As the 4th of July approaches I've realized we're half way through the summer and I am now just getting the roof going. To be honest, I'm a little worried, I thought it'd be further than this. However at the same time, I'm excited because my list of things to to has shrank to an alarmingly small one. What's left is Tyvek, windows, finish the door and install it, tar paper, roofing, and then siding. I know there are a lot of time sucking little tasks hidden in that list, but it's a lot smaller than it use to be. Another thing I've been worried about is my budget. As I watch my total climb closer to $10,000 the more nervous I get. Looking at my spreadsheet and just adding up the 8 foot 2x4s alone I'm 121.42 over budget. Yet, at the same time if I add up what I have left to buy(according to my spreadsheet), I'll be about $430 under budget. So long story short is I'm nervous about my budget but I'm not sure if I need to be. I guess I'll just have to wait until the end of the summer to find out if I really did it.
But now to the exciting part, the pictures.
But now to the exciting part, the pictures.
This is what it looks like now. The only parts left is a 14" strip, a 30" piece and two 7" strips. The tarp is there to help cover part of the ridge we didn't get to and keep the rain out. I really don't have too many pictures because there wasn't much time to stand around and snap any. Instead John and I spend a lot of time grunting and yelling trying to haul 4'x8' sheets of 7/16 OSB up a 12' ladder. At one point I was almost knocked off. After that I came up with a much safer and easier way of doing things. My suggestion for anyone trying to sheath a roof themselves like we did is get a big rope. We ended up using my 9mm climbing rope to tie around a sheet of OSB and a ladder as a guide for it to lean against. Doing this I was able to pull it up to the roof by myself(pretty easily) which meant no one had to be standing under the OSB during the process which was good just in case it dropped.
As for stats for the roof for those in the tiny house planning stage, the "pitch" on the steep section of the roof 42º, and 17º for the loft dormers. I put the word pitch in parenthesis because usually it's measured something like 12/12 or 6/12, not in degrees, but that's how I ended up doing it. And for my gable ends, the bottom of my ridge board is 3' 2" above my wall which happens to be about 7' 9" if I remember correctly? I remember when I was in my planning stages I ate up all the information I could, so I'm hoping this will be helpful for someone in the future.
It's funny how getting the roof on has actually made the space feel bigger, or maybe a more accurate word is grander? When I do walk into it now I don't feel a crushing small space like most people would expect, I just feel something a little different. I think most people would use the word "bigger" to describe this felling but I really think it just feels grand. That's what sets tiny houses apart from just a regular 8'x18' box(a.k.a the size of some bedrooms). Tiny houses are small, but they are still grand and create an amazing sense of space and home despite their size. Anyway, I'm sure as I finish more and I move in I'll have a lot more to say about this big vs. grand thing in tiny houses. For now just enjoy some pictures from this weekend.
As for stats for the roof for those in the tiny house planning stage, the "pitch" on the steep section of the roof 42º, and 17º for the loft dormers. I put the word pitch in parenthesis because usually it's measured something like 12/12 or 6/12, not in degrees, but that's how I ended up doing it. And for my gable ends, the bottom of my ridge board is 3' 2" above my wall which happens to be about 7' 9" if I remember correctly? I remember when I was in my planning stages I ate up all the information I could, so I'm hoping this will be helpful for someone in the future.
It's funny how getting the roof on has actually made the space feel bigger, or maybe a more accurate word is grander? When I do walk into it now I don't feel a crushing small space like most people would expect, I just feel something a little different. I think most people would use the word "bigger" to describe this felling but I really think it just feels grand. That's what sets tiny houses apart from just a regular 8'x18' box(a.k.a the size of some bedrooms). Tiny houses are small, but they are still grand and create an amazing sense of space and home despite their size. Anyway, I'm sure as I finish more and I move in I'll have a lot more to say about this big vs. grand thing in tiny houses. For now just enjoy some pictures from this weekend.