Harold, Peter, and JR installing roof SIPs for the O'Keefe tiny house, The Paper Boat House, on Day 5 of the Build Blitz. More photos to come!
Friday was Day 5 of the Build Blitz for Erin Maile & Kevin O'Keefe's tiny house on wheels. The top plates hadn't yet been installed for the upper roof so we did that first thing and then began hoisting the roof panels into place with the assistance of Green Mountain Panel's forklift. As each panel went up we squared it,, strapped it to the previous panels to close the gap between them, and then installed the SIP roof screws every 8 inches around the perimeter to secure the panel in place.
By lunchtime the roof panels were up and we spent Friday afternoon working on a number of touch up tasks:
- splining and nailing off the roof panels
- measuring, cutting, and installing perimeter framing for the lower roof panels
- tacking sill seal down on the exposed interior trailer frame with Lexel adhesive sealant
- building fender boxes
Since the house wasn't quite yet ready for her maiden voyage, we decided we'd better do some more work on Saturday to get her prepped. Maile and Kevin put a call out to friends to come help out. We treated ourselves to a late start Saturday, including a trip to the Brattleboro Farmer's Market and then landed at the build site right as their friends did. How cool that both families arrived by cargo bike to help with the tiny house build! It was fun to work with a new crew (including some kids who were great supply runners!) as we tackled the remaining tasks necessary to get the little house roadworthy:
- Measuring, cutting, and installing the subfloor
- Doing quality control on nailing seams
- Drilling holes along seams and spray foaming them (which meant dodging sticky stalactites and stalagmites as we built the interior wall!)
- Building the interior shear wall
Our friends Casey and Eli, who designed and built themselves a tiny house in Richmond, VT came out Saturday afternoon and pitched in as we finished up the shear wall. We wrapped up by cell phone flashlights and then went to get some dinner. It was a push, but so nice to know The Paper Boat House is ready for her maiden voyage!