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Bolting On
Because a tiny house uses a trailer as a foundation, and because one hopes to be able to haul that trailer (and therefore the house) at...
Jim Martin
Oct 13, 20203 min read
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Joisting!
With the plywood laid down, it was time to get to the floor joists. But the basic box of the trailer is 20 feet long (adding the hitch...
Jim Martin
Dec 29, 20192 min read
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The Grunt Work (Part 2)
The fun begins!!
Jim Martin
Dec 23, 20193 min read
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The Grunt Work
Parts of the building process are just tedious and uninteresting. For me this has included leveling the trailer, and all of the work that...
Jim Martin
Dec 22, 20193 min read
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Beginning on the Level
The trailer is essentially the foundation of a tiny house. As such, it needs to be leveled carefully before the building process can...
Jim Martin
Sep 25, 20193 min read
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We're Going Tiny!
Okay, not right away, we’re going to take this slow. But we are going tiny! And because we thought it would be fun to document the...
Jim Martin
Aug 29, 20193 min read
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Sourcing a Trailer
Tiny house trailers are not the same as utility trailers or trailers designed to haul vehicles. They really are their own thing. A...
Jim Martin
Aug 24, 20193 min read
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