by Wishbone | Nov 14, 2013 | Tiny Home Construction
The rafters are installed! The pitch is about 46 degrees, which adds plenty of space in the loft. We used more of our reclaimed cedar 2 x 4’s for rafters. Below you will see that we have reinforced them with hurricane ties. Wind forces and road turbulence are...
by Wishbone | Nov 12, 2013 | Tiny Home Construction
We have installed a loft! We reclaimed some cedar and redwood for this purpose, and they have worked out beautifully. 4 x 4 posts anchored into the side walls support the cedar decking on top. See more pics below: Even though we are tall guys, there is plenty of...
by Wishbone | Nov 6, 2013 | Tiny Home Construction
Walls keep flying up and framing continues. Both structural and envelope integrity are foremost in our minds at this point… We opted for California corners in the framing, which increases envelope efficiency. By rotating the intersecting wall’s corner stud 90...
by Wishbone | Nov 5, 2013 | Tiny Home Construction
We had the help of a friend next door to raise our first and heaviest wall. We installed sheathing prior to raising the wall, which makes glueing and screwing the ZIP board easier. The one draw back to this approach is that it adds weight to the wall, making it a...
by Wishbone | Nov 4, 2013 | Tiny Home Construction
In the interest of keeping our structure level and square we cut all of our studs with stops so corresponding components would be precisely the same lengths. So much of the time spent building a home is in the design and planning process. Once all the prep work is...
by Wishbone | Nov 1, 2013 | Tiny Home Construction
Today we added some cross bracing to our floor framing and installed our rigid extruded polystyrene insulation. Two layers of 2″ and one layer of 1″ insulation filled the cavities well. Overall R value of the flooring system should be around 30, which is...
