PROGRESS MUTHAH TRUCKAH!

Me and the jovial Lester and Paul just put on a sub sub floor (extra support and a layer to easily attach the sub floor frame).

Photo taken by my non smart phone- but you there it is!

The Creation. Sub floor framing on aluminum flashing all on 2x6 supports. o and plywood covers since Lester was concerned the deer would think we made them a playground. Man knows deer.

                                                             


 Now, having a brand new trailer is great- but it presented some logistical problems. Like how to attach the aluminum sheathing to a much stronger metal. A strong metal like the steel my trailer is made of needs a lot of torque to penetrate it. That amount of torque shreds the aluminum sheathing I need to use to moisture and mouse proof the insulation. Dilemma? Well yes. And a relatively undocumented one. Trailers made just for tiny houses are a relatively new thing, and tiny house resources are still catching up. I found a few posts similar but not relative for either reasons of a different made for purpose trailer or different moisture barrier requirements, but nothing exactly like I needed. So, since I had the space (and a height restriction is nerve racking, I had a mid project freak out that we'd added too much height) we just added 2x6's like the ones you would normally leave when deconstructing a utility trailer for a tiny house project. Honestly seems kind of odd and backwards, but the extra work in the beginning makes the work of  sub floor attachment much easier. Not having to center 30, 1/2"x 6" lag bolts on a 1" wide  3 " thick metal support beam easier. Nah, I need some 3 inches or so to attach some things. And Paul and Lester would tell you I'm all about attaching, just eh, not so all about the exact. 3 inches of give and take are for me.

          
                  Aren't we cute? Right after we leveled it. I'll give you some leveling photos too!

 

                    High and low, and down, and down again! Leveling. Hey look, 3 inches!

Geometry at work. And I thought I'd never use it in the real world. I had apparently never lived in the real world, or realized math could be so cool. This was the math class I should have taken.

 

 

 

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

BUILDING BITCHES!

O and happy Fat Tuesday! I'm giving up beer for my first ever lent. First because I'm feeling gluttonous after my winter of hibernating, and more fundamentally to acknowledge the hunger gap of early spring even in our on demand world. Even a pagan-quaker-catholic-jewish-congo can realize strength in less.