Ok So It IS Not...
But I can explain. Really.
When we build the gazebo several years ago, I measured not once, not twice but three times. Yet, I somehow misread the measurement and then when my dear husband pointed it out I fought him like mad because I measured three times how could I be wrong?
So what did he do? He built it as I measured it, I know, I deserve a good kick in the butt because it is biting us in the rear now. Since it is a Tiny House any fluctuation will be very obvious, but as an artist I have always said, It's like wallpapering a pig, if it holds still it will be beautiful.
This morning as I get a good look at the floor that is developing at the build I see we have the wonky area to straighten for the second part of the house to come out even. This means extra wood, it means on site adjustments, it means, my husband is laughing at me, it means I deserve that kick in the butt.
Since we are building this tiny house as a temporary solution to our housing needs,
so be it, eventually it will be storage and well I like things that are a bit wonky.
This is a picture of Josh, if he ever needs a work ethic endorsement he has both my husbands and mine, we never met him before but he is smart as a whip and the hardest dang worker. Jacob is taking the picure so I as yet don't have one of him. I was at the store all day yesterday so could not go out to
check out the progress.
You can see it down the two by fours on the left, it looks like a tiny gap but in fact there is a difference of 8 inches on this side.
To adjust for that the post will be extended out into the kitchen
area to make that wall flush in the kitchen room.
Since we are working with an as is situation you can see from the image below that we will straighten the wall to the kitchen. The pass through will hide the fluctuation between square and not so much. The additional space heading south will have a bit of a bump out which I will hide by having a shelf built out from the wall. We wanted to save the roof materials from the gazebo, since we are on a very short timeline. So we are saving the whole roof. Technically this is nothing more that a storage unit at this stage but better this than nothing! So onward, per legal regulations as long as we keep it under 200 square feet it is storage, although we are following the law to the T. It is not a permanent build, and we own the property so if there is a problem we will live in a tent if we have to do so. Next year we will be building a real house on the property I am redesigning it as a 87% passive house so it will take some time for permits and stuff.
You can also see the pale line where there will be no wall just a header to support the open space, as well as the openings for other rooms to be attached later. What you are looking at is intended to serve long term as a place to store my art, teach art classes. By the way seems I will finally accept the offer to do classes out in the Tum Tum area, details coming.
We have until Sunday before we are unhomed...so bye for now we have lots of hammering to do.
Have a great day!
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