Construction Photos & Videos

Video Gallery (Photo Gallery Below)

Video 1 Tasks: Leveling the trailer and placing the sill gasket. Framing the floor and sheathing the undercarriage of the floor system.

Video 2 Tasks: Flashing and flipping the floor system. Placing and bolting the floor into the trailer. filling the floor with insulation and covering it with sub flooring.

Video 3 Tasks: 2×3 advanced framing.

Video 4 Tasks: Loft Beam construction and installation.

Video 5a Tasks: D.I.Y. C.I. panel lamination

Video 5b Tasks: Installing C.I. panel sheathing.

Video 6 Tasks: Installing building wrap.

Video 7 Tasks: Installing windows.

Video 8 Tasks: Installing metal roofing.

Video 9 Tasks: Installing reclaimed siding

Video 10 Tasks: Installing the shower unit

Video 11 Tasks: Installing the finished floor

Video 12 Tasks: Painting the tiny house

Video 13 Tasks: Assembling kitchen cabinets

Video 14 Tasks: Packing the gear room for the first time

Video 15 Tasks: moving in!

Photo Gallery

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Initial sketches

Life size floor plan in Yakima Maker Space!

Samantha trying out the hypothetical kitchen sink.

Trailer comparison sketch

Trailer transportation scenery.

Transporting the trailer from Portland, OR to Yakima, WA

Portland Re-building Center.

Our first glimpse of our new trailer!

Meghan applying sill gasket

First day working on the trailer!

Yakima Valley Business Times

Framing the 2x6 floor next to the trailer.

Framing the 2×6 floor next to the trailer.

Sheathing the under carriage of our floor system.

Adding flashing to the underside of our floor system. The top in this photo will be the bottom of our floor, facing the road.

after flipping the floor over to expose the flashed side to the ground, we placed our 2x6 floor system in our trailer with a little help from our friends!

after flipping the floor over to expose the flashed side to the ground, we placed our 2×6 floor system in our trailer with a little help from our friends!

Hardware.

Bolting the floor system to the trailer.

Caulking the bolt holes.

$600.00 of insulation and subfloor to finish the floor construction.

Caulking the plywood under carriage seam.

Spray foaming the floor seams before placing the insulation.

Measuring the width between joists.

Setting the table saw width ro rip the rigid board insulation to the correct width.

Ripping the rigid board insulation to fit between the joists.

Cutting the rigid board insulation to the correct length.

Insulating the floor.

.Insulating the floor.

The final piece of floor insulation!

Cutting a notch in the subfloor for the wheel well and glueing and screwing it to the joists.

Finishing up glueing and screwing the subfloor.

Our new 24′ portable dance floor.

One of the showrooms of the new Leading Force Energy and Design Center, Yakima WA

An interactive display that shows different variations of wall construction and insulation placement inside the new Leading Force Energy and Design Center

Picking out our reclaimed corrugated metal cladding.

This reclaimed corrugated metal from a 80+ year old apple bin canopy in town will become our siding!

Unloading our reclaimed metal siding at the project site.

picking out our lumber and our window order.

making and installing our built up headers

framing the first wall

raising our first wall

Laying out the walls before screwing them together

explaining our floor plan lay out

1 wall left to build and raise.

Measuring each individual stud length.

bracing the last wall before tilting it into place

tilting the last wall into place

four walls! interior view

Installing the first rafter

Roof framing in progress.

Installing the last roof rafter/eave section

SHED’s skeleton

a portion of the hardware brackets and strapping to be installed.

installing small L-brackets. You can see the Simpson Strong Tie on the corner stud to the right.

Laminating our C.I. panels

Stack of completed C.I Panels

sketchy details for the loft connection

What the Laminate Veneer Lumber loft beams looked like upon pick-up

The Loft beams after 6 passes on the planer

Making our Custom LVL Loft Beams

Installing our Custom LVL Loft BeamsGOPRO

LVL Loft Beam

Framing the new entry condition

Sheathing SHED with C.I. Panels

Trimmed C.I. Panel for over the wheel well

Sheathing SHED with C.I. Panels

Trimming the 3/4″ Birch plywood loft floor to size

protecting the underside of our loft floor with a coat of urathane

sketchy upcoming details

Samantha discovered the tool belt, the window frame nailing surfaces are installed, C.I. Panel seams are tapped and base flashing/drip edge is complete. We are on a roll and setting our sights on wrapping the house in tyvek!

Front Entry Door w/ Internal Retractable Blinds

Hanging the interior frosted glass pocket door

Custom Fabricated steel flashing pan for our angled front door step.

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putting the 20'-6" metal roof panels in place

Part of the photo shoot for a feature story in our local paper

Entry door corner mock-up (waiting on full order of walnut)

120 LED per meter tape light.

24 LED machined aluminum cable light heads

The process of glueing and brad nailing the 1/4″ paneling up

Installing a piece of paneling in the kitchen that has been notched to allow the beams to pass through.

The beginnings of a Tiny House kitchen!

1/4″ Plywood Paneling is done and the seams are spackled!

Sanding the seams between the sheets of 1/4″ plywood paneling…

…makes a mess!

The kitchen has been moved to the center and covered in preparation for a day of sanding the spackled seams smooth.

A mock up test for our indirect loft lighting idea.

Loft Beam to Wall detail

Brad helped us process our left over siding into short 23″ pieces to use as skirting for SHED

Separett Villa 9000 Composting toilet.

The quick specs: -Waterless toilet. -Urine diversion eliminates the combination of liquids and solids, dramatically reducing odor and volume. -Urine is diverted out the back of the unit to your choice of disposal: whether that is a sewer hookup, a grey water tank, a urine storage tank, soak away tank or grey water drainage. -Solids drop into a bucket receptacle lined with a compostable bag. When “full” it is removed and the composting process continued outside. -You cannot see into the toilet hole due to a visual block that is moved to the side during use with a nifty seat pressure activated mechanism. -a continually running small fan vents the toilet compartment to the outside and aids in solids dehydration, thus reducing the volume.

Getting a feel for the toilet location.

a glimpse of our bathroom footprint wirh our new composting toilet!

Installing some left over walnut siding above the shower enclosure.

No turning back now…the hours of the plywood box are waning.

1st coat on the ceiling is done!

It already feels bigger and brighter inside.

The finish trim is on the windows!

loft beam to wall detail

Two dimmer controls and a 2 outlet 2 USB charging port at the kitchen island.

left over walnut, laminated into a slab and installed as a floating shelf over the TV

Power through cable turn buckles for our cable light system

power through turnbuckle anchor

Searching for PEX

Pulling PEX

PEX plumbing

50 amp Electrical plug-in to 6 gauge 4 wire

Mounted Mini-split Condenser, Propane hook up, and electrical/plumbing progress on the interior

Automotive U-bolts that anchor the mini-split condenser unit to the trailer toungue

Plumbing progress

Electrical & Plumbing progress

Breaker Box Masterpiece

Water plug in, electrical plug in and bathroom sink drainage stub on the undercarriage of the trailer.

Propane is being tested!

Hot & Cold PEX water lines and the Pro-flex propane line making their way to the kitchen. Shown before being boxed in.

Flawless propane test!

Oak Indirect light bar and mounting angle profile

Indirect loft light bar when the light is off

Indirect loft light bar when the light is on

Indirect loft light bar

Media Outlet under TV before Walnut cover

Media Outlet under TV with walnut cover concealing the hidden outlet.

The walnut bracket posts to be anchored to the ceiling to support one end of the cable lights

Cable light installation!

Electricity!

Brad watching the gauges as he “pulls a vacuum” on our mini-split lines to test for leaks.

First heat!

Our stairs Started as two 1/2″ pieces of birch plywood…

…and then cut down close to the final size…

and then laminated to create 1″ thick plywood risers and treads.

They were cut to their finish width and angles after lamination.

domino slots are cut…

…and dominos inserted

After glue is applied the two pieces are together with the dminos inserting into the slots on each side.

…and clamped for some time.

Before puting all of the corners together to create a single stair, we cut insets to allow for the placement of a steel flatbar on the vulnerable edges to protect the plywood corners from abuse.

before gluing into a single set.

steel flat bar toe kick.

computer aided. kind of.

protecting the wood stairs from the elements during delivery in Decemeber.

Unpackaging after a safe delivery!

Installing the interior wooden plywood “waterfall” stairs.

Installing the interior wooden plywood “waterfall” stairs.

Two injured thumbs up + a mustache.

The stairs after installation and before the storage is built beneath.

Interior stair steel flatbar inlay close-up

We had Atlas&Cedar take our simple computer drawing and fabricate these beautiful stairs, literally folded our of a single piece of 1/4″ steel plate.

Then Atlas&cedar did an amazing job “blackening” them before delivering them to the build site!

Exterior stairs folded out of a piece of 1/4″ hot rolled blackened steel plate.

Exterior stairs, interior stairs and our moment of entry.

Our IKEA kitchen drawers & doors were built with a little help from our friends!

Sink cabinet doors (before spacing & leveling)

Island drawer storage

Island drawer handle

Shower Valve

High Sierra 1.5 GPM low flor shower head

Shower update

Under stair storage progress

Entry master controls. wireless (radio frequency) dimmer control of main light, kitchen light, loft light and exterior light upon entry.

The final wall is framed!

The access between the living space and the gear room has officially been severed and our composting toilet has been dry fit in place.

Painting the bathroom toilet alcove

Ceiling trim! We are leaving a 1/4″ reveal between the top of the trim and the ceiling to create a shadow line in an attempt to camoflage any ceiling plane inconsistences

Robert built these nesting modular boxes at our university in 2012 in preparation for our move to the West coast. It feels good to be able to re purpose them as our bathroom shelving (after a fresh finish coat)

Painting the shower ceiling

The day had come to stop procrastinating and cut the giant 40 square inch hole through our kitchen wall so we could install our range exhaust hood…

During installation we dropped the range hood down closer to the stove so we do not have to be staring at the underside and to ensure proper exhaust. In return we gained a little storage above! In less than two weeks, THIS adorable little 20″ wide set up will be pumping out delicious and creative meals for the foreseeable future.

Two speed (up to)180 CFM range hood exhaust fan

Turns out our double loft beam detail is a nifty place to hide tape lighting. This hidden illumination sheds light onto our kitchen sink and the two flanking 12″ counter spaces.

IN beam lighting and range hood are installed!

N beam lighting and range hood are installed!

The stairs are getting their finish coat on.

….and we have started building out the under stair storage

Installing the steel plate stair toe’s to protect the leading edge of our mitered plywood.

Samantha conducted the inaugural stair climb and was stoked in the head height and ease of use!

Samantha conducted the inaugural stair climb and was stoked in the head height and ease of use.

The under stair storage is coming along. The larger cavities on the left will be our clothes storage, the small narrow cavities will be some kitchen storage (wine? glasses? etc…) and the large cavity to the right faces the kitchen and will be infilled with shelving for kitchen storage.

The under stair storage is coming along. the larger cavities will be our clothes storage, the small narrow cavities will be some kitchen storage (wine? glasses? etc…) and the large cavity behind the sheet of plywood faces the kitchen and will be infilled with shelving for kitchen storage.

Samantha is prepping the last remaining pieces of our ship lap walnut for a unique application on the bathroom ceiling!

The angle iron “track” is in place and ready to be infilled with walnut.

Installing the last of the walnut on the bathroom ceiling

The walnut continues the bathroom sink alcove material pallet onto the ceiling.

We reused some nesting modular boxes that robert built a few years back as our bathroom shelving!

This is our peninsula counter and it is about to be wrapped in 1″ birch plywood.

Our counter that houses our sink also wraps upward to meet the ceiling!

Sink installation.

Peninsula counter top

We removed the protective cardboard and the loft floor has been exposed for the first time since installation months ago!

IKEA’s 7″ thick mattress comes in a nice little package.

The mattress is in place and “puffing up” for the next 72 hours!

1 week before the official move in!

Stair storage shelves are being built (and used already!)

6 days until move in!

We had left over plywood after making the counter tops, and we wanted stools for the peninsula counter and a coffee table for the couch. With a little glue, a couple miter cuts and a few more dominos we are now able to present the one piece of movable furniture in SHED; let’s call this little guy ‘drifter.’ Drifter can be a proper counter seat for two at the peninsula, can be rotated sideways and squeezed in lengthwise between the couch and the counter to be out of the way, another seat against the wall or an arm rest/side table for the couch OR pulled over in front of the couch for a tiny meal for two or laptop work surface for 1 while still leaving enough space to wall around it. We are happy to have drifter floating around our space!

Kitchen Love.

Under stair kitchen storage with the addition of functional art.

1″ birch plywood wrapped peninsula counter + storage

Magnetic knife holder above the peninsula counter.

6 days untill move in!

We have very few pieces of art but they are important to us, tell a story from way back when (we won them in a mountain ops mission scavenger hunt!) and express who we are and what we love to do.