Painting and more painting

The past month has mostly been a lot of prep work, not very exciting and very time consuming.  I also was out of town a few times looking for a location for the tiny house.  I'll be leaving the Okanagan behind for a while.  It has also gotten very hot with highs in the 35C to 40C (95F to 104F), not the most fun temps to be trying to work in.

Cedar siding all sanded and ready for washing.

 Testing the stain on a few boards.

It turned out to be too yellow, so my friend and I headed back to the very patient staff at Benjamen Moore.  They where very obliging and did up another dozen colors and after much thought Espresso was the winner!

 The previous stain will be used on the backs of the boards so there is no wastage.  This stack is about 1/3 of the siding and took about 8 hours to apply.

I also have been painting the interior wall covering.  I'm normally against painting wood but it is a low quality pine.

 It also gives the tiny house a nice cottage feel

The siding is finally starting to go one.  I'm loving the color.

I got around to designing the roof for the bay window.  There where so many angles to cut and I ended up using a band saw, table saw, compound miter saw and jig saw to get them all done.

Pretty picture!

Expenses to date: TBD

So many things

I've been working 10 hour days for the last couple of weeks so lots of updates.
 
Finished installing the loft roof installation and most of the main roof.

This allowed me to make progress on the fascia boards.  I started by painting them and drilling a ton of holes for the roof venting.  I could have bought plastic vents but it would have cost about $120.  To drill the holes quickly and accurately I made a jig out of a 2x4 on the drill press. I stapled screening on the back side to keep bugs out.

One down, three to go

I put most of the roofing on.  I just have a few pieces left to install but it will keep the rain out.  I used ladders for the loft area but ending up renting scaffolding to do the rest.  It was cheap ($50) and made the job way easier, faster and safer.  My roommate what kind enough to paint my front door for me.

I finished off today by staring on the shower install.  I put 1/8" board behind it to protect the vapour barrier and cut the hole in the floor for the drain.  It's a big shower but it just fits in.

I've also picked up the siding and interior wall covering.  Both need to be painted, so much work to do before I move at the end of the month.

Expenses to date: $20,957

Picking Exterior Colors

I'll be posting an update Wednesday but a friend did up these exterior color schemes for me.  I have a couple of favorites, which ones do you like?

And now in SketchUp rendering

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Fire!

I started the morning with a second coat on the battery box.  Next I cut a couple of pieces of metal that I had forgot to put on and in doing so started a fire!  Luckily I caught it in time and stamped it out.  It was a reminder just how dry it is and how far away water is.  I welded on the 2 pieces and was checking every two seconds to see if I started another fire.  Just a little paranoid now :)  The rest of the day was spent spray painting the trailer mat black.  It looks pretty sweet!

Not much left to do on the trailer frame, just a second coat and bolts to secure the house.


Expenses to date $4,751

Priming

I returned the welder in the morning and moved the trailer from my brothers place to the build site.  I also put the first coat of paint the battery box, green enough for you?  I grabbed some supplies from Home Depot, including a 3500W generator to run the air compressor.  I spent the afternoon spraying Red Oxide primer on all the exposed metal.

Expenses to date $4,723