Wall Insulation done

Big long day!  Lots got done.

First, I want to say, the soap.shampoo and toothpaste I bought recently from soapforgoodnesssake.com, in an effort to clarify my grey water tank so that when I move into my tiny place I can use the excess water for my garden is FANTASTIC, I love it.  I sort of thought I would feel like a dirty hippie for at least a few days but it is not the case at all.  The shampoo is the best I have ever used, my hair is clean without being greasy or dried out, the toothpaste tastes a little funny but I am quickly getting used to it and even starting to like it.  The soap is always amazing!  I highly recommend the pumpkin, the avocado AND the rose petal.   Good stuff.  (this is a completely unsolicited shout out, FYI)

In tiny house construction news, I finished the wall insulation!!! It felt like it was going to go on forever but I imagine my swing at it was a lot easier than some others.  This was the area where I have heard the most complaints from other tiny house people so I streamlined it :).  In standard construction you would wire the house and insulate around that, it is a little tougher using ridged insulation.  There are building codes in place that make this the ‘standard construction’.  For now tiny houses have no ‘codes’, so I took liberties :).  It may be a little unclear still with this post but hopefully this gives the general idea of how I am going to wire.

Next weekend I plan to bring the house out into the daylight and install the roof, It will be nice to finally be enclosed! Also, I finally brought my camera out to snap some pictures, I put on my little wide angle attachment and here you are!

Insulation looking toward kitchen/bathroom

Insulation looking toward bed/living

This is my bathroom, where the roll of insulation is sitting is the shower.

Another shot

This is the fridge/microwave nook.

Exterior, front end

Exterior back side.

Exterior loft window.

ELECTRICAL! It's that time 🙂

You may wonder why it is fully insulated before the wires are strung... so... these are nail plates, the insulation is going to be cut at two foot high, the wire strung along the void along the front side of the walls. These nail plates will be fastened on the studs so that the wires don't get accidentally nailed when putting up the sheet rock. stand by for a follow up!

A nail plate. I tried to get one installed to show you but I ran out of steam for the day.

I marked all of the insulation to be cut to make room for the wire. This is not the 'standard' wiring on a house but this was a calculated decision for this house.

This is as far as I got tonight... I got tuckered! Hopefully this gives an idea of how the wiring will sit though.