It has been very cold here this past week, which has slowed progress on the tiny house. Right now, I am starting to put the wood siding up, but this is difficult in the cold because it involves standing out in the wind, and requires using your fingers to pick up nails. But I have gotten enough siding done that I can tell what it is going to look like when I'm done. I am very happy with the color that I chose.
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| I have put enough siding up that I can imagine what the house will look like when it is covered. |
The siding that I am using is ship lap pine, which I am using partly because I like the look and partly because I was able to source it locally from Bethel Mills. Because I am using pine siding, it is important that it is able to dry out after a rain storm, to prevent it from rotting. For this purpose, I have am using cedar breather (the black mesh-looking stuff that is stapled to the house in the previous picture). This creates some space between the wood and the side of the house for air to circulate.
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| Stapling cedar breather onto the house. |
I plan to order a door this week, and order windows soon after. I can keep working on the siding until the windows arrive, but I need to leave space without siding around the window openings until I have installed the windows.
