Construction Update – 7.5.12
There has been *some* progress. The house is plumbed with the vent and supply lines (pictures to come soon). On the 4th I was able to finally stat putting up some roofing too. It was done pretty much in the heat of the day which isn’t a great idea… but I think we got the system down! We just got one of 6 sheets down but I got a good idea of how much more glue I need to get (it’s on order now) and we can figure out the best way to lay it down. I’m not sure how many times a person gets the opportunity to lay TPO roofing in their life if they aren’t a roofer so I think it’s pretty cool! Here are some pictures of that, sorry in advance for the butt pictures, mom did it!
This is the bathroom lav that I ordered. I got it for basically half price because they had it marked wrong in the book! Still it cost WAY too much but it is tiny and will fit perfectly!
We laid out the TPO roof to sit in the sunshine a few minutes and relax (it was in the instructions! because it hangs over the side vertically its tricky to make stay on the roof! A few almost booboos and we made it!
initially we needed to get the top part of the TPO stuck down but while it was folded back it kept wanting to slide off the roof. Dad laid across it while I painted the adhesive up top. Keep in mind it was in the mid 90's out at this point and dad laid under a thick roll of dark colored rubber for probably 10-15 minutes while I got the surface ready. It got HOT under there. Thanks dad 🙂
The adhesive is kinda cool stuff, it just rolls on with a paint roller. We have to put it on both the wood surface as well as the TPO surface and let it dry before pushing the two together, sort of like a really strong rubber cement! The one I got is water based and thus love VOC as well. It was simple to use and worked great, if only there was no heat....
I was painting on the TPO over dad, maybe some consolation... nope!
In the bucket the glue is white then when you paint it on it turns an iridescent light blue color and then when it's clear again you know it's ready to stick together. Kinda cool stuff, and fool proof which helps me!
There will be 6 of these pieces across the roof. We got one and I had to order 3 more gallons of adhesive (I thought I had ordered 2 3-gallon jugs but apparently ordered 2 1-gallon ones, I could probably pay better attention :)). On top of this I will seal and screw down some 2x2 splines which will give ma an area to put some trellis material for growies and also take care of the seams every 6' on center
Still lots to do but the first piece is the most daunting... I like the way it's turning out! Non conventional but unique!
This will be another big part of my weekend. My wonderful brother welded me up a pallet ripper, I can't wait to use it! It will save me HOURS on taking apart pallets which needs to step into high gear now!
We came up with this based on a video I had posted previously sent to me by my buddy Antonio. Apparently it works like a charm! I can't wait to try it!
Like yea!!!!!
you have the sweetest dad, that had to be well over 100 degrees under that roofing material, what a guy! The project is coming along, we are both in similar stages. I was on the roof last week helping lay tar paper on the roof.
No kidding right! Sometimes I am just amazed at the generosity! I could definitely not do this project without that man! Your project is looking amazing! So excited to keep watching!
Is it February again? Ya I know it isn’t. Glad to see the tiny house coming along. It will be interesting to see how the roof turns out. I think this is a totally unique approach for a tiny house roof.
Oh my gosh! How do I keep doing that! Thanks for the catch, again :). Thanks for the comment, I hope it turns out well, I think it will, I really like how it’s working out so far 🙂
I’d love to see some more pics, or even a sketch, of that pallet ripper.
Seems like it could make using pallets a lot more feasible.
BTW, here’s a thread you might find interesting; it shows a shed built from pallets, both the structure and the cladding.
I will put something together for ya! I can take some close up pictures, we just used scraps from the barn but it’s very effective (pretty in it’s own way (-;).
That is an interesting link for sure, lot’s of cool stuff on there, is that your site? I am going to be poking around there for a while! Thanks for sharing!
hmm, looks like I did send you to my own site, but I actually meant to send you to somebody else’s site, as I haven’t built with pallets yet. Maybe WP strips hyperlinks out of comments–in which case just search for
“the-pallet-king-of-guemene” and you’ll find the fellow’s build thread.
BTW I admire your chutzpa in approaching potential sponsors for your project. That’d make a great post topic!
Wow! That is pretty intense! Very cool! Thanks for the suggestion!