We've made a great start to the Inverquiech Tiny House project, just a part of a movement towards helping people to build their own affordable, simple accommodation, designed with sustainable living in mind. Members of Kate's Permaculture Timeshare group have been helping and learning as we go, which has been a lot of fun - sorry no photos of them yet.
Kate Everett had been looking for suitable trailers for a while but the first one that came up, though in excellent condition and very sturdy, was quite small, roughly 8 foot by 4 foot. So, a bit small for full accommodation - but a good size for a composting toilet. We've been calling it the Bog-ey... It's going to have a lot of the features of a house anyway, a door, window, sink and toilet of course, so great practice anyway, and people can see how things can be made - simply, using a minimum of tools and equipment with off-the-peg and reclaimed materials.
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| Progress so far - the basic frame and first sheets in place. The cross braces have been very handy for keeping everything square and plumb during assembly. |
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| We started by fitting a rim of 3x2 round the edge of the trailer, which already had a really good plywood base. It's great to think about all the detail before you actually fit anything - how will the sheets meet at the corners? And great to make sure the edges of the sheets meet on framing - so there's something to fix them to. |
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| Keep checking everything's square and plumb all the time. The temporary bracing really helps. |
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| This shows the corner space where the edges of two sheets will meet... |
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| ... it's made up of two pieces of 3x2 fixed along their edges. |
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| First couple of sheets - being square, they start to hold everything in shape... |
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| ...but you still need to keep bracing everything |
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| It's important that the doorway frame is square, so I fixed that section of the frame first then fitted everything else to that. |
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| COSTS SO FAR: just under £300 for the plywood and 3x2, and another £300 for the trailer itself. |
It's been a lot of fun too, MORE SOON!
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