Interior Siding

Huzzah! Interior siding has not only begun but is proceeding with speed thanks to a bona-fide nail gun. A couple quick pictures here as we head out for a full workday -- the 6-mil-thick vapor barrier covers the insulation.

It was a bit of a hassle to install nailers everywhere the siding would need to be secured around outlets -- but this is mostly done now. We started at the bottom of the wall -- instead of having the tongues rest completely in the grooves we're creating a small space (about the width of a matchstick -- approx 1/8") to allow for future expansion of the siding (say, during warmer/more humid summer weather). Off to the races!

Stepping Forward in Time: The Front Steps

The front steps to the tiny house are now complete! A tear in the fabric of the space time continuum led to an absence of recent blog posts but this post has just now spontaneously arrived -- for your reading enjoyment -- to remedy the situation. A set of four steps -- indeed built from one of the spare planks which was torn from the trailer bed during the first week of construction -- has now been assembled and painted. They were painted at dusk last night. It's interesting to paint in low light conditions because the question arises, what will this look like in the morning sun? Will these colors be real? Is this yellow as bright as the paint can lid leads me to believe? Will this red stand the test of time? Is anything real at all? One possible answer is here (and you can even click on it to zoom in):

Rock climbing wall test section

Today we created a small test section of the rock climbing wall with plywood in a friend's dining room (where else would you put a test section of a rock climbing wall?) just to see how things work. Here's the photographic evidence:
The house itself is currently covered with snow but work will proceed next week.