Living sustainably and designing my lifestyle to be meaningful and low impact. My story of building and living in a tiny house, in Gippsland, Victoria
Back to sunshine and group slave labour – the roof, gutters and house wrap are on! Once I’d made the hard decision of choosing the colour, Tom ordered the roof, gutters and flashings. Being one of the more technical jobs we mostly left this bit
So with the fascia on, it was crunch time…choosing colours! Tom gave me approximately 24 hours to choose the colour for my roof and couldn’t seem to understand THE. PRESSURE. involved. I’ve already established that I’m going for Colourbond on the roof at least, so
Up next comes the fascia – this is pretty much the edging that runs underneath the gutters and covers the join between the roof and the outside cladding on the walls. Right? Something like that. My fascia is rough sawn treated pine boards that we
Disclaimer: in case you haven’t worked it out yet I’m not exactly up to date with these blog posts. If you notice any inconsistencies in how many Sundays I’m mentioning within the period of this week, that’s why. Lots of time building and trying to
Another weekend down, another wild burst of progress. EEP! Dwarf walls were added to the wall frames we started last weekend, the floor to the loft went on and then roof rafters were added on top. And suddenly, it felt a whole lot more housey! I
Ok. You’ve all been patient. To be honest, I can’t believe people are still reading blog posts about rocks and mud. Thank you for sticking it out and for all of the lovely comments and encouragement! As a reward for your persistence, I’m gonna jump
Apparently at least a few more words are needed. The bobcat arrived and managed to shift the trailer without much drama, until it sunk up to its axle in glorious Bunyip mud. My ever resourceful bro-in-law happened to have a thirty year old hand winch
So, my last update was exciting, but also a little bit ahead of its time. Although we got the floor on, we’d skipped forward a few steps while we tried to wait out the weather. Which, let’s be honest – in Gippsland, was always going
So, this could be slightly foolish – attempting to write an update after spending all day outside building. My brain is pretty toasted, not to mention my muscles (or, as it turns out, lack thereof). BUT, Grand Designs in on in the background, the Baileys