Popular Post Elle L Posted October 8, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2022 After all of that hard work, it was time to celebrate with a cup of tea in my bedroom to be The next challenge was the thermal break But that's a story for another day, it's time to get to the truck and get things done! 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Elle L Posted January 20, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2023 Well once again I have left it a considerable amount of time before updating progress! Perhaps it's obvious that I'm not much of a 'poster'. But it is fun to do a little write up and encouraging to have a look at when I'm having a bit of an 'ahhhhh ' moment with the project. Which is exactly what happened when I left off after my last post . . . . . the thermal break . . . . During my research for how to construct my home I'd read a lot about steel framing vs wood, thermal breaks, cavities, what was typically done on a house vs a tiny home on wheels etc. After deciding on what I'd do then getting thoroughly confused again I finally settled on how I'd go about it. Steel and wood framing with a 12mm thermal break that would also act as a small cavity. I'd opted to strip up 12mm treated ply, and I had a handy stash that I'd pre done when I was at an in between stage waiting for materials. So I made a start on the task and it was just somehow such a challenge and confusing for something that was actually rather simple albeit time consuming. I just felt totally stuck. I floundered around for a couple of days and hit a real low point. In the end I asked dad to come and have a look with me and of course with his input I was once again on a (if wobbly) roll. Can't tell you how glad I was when that task was completed! On the plus side it wasn't a heavy task, like the next one. 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Elle L Posted January 20, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2023 Right, with the troublesome thermal break business taken care of I could now move on to the cladding!! This required some recruiting of extra hands and muscle as it's certainly not a one pair of hands kind of task. Especially with 2.7m ply sections. My dad and brother were amazing spending several days helping to get the bulk of the house clad. I had been looking into scaffolding options to see if I could pick up something second hand or possibly hire some. In the end I decided I might need to just buy some and sell it afterwards. But before I did that I thought of all my friends and if any of them might have something I could borrow. The only person I could think of was Tony who has been a great support to the project and even driven Maddi for me a few times. And guess what, he had some lying under his house just waiting to be put to use again! It has been unbelievably helpful. I'd decided on ply 'board and batten' as my cladding and to stain it with three coats of the 'warm kwila' colour. A number of these were pre done and ready to roll. And I must say I was glad to get these heffalumps attached so I didn't have to move them by hand ever again! It proved to be a pretty straight forward task. There was of course lots of measuring to make sure things were as centered and square as possible, measuring and cutting window holes and lifting them up and down. But we got a good system going and I provided yummy snacks for 'the workers' I did some of the smaller sections in the bedroom by myself which was a little tricky but rewarding to be able to do. Then magically the pile in the corner was no more and the house was 95% clad. There was suddenly a solidness and substance to the structure. The cladding at the front and the back would have to wait for the roof beams to be attached and custom front beam/thermal break sections to be made, but Maddi was that much closer to having a real house on her back 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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