Upper Wall Complete!

Since we had not really come up with a roof design earlier in the project for the tiny home, the wall was constructed to a height of 8'.  This week we decided to go with a flat roof and began construction of the upper wall. We had rain on Wednesday of the week.

Upper Wall Construction Begins.

The classes were able to complete the construction of the two upper walls before running out of supplies. The students constructed the north and west walls of the upper deck.

Note: Last week students trimmed pine tree branches that were over our construction site. The end result we now have sap, lots of sap.  I need to move trailer over a couple of feet. About moving trailer, it appears someone damaged the crank, I am unable to move trailer at this time. We need to purchase some parts for the crank.

Week 3 Work - Begin work on Roof.

The house is currently framed to the 8' elevation, 96". According to the DOT, the maximum height of a tiny trailer home is 13' 6" from the ground (162").  From the ground, to the floor the height is approx. 32 inches, leaving us approx 34" for the loft wall to be under the 162" height. Note that the loft begins at the height of 87", which leaves approx 46" of headroom for the loft space. This week we hope to build the upper portion of the wall and add roof trusses.

Monday, Nov 18. This day was used as a cleanup day. We switched sheds between PE and the Farm. PE moved into the old farm shed and the PE shed was converted into the Construction Shed. All of the Farm materials were moved into the shipping container and the surrounding area. Both the Farm and the construction classes were used for this endeavor.

House Keeping

Today we switched storage units with Mr. D's P.E. stuff. The Construction Class material now occupying the red tuff shed next to the tiny house. By making the move, this will provide more time to work on things as putting things away becomes much easier and quicker.  The other, much more important item is that the tuff shed offers a better secure location for tools, equipment and material that are used during the construction of the tiny home.

Work on the Tiny Home - Finished construction of loft and interior wall between bathroom and living space.

 Note: On Sunday, November 17 I picked up three windows from a local contractor to use on our tiny home. I placed one of the windows in an opening for show.  Still lots of work to be done before the windows can go in.

Quarter 2 Week 2 November 11-15

Add Simpson ties to the joists. (completed)
Begin a new interior wall between the bathroom and living space. (completed)
Screw down all installed plywood (completed)
Design the roof and begin its construction. (DNF)

Quarter 2 Week 1 November 4 - 8 Installation of Loft

The second quarter of the school year has begun.

This Week:

Complete Front Door Wall. This wall is inset approx. 12" from the actual exterior wall.
Complete the installation of the loft. The loft height will be 6'8" from the floor.
Install the interior wall between the bathroom space and the living space.
We need models made of the tiny home.

Periods 4 & 5 completed the framing of the loft and added the plywood floor. Still, need to finish fastening plywood to framing.

Received three Joboxs from UHS.