“We don’t really need to insulate the interior walls of the bathroom.” I looked at my father like he was crazy. “Dad, it helps with sound deadening. It’s a tiny house. Imagine taking a noisy shit while someone else is in the house. You could literally hear someone in the bathroom from anywhere in here.”…

The easiest way to run plumbing is to have all your appliances that require water, on the same wall. This would limit the amount of holes to be drilled through the studs and prevent needing to run a complex series of pipes. Unfortunately this isn’t always ideal for the interior design layout of a tiny…

The lack of experience with both plumbing and electrical was by far the biggest obstacle of the build thus far. One might think it would be easier to run utilities through a smaller house because it’s a smaller space. Unfortunately this is not the case. A tiny house still typically has all the main functionality…

With the addition of the siding it was finally looking like a house. A very small house, or a very ritzy shed, but to me, this would be home. The biggest pain about this portion of the project was notching the tops of each board to fit around the ceiling rafters. Lots of climbing up…

Every bit of this tiny house design was meticulously planned. The roof was no exception. I wanted to install a metal roof because I want to harvest rainwater for my garden and some other projects. Water collected from a traditional shingle roof contains far too many contaminants in my experience. If you’ve been following my…

The mission at this point of the build was to get this thing weather proof so I wouldn’t have to tuck it in for bed with that enormous tarp each night. In case you hadn’t heard, it rains a lot in Washington and wet wood can cause problems. A wet Craig, causes more problems. Now…

After riveting the sheet metal to the trailer frame, we attached the floor joist with large bolts in several places. The L-brackets we had welded to the frame provided the perfect mounting surface. The subfloor was built on 18″ centers, and insulated with rockwool. We sheeted on top of the joist with 3/4″ plywood, attaching…

Framing was a new experience for me. Luckily I had my father there to coach me through it and my brother lended some additional muscle. This phase began with an enormous load of lumber dropped off in the driveway and a sucking sound proceeding from my bank account. I picked up a nail gun on…

2014 the project begins with the demo of an RV trailer purchased for $400 off Craigslist. The trailer is arguably the most important portion of the tiny house, and is typically the most expensive. Dad calculated the anticipated weight of our materials to ensure the axels could handle the weight. After plenty of sandblasting and…

This is my first update since moving across the nation to Huntsville, Alabama aka the Rocket City (note my appropriately themed hoodie). One thing pretty popular in this town is a boutique popsicle shop called “Steel City Pops.” I wondered how a popsicle shop like this could stay in business in a rather upscale area,…