systems Natural Building turned me on to the insulation, and he accurately described the insulated house as the “blue cocoon.”

Paneling installed in the house, loft flooring in.

The loft is my favorite part so far, with all of the wood finish. I'm looking forward to the rest of the finish work, and the ability to play with making the space seem as large as possible.

For example, insulating and finishing the wheel well.

Shower- covering up my rough plumbing.

I worked with a local sheet metal guy to create a shower stall
that was as simple and roomy as possible.  This is what we came up with.

Roofing:

Turk and Luke from ET Roofing helped put the roof on. Turk is a stickler for details, which is great.  They’ll be coming back soon (I hope) to finish installing the metal roofing. On the left, we were installing the stove pipe through the roof.  

Doors:

Question:  Why didn’t I put in a door months ago?  I love having a door.  Having a door keeps things dry (now that the rains seem to have stopped), allows me to lock up and not move tools into the shop every day, and looks nice.  Again, why didn’t I do this a couple of months ago?  

Electrical: 

The electrical system is officially in... minus the light fixtures, since I still need to paint the interior.  

Haille Paul, local electrician extraordinaire and friend, contorting himself into the electrical closet to finish the junction box.

A happier work position.  We're all set now!  So exciting to finish a task. 

Next time... painting, finish, finish finish!