Welcome to the blog about building a Weebee! Here you can track the progress of this epic project and, hopefully, learn new things about buildings/structures/windows/mobility.
This has been mostly a weekend/evening project. The steps completed thus far:
-flatbed trailer acquisition
-installation of subfloor
-completion of wall frames
-installation of wall frames onto subfloor
-installation of loft floor joists and plywood (used 1/2" plywood)
-installation of some of the wall sheathing
So, in other words, it looks like half a house.
To put the 3/8" sheathing on the outside of the house, construction adhesive is applied to the studs and then the plywood is clamped in place and secured using 2" screws with ~8" spacing. In order to cut the right shape for the wheel wells, the plywood was temporarily clamped to the inside of the wall next to the wheel well so that the outline could be traced onto it directly (a piece of aluminum flashing placed along the wheel well helped with the trace). This was then cut out with a jigsaw and final adjustments were made with a plane and a random orbital sander. Silicon caulk (100% silicon) was used to seal the plywood-wheel well interface.
Alright! Back to work.
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What an inspiring and interesting project. I look forward to your postings!
ReplyDeleteI have read every page of this blog and am very interested to see the next stage of your home's development. I know this question will be going back two years in time, but if it's okay, I'd like to ask: How did you decide on building the loft at the rear of the home only, and installing those "monkey bars"? Did you then see someone about the framing, to know how far down to place the bars,and of what size?
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