Tiny House Build ( picture heavy )

I have been meaning to do this for a while now.

I am building a tiny house which is 10' x 20'. Metal roofing is going to be used. All of the lumber has been cut by myself( Check out the similar threads below for pictures of  the mill). I am going with 24" stud spacing. The floor is going to be 16" on center.

Walls and roof are going to be 2x6.

Floor is going to be 2x8.

I am going to heat it using a tiny house masonry heater

All of  the wood is locally harvested. Most of the wood being used is douglas fir, with some being red cedar and some balsam fir.

The base of the structure was built on skids which me and some friends pulled off of the beach. they are both about 25' long. There is a cross brace and the ends are going to attached together at some point.

I am doing my best to make this without using toxic gick. So far all i have is tyvek, clear plastic for the interior. And i am using heavy tar paper for the roofing. I am doing my best to seal the roof/floor with pieces of wood/stripes.


Now for some photos

More photos.

It looks absolutely awesome! Do you have an interior floor plan worked out, or are you winging it as you go?

Jay Angler wrote:It looks absolutely awesome! Do you have an interior floor plan worked out, or are you winging it as you go?

Only thing i know is the masonry heater i am going to build will be in the center. I am going to have a bunk bed with a desk on the bottom bed.

I have started a thread to try and solicit peoples tiny house layout here

I am hoping to have as little stuff as possible. It helped having a fire burn down a camper i was living in 5 years ago. I now mostly have clothes, tools, laptop, books, etc.


Once more of the structure is built i will be spending more time on the layout. Right now its get the roof on!!! Than it will be build the insulated door!

Dont you need an air space [ 40mm ] between the sarking and the outside material?

what i have been spending the last few days doing. For most of the build i have been able to use the air compressor with the nailer.

Though on the roof it often ended in having nails not going all the way into the wood.

I switched to drilling holes and putting nails in manually. Definitely takes longer....


I also included the screws i am using to attach the skid to the floor. I believe they are called rugged structural screws.

Alright i finally got the roof on!

One thing i would have done differently was putting the insulation in before i put the roof strapping on. I had to cut pieces of insulation and i did not get the 100% i would have liked. However it all looks good.

Also these white particulate filters, I believe they put just as many particles in your lungs as you are trying to keep out. Every time i wear one my throat hurts. I switched to a higher grade mask which worked a lot better.