hi I'm Anna of All trades and this is
April Wilkerson I don't think you've
probably heard of her she's my best
friend and she came up to Seattle
Washington to visit me and helped me
build one of my dream projects which is
building a tiny house for my mom we have
seven days oh hey we didn't speak like
Ann said I went to Seattle for seven
days with the motivation and tackle
something offered to do list when she
threw out the idea of a tiny house I
didn't think it was beyond our ability
even given the timeline the location and
one of the house actually how they said
currently there but it was in such poor
condition that the first thing she did
was grab the tractor and push it over we
didn't want to take the time to clear up
the debris so we just kind of just
shoved it over to the side and this shot
is me standing on top of it to kind of
give you an idea on how tight of
quarters will actually be working in the
tiny house will be eight by twelve and
it's a prime area for a tiny house once
it's built as it's just a short walk
from the lake but we were a little
cramped building it and there's about a
300 foot walk to get to the site which
means we spent a good portion of the
very first day doing nothing but a
humping material back to the jobsite one
load at a time something else about this
location is the ground is super soft and
spongy due to the amount of rain that
the area gets with that instead of doing
a slab we went with a purin beam setup
however instead of digging them down
into the ground and setting them on
concrete we used adjustable brackets on
top of the piers that will hold the
beams this way and we'll be able to make
adjustments in the future as the ground
shifts or even give her the ability to
pick up the entire tiny house and
completely relocate it after getting the
pure setup roughly where the footprint
of the tiny house needed to be we pulled
a string line to get them all in a
perfect line and set both of the beams
and their brackets the timber you see
here are actually treated wood in my
area treated material is blonde with a
green tent so I thought this was
interesting all right and beams are set
so let's start putting on a floor we
pulled a tape and spent a good amount of
time not only getting the two beams
square but also getting them level first
giving each beam level then making sure
that they were also level to each other
we made a daddy by raising or lowering
those brackets and the piers hey you
ain't ninja crying as your high-fiving
yep
you're unique and I love it we started
by butting together the two end boards
and marking off where each one of the
floor joists will need to go and can I
just say how cool it is to come out of
my shop build where my friend George
taught me so much about building and
framing and be able to put that
knowledge into use but then to also be
able to pass it along to yet another
friend I just like the circle of things
before attaching the joists each one
needed to be cut to length so Anna and I
worked out a quick system where I would
mark the boards draw a line then pass
them to her and cut then to attach them
we would use the marks we made
previously on those two outside boards
to line the joist up you can see that
you use a speed square to make sure that
the tops are flush to one another while
Ian sticks it in place with a nail this
keeps things aligned and also your hands
out of the way we repeated this all the
way down until all the joists were
attached and what I mentioned earlier
about being cramped while building then
we didn't have much area to work outside
of the footprint where the house was
actually gonna be going so that's why we
are building the floor directly on the
peregrines
it was a little bit of a balancing act
but heck we got it done with that done
we made a few marks on the beams then
centered up the floor before taking the
diagonal measurements and squaring it up
once both read the same measurement we
attach the floor to the beams by tone
nailing in a few nails through each
joist next up was ducking for a subfloor
we went when three-quarter inch treated
plywood and this step is as simple as
laying down the panel and attaching it
to each joist and it did tickle me that
Anne was so impressed with our work up
to this point when things lined up
perfectly
this is the best part about taking the
time to make sure things are square so
that things like this it makes these all
these next steps go so much quicker and
easier and that's the truth if you build
a structure I can't recommend not to
take your time to make sure things are
square and level because it will make
all the next steps go so much quicker
and easier for you I have on the floor
we did stagger the seams of the plywood
and wood nailed the corners to talk them
in place then we chalk line to mark the
location of each joist so that we could
quickly come through and do the
intermediate nailing I got to introduce
and to bump mode on a nailer and I might
be mistaken but I think she was a fan if
you aren't familiar bump mode allows you
to hold the trigger down and the gun
will shoot a nail when the nozzle is
compressed next we had a pause because
we were building this tiny house on the
fly and I really wanted to take a second
to model up the walls we were about to
start framing so that we would be able
to have a clear cut plan of attack and
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but let's get back to framing we will be
using the floor we just built to build
all of the walls on we started building
the back wall first because it's one of
the two largest and it also doesn't have
any windows or doors to Freeman we
started off with what will be the top
and bottom plate butted up next to each
other and first merked off where all the
studs needed to be placed every step
needed to be cut to link so we set up a
system once again to knock it out
quickly and I think it's worth noting
that it takes a surprisingly small
amount of tools in order to complete
such an undertaking
we were restricted to only using
battery-operated tools because of the
location and about 90% of the entire
building relied on a circular saw and a
framing nailer here's a photo we took of
all the tools we used after the project
was complete the only thing missing from
the photo is a chalk line and that's an
important one so don't don't forget that
one with this wall not having any doors
or windows to Freeman it really did come
together very quickly
next we frame the two side walls and we
actually built it directly on top of the
larger wall that we've just finished you
under in the neither don't nail the wall
into the other wall then we did the
exact same to the other short wall over
on the other side and if you're
interested I will have a full set of
plans for this tiny house over on my
website look for a link down in the
description
after getting the third wall built we
had a pause and stand these up before
building that fourth and final wall
instead of doing what I did on my shop
where we framed stood up the walls and
then skim them while being on ladders
and then I decided to try skinning the
walls before ever standing them up we'll
be using t 111 for siding but since
house syrup has to go down first that is
where we started we quickly squared up
the wall and then stretch the house wrap
tightly across the studs and stapled it
down you'll notice that we are skipping
sheathing the walls and OSB first that's
because we'll be using 5/8 inch siding
which is thick enough to give the wall
it's needed shear strength this not only
saves time but it also saves a little
bit of cost once we got the house wrap
attached we came back with the
tongue-and-groove t 111 siding
and let me say that while it may seem
the simpler option to skin the walls
before standing them up I don't think it
is it doesn't remove a lot of a lot of
work later but it presents a whole new
set of challenges and introduces a lot
of points from potential mistakes doing
it this way you have to make sure that
you compensate for the correct amount
for the double top plate that will later
be added in the siding overhang at the
bottom and the end the fighting side
overhang where the mating of two walls
will later be joined together doing it
both ways now I can honestly say I don't
think this route is any quicker and I
don't know if I would say that it's
easier either even though the wall isn't
too terribly heavy it definitely
required more than two sets of hands to
get it stood up and braced thankfully
and has some awesome neighbors that were
able to chip in get mine forward okay
Annie why don't you get yours off the
foundation okay now that siding
overhangs the base plate of the walls by
about an inch with that once we stood
the wall mostly up we had to move it
forward enough for this lip to fall off
the edge of the floor then we could line
up the wall squarely to the floor then
attach some bracing to hold it in place
and went directly from the outside stead
of the wall to the Foundation's side
wall you should be able to let it go now
whoo thank you so much for helping right
even though we were losing daylight we
were bound and determined just stand up
these other two walls when trying to
stand up that first short while we ran
into a problem where the two braces were
interfering with each other so we
switched the brace holding the wall
square to the inside of the short wall
and then continued nailing it in place
then we also placed a brace in the
center of the large wall going down to a
cleat on the ground because we
discovered we wouldn't have enough room
to move the other short wall into place
with this side brace located where it
was again the jobsite was a little bit
cramped but we made it work the last
thing we did that day with the little
bit of daylight we had left was cut all
of the studs and cripples for that last
remaining wall this way the next morning
we could start right in on building out
the wall we once again used the floor as
a work surface to build the walls and
decided to build it in two parts to make
standing it up on our own easier and
with breaking the wall into two we
framed and then house wrapped one
section moved it into place then
repeated with a second or actually since
this second section is mostly door
opening we didn't bother with house
wrapping yet before standing it up and
after plumbing that final wall we came
back and secured it to the two side
walls then came back and cut out that
bottom scab piece next we attached the
second top plate the reason you don't do
this in the initial framing step is
because you want to use it as a way to
tie the four walls together and you can
only do that once all for standing I can
show you what I mean in the model I
sketched up a little bit easier see this
top plate ends at the wall but the
second top plate connects not only to
this wall but also to its neighboring
wall and with the majority of the walls
done we came back with the house wrap on
this last
just with it having a door in it I cut
two diagonal lines from both top corners
down to the center to create a V then
wrap the loose ends up or around the
wall once things were tight I stapled
them in place and then cut off the
remainder now all of the seams in the
house wrap needed to be taped over so
next we went around all four sides and
taped every horizontal and vertical seam
and that is where I'm gonna have to stop
for this one if it isn't obvious from
the footage and I had a blast building
this it is just way too much fun
building things with friends if you
would like to see more than I definitely
recommend checking out Ann's video on
the project I have left you'll link down
in the description and of course stay
tuned for my next video where I will
continue on with the build process until
then I hope that you enjoyed this one I
hope that you learned something and I
hope that you're building something of
your own I will see you soon because I'm
a carpenter yep stop what you're doing
no I'm your pack you'll because you're
wearing yoga pants and you know I always
like to be oh my goodness and then we'll
come back and do all the intermediate
and I can introduce you to book mode
that's not okay you hit your hand yeah
Annie you all right yeah
you