Unwanted Trailer Parts

Finding the time to build the Tiny House is a very simple thing. I have decided to make it more difficult. I am only working on the house when the weather is nice.   Guess what?  The weather hasn't been nice when I am available to build.  So far I have only done one thing since my last blog.

The trailer had a railing on the front. I needed to remove this to allow the walls to fit properly in the front. (when I actually get to the walls).

This is the way the trailer looked before I attacked it with an Angle Grinder.  After the railing was removed it was raining.

I should have removed the railing before adding the rodent barrier because the steel of the railing and my wiggling it back and forth destroyed this end of the Aluminium Flashing.

I am now left with waiting for a time when I am not at work and it is sunny outside.  Can you see how it is a difficult thing?  Living on the Island (Vancouver Island) and waiting for dryness in May.

Rodent Barrier

Here is some more updating specific to the trailer.  Over the past month Lisa and I have been gathering up scrap pieces of wood from construction sites. (Specifically 2 times from the new hospital under construction at my work.)

Before running boards along the length of the trailer to attache the rodent barrier, Lisa and I went to Home Depot to pick up 2 Aluminium flashing rolls, metal screws, grey water holding straps and some leak seal.  Finding the best and longest wood from our hauls was the first step.  

You can see one of the rolls on the bottom left of the picture.
After attaching the boards to staple the aluminium to, we attached the grey water holding tank, in what we think is the most optimal place. (Drive side, in front of the wheel wells)

 If you look closely, you can see the 2 smaller boards in place to prevent the tank from moving from left to right.  Lisa placed these boards in order to give it that extra bit of security.

The reason for attaching the tank at this stage is to reduce the amount of crawling around under the trailer later in the project.
Now the trailer is ready for the Aluminium flashing. The purpose of this is to prevent the rodents from infesting.

This photo was taken before stapling the last row of flashing. (the middle row)

Now that we have completed the rodent barrier, we are ready to commence the sub floor with insulation.

April 2012 Update

It is now April and it is time to update the blog.
We now have the trailer safe and sound in our driveway.

Lisa had this marvellous idea. We should get the truck that is to pull the tiny house, NOW. (I say YES)
We now have a 2005 6 litre, F350 Diesel, Extend-A-Cab. (Awesome)

As much as I can remember, we picked up some supplies for the tiny house.  Around the End of February to early March, Lisa found a 3 burner RV stove and double sink for $40. (What a great deal)  Here is the only picture that we have of the stove before my version of refurbishing it.

(before cleaning and removing rust; with a nice fresh paint job) I didn't take a picture of them, but I needed some supplies from Home Depot. 2 Wire brushes, and 2 cans of paint that can with stand the heat of an oven; and some green painters tape.

Lisa and I also found some beautiful Laminate flooring at the local "Re-Store".  Lisa mapped out and all the pieces and labeled them so that we can place them perfectly in the tiny house as soon as the "Wet Season" ends.

 To allow for a better visual of the living area dimensions of the tiny house. We placed tape on the living room floor.

The entire thing fit inside the living room.  Here is a shot of the pieces in place as they will be in the tiny house.  You can also see the double sink that we picked up.  There is also the stove top and table in their end project positions.