Building the Caravan End Walls
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Because several people have asked, several times, if there is a place they can go to just see a collection of pictures of the house in progress, there is now a separate page just for those of you who don't feel like wading through the words to see how things are going. Click on "Photo Gallery" in the sidebar or under the "Tiny Home" tab up top to see the pictures, larger size, and in roughly chronological order.
More details coming soon, but meanwhile--enjoy the pictures!
For the past week we've been framing up the walls and I should have pictures of that to post soon. But even at this beginning stage, the tiny house has had several visitors and they've had a few questions which I thought I'd share with you here.
How many square feet? About 160. (Just as a visual reference point, you could fit the trailer the house is on into a space designed for parallel parking.) Making curved rafters for my little gypsy house
Completing for floor box in my tiny houseLike many tiny housers, we built the floor box in 3 sections and each section was covered on the bottom with overlapped aluminum flashing backed by 1/4 inch plywood to keep out any pests or moisture that might want to creep in from underneath.
Insulating my tiny homeI decided to go with wool insulation because I am concerned about about toxins in my built environment. When I began looking at natural and less toxic insulation, I found that, unlike the alternatives
It is SUCH a boon to be able to build this tiny house inside. Midwest weather is notoriously changeable--yesterday we needed protection from the sun, today we needed protection from the rain!
On your mark... get set...
In mid June my builder friend and I picked up my tiny house trailer in Colorado (where it was manufactured) and drove it to Iowa (where the home will be built). Howell Machine and Engineering and Tiny Home Builders were both great about answering our questions, relieving our concerns and helping us get on the road.
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