Thursday evening Drew's dad, Rick, flew in from Montana to help with framing. After Drew picked him up from the airport and we indulged in some ramen, Drew and Rick drove out to Granbury so they could get an early start Friday. Also during the day Thursday, Hensen's Lumber delivered our supplies for the weekend.
Unfortunately we weren't able to get started right away Friday morning, because we had to take the trailer to be inspected.We really should have done this earlier, but it definitely needed to be done before we put up walls and a roof. In the state of Texas if a trailer has a maximum gross weight (trailer weight plus payload) of over 7,500 lbs it is required to have a safety inspection and be titled and be registered. So we hooked it up to Abbie's parent's truck and once we fixed a minor issue with the left tail light of the trailer we took it for it's first spin. It passed with flying colors and we were ready to start framing.
After re-leveling the trailer, Rick began laying out the boards for framing and Drew cut the studs.
And pretty soon we had the first half of the first wall up!
If you don't count the missing cripple studs and sills, then the second half of the first wall was up by noon.
By the end of the day on Friday we had both long walls up and framed.
Abbie drove down after work and later Friday evening Nathan, Drew's brother, drove down from Oklahoma. With their added help, and beautiful weather, on Saturday the two short walls went up in no time.
Once the walls were framed, it was time to put the sheathing on. We elected to use 7/16 OSB and screw it in place, just as we had done the framing. The decision to use screws was based on the structural stability traveling down the road, but it meant this phase of the project took longer than traditional framing when nails are used. The price differential was negligible, because we already had electric drills, but would have had to rent or buy a compressor and nail gun.
Saturday we secured the bottom layer of sheathing on all the way around and called it a day.
Abbie started the Sunday with her first precious coffee in the tiny house.
Then we got to work; finished sheathing on the walls and cut and hung the rafters. We held off putting on the hurricane straps because it didn't require extra hands and they could always be added later.
With the rafters in place, it was time to start decking the roof! We used 5/8ths OSB for the roof decking and screwed it down as well.
Once the decking was complete, the process of drying in the house began. Since we were already up on the roof we started there by applying Owens Corning Weatherlock underlayment. Although a slightly more expensive option, the application was quick and we will only need to apply the one layer. We used plastic cap nails to keep the underlayment in place.
The final push for the weekend was to Tyvek the walls. Once again we battled the setting winter sun to finish. This time the sun won, but with the help of Buddy's flood lights we were able to finish the house wrap Sunday night.
Rosey Leigh is all dried in!
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