It's Happening

[Sandy St. Louis]

Just a note, this picture is taken from the upper level of my home looking down on my acre of good stuff and my wonderland. I like lots of stuff and everything here is usefull or could be, I think. Sandy

[Sandy St. Louis]

This is the front gable end framed, sheeted and the loft window cut out

[Sandy St. Louis]

Just have to love scaffolding

[Sandy St. Louis]

The background colour has been painted and doing the trim out has begun

[Sandy St. Louis]

I am trying to put a pattern with ceder shingles to cut the apperance of tall and skinny the porch on some minihouses does this with the sacrifice of trailer floor space.

[Sandy St. Louis]

The rear gable is complete except for some trim around the door and the door the end is complete

[Sandy St. Louis]

The right side is complete trim and battens which cover the seams and make the sheeting become nice looking siding

[Sandy St. Louis]

The front is now complete some paint touch up is yet to be done on the whole minihouse

[Sandy St. Louis]

With a door lockup will be complete. I will have to build the door as a custom one is to pricey. This project has been fun , the building has 15lbs of screws,18 tubes of construction glue, 1/2 a case of 3.5inch nails. over 8000 staples and 20 3/8 x 6 carrige bolts . complete lockup will be in a couple of days. Up until now we 2 over the hill guys have spent about 130 old guys hours in total

[Sandy St. Louis]

Thanks Slow, after reading all the other threads on tiny houses I am convinced the advice of not using trailer space for a poor functioning porch is very correct.

[Sandy St. Louis]

[Sandy St. Louis]

[droid_ca]

WOW thats looking really awesome I'm so jealous I want to start on mine soon I thought I had it all worked out then you made it look so easy
Excelent job
can't wait to see whats planned for the inside

[Sandy St. Louis]

It's at lockup! The plan now is to regroup and figure the interior and how to best use it. The advice on ship's ladders is a bonus I'm leaning towards the double step using a landing to spread the required space in 2 directions . I must also finish a couple of other projects .Sandy

[Sandy St. Louis]

Thanks Droid,hope you start and post your build with the amount of research you have done I know it will be great .