THIS IS A VERY OLD POST THAT NEVER GOT PUBLISHED. I can’t remember the actual date, when I disconnected from the grid, but I am sure it was sometime in 2014. Surviving fine without need more solar panels and some better batteries but slowly but surely I am getting there. A few moments ago…
Table saw
Update below Some days I wonder why I do what I do. Why build a tiny house, I have a house. I keep running into obstacles that stop me dead in my tracks as I try to build my tiny house. I KEEP ON KEEPING ON. My one eyed and pregnant cat curled on my…
100 24 cent screws, a smokin’ table saw and zombies
“Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have.” Norman Vincent Peale I finished adding all the two by three pieces to the trailer. $24 bucks worth of screws one ruined handsaw, a smoking table saw and a couple of days…
Broken Hand saw
I ran low on two by threes this afternoon so I used some cast off two by fours. Mistake. I was making a crosscut with my handsaw, I hit a hidden broken off screw. This ruined my handsaw which I have used for years. I like hand-sawing, there is something comforting in listening to and…
Finally Building a tiny house
My trailer is back from the welders. He did an excellent job considering the trailer was a bent rusty POS. I just watched a tiny house movie on Netflix and another full length movie on another build that gave me some the little bit of energy I needed to get going again. I have been…
Mosquito
My trailer is home. I picked it up this afternoon. I stopped in for some gas and forgot about the extra 38″ in width. I scrapped a safety pole at the gas station. I got home and backed it up to its new home for the next few months. I backed in and missed taking…
New Design -Cost Cutting Economic Reality
My Design has had to change. The windows I wanted to put in are no longer available in western Canada. I am sure I could have had replaced with even more expensive custom made windows. With 17 windows at the economic price of a hundred bucks apiece was still expensive. I will still inquire with…
The Slide show
Keep in mind the framing is not complete the windows are not all in place. This is just progress so far while I wait out the snow storm. Two feet so far. Enjoy the music pick the one you like best. And I say let it snow. More snow coming Tuesday. Rod For…
MORE PICS VER 42
With a major snowstorm going on, I have had extra time to spend designing my tiny house. When the storm is over I expect we will have an extra two feet of snow. My trailer should be buried in the snow. Above are the results so far. There are plenty of details left to be…