by Wishbone | Nov 8, 2013 | WNC Resources
I’m often inspired by the business ethic of our suppliers. We needed a source for tension cable provide rack bracing in our current tiny home build. An architect friend referred me to American Cable and Rigging, a local outfit that supplies the construction and...
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...
by Wishbone | Oct 29, 2013 | Tiny Home Construction
After we leveled the foundation with the scissor jacks, we fastened a series of pressure-treated 2 x 6 to the frame of the trailer with heavy duty screws. This initial step gives us a perpendicular structure to the steel cross members of the trailer so that the floor...
by Wishbone | Oct 28, 2013 | Tiny Home Construction
It’s an exciting day that marks the beginning of a new tiny home. This particular home started its life at the shop of Mike Moore, a custom welder and trailer manufacturer located in Indian Trail, North Carolina. Our specifications included two 5200# axles with...
