Welcome to yet another person's build blog!
I'm a few bricks short of being a bricks and mortar tinyhouse builder.
In fact it's JUST ME so don't expect much progress right now.
September brings back camping weather so check back in a couple of weeks.
Making progress
Inside paneling
Finding some inside work to do during these mid-90s temps.
Bad-ass lizard
I have seen this guy before around here. He thinks he is a Komodo dragon.
The Roof
I picked up the metal roof and took a couple of days to install it. It brought the project out from under the tarps and the rain is falling on it as I type. With this complete I moved on to insulation and am half way through that mess. The…
Peachtree windows
The windows are in and that is a welcome thing. I am eaten up with insect bites. They were here long before I got here and seem determined to fight for their territory. This is the European wasp. They are huge but docile away from the nest.
Kitchen area
The sink will back on the right and some kind of propane stovetop on the left.
The bathroom
This tent houses a homebuilt Lovable Loo from the Humanure people. Jeff composts the collections down at the big house.
The Loft
Yesterday I framed and put down a subfloor in the loft space. It turned out about 7-1/2 feet square so plenty of room for a bed. I slept there last night with a screen in the window opening. Sunrise looking down in the woods was very nice. My computer is…
Slept in the storage building/house
The rain was pooling near the edge of the tarp roof so I had to poke the water out with a boathook every few minutes. This went on until after midnight.
Drafty
Why so ugly?
Because I wanted to build it so it could be moved down the highway or at least have that option. This limits you to 13’6″ in height and 8’6″ wide. Most of these are built on trailer frames. I thought I would too but the $3500 price tag needed to…
Getting a roof system
The screenhouse is necessary if you want to turn a light on after dark. Every flying insect in the county heads this direction.
The Building
I guess I need to build something. I looked at some trailers and searched a bunch of other ideas but it came to this building. It will be a little bigger than the average storage building. I am typing from the foundation now but it is dark and the bugs…
South Carolina
I am camping in the woods for now while I work on a new plan. I had an invitation to sail in Charleston Race Week but I didn’t hear about it soon enough. It looks like the weather is going to be really bad with rain all day Saturday.
Progress at last
Moved off the boat tonight to be prepared for some painting tomorrow. A few places need to be filled where plumbing was rerouted and there is some minor flaking that needs to be fixed. There is hot and cold running water to the galley sink now that will take some…
Another stuff run
Thank you Jim for the ride back to Oriental. It took about a week to pick up the truck and car and empty the storage unit. One trailer load went to South Carolina and the rest is here in Green Cove Springs. Every time it is moved the size gets…
Green Cove Springs
The boat is blocked up safely up the St. Johns River in Green Cove Springs Marina. There are many boats on the hard and this is one busy place. Liveaboards from all over North America with a real communal feel sharing common goals. It is good to follow daily tasks…
Jacksonville
Didn’t leave St. Augustine until 9:30am but did 53 miles and arrived just before dark. The customs boat was the first to greet us. Two men offered to catch our lines. The younger one pulled the bow in and cleated it with us still moving so there is a gouge…
On the erode again
We have been creamed a couple of times by poorly skippered power boats. One fairly big yacht went between us and another boat with huge wake trailing behind. The other victim rolled around as bad as we did and I hope he got the name off the transom. The erosion…
The perfect storm
I don’t feel terrific. Not too bad but enough of a concern that we decided to play it safe. Marina fees are getting higher as we move south and we would have to pay them if I had to leave the boat for medical reasons. The only answer was to…