Roof Raising Postponed

Update: Hurricane Irene is headed to the Carolina coast so we've decided that it would be best to move the date for the roof raising to another weekend. We talked about it and since hurricane season lasts through October we will keep the house in the warehouse and complete all the interior jobs first. Roof raising will be in November sometime (we'll keep you posted). Cedric bought green tin roofing today that was leftover material from a job out in Ravenel, about 30 minutes down Highway 17. Cedric starts work on the bicycle tours at the end of September til mid-October so progress will be considerably slowed during these weeks. We've started some interior work and are working on finding materials for the details (like having hot water!). Pictures to be posted soon!

Tiny House Talk

It seems everywhere we go people wanna know about tiny houses! It's really exciting to be in the midst of a movement that is taking off! Check out this article in The New Yorker.
It's a short article laying our the bare bones of the movement, how it started and whose doing it. I'd like to expand on it with our own motivations and goals.

We fall into 2 of the 3 categories described in the article, one of which being young people who want to own a house without being imprisoned by debt or even a set physical space and we want to live more lightly upon the earth. With the economy quickly receding (once again!) we find ourselves excited about our personal choice to build a tiny house and help inform those who are interested in living in more economically sustainable ways! Hard times can forge incredible paths to alternative living and we can't wait to see the movement continue to gain momentum as more and more folks move from the consumer-centric mindset to a more frugal and, personally for us, more enriching lifestyle. We want to be able to support those who are just coming into the movement by possibly hosting a south eastern conference for those individuals and businesses that are striving to create the change that needs to happen in our societal mindset. We hosted a discussion at this year's Permaculture Gathering in Celo, North Carolina and met several people in the area building tiny houses or who were interested in starting a project. It felt really energizing to talk and exchange information with knowledgeable folks and be able to share what we've discovered as well!

If you want to see it all in action, come out next Saturday, August 27 from 10-2 to help us raise the roof on our tiny house! Refreshments will provided and tours of the The Sustainable Warehouse will be on-going. See you there!

Housewrap and last windows

The housewrap and most windows are in. Still working on the Dutch door for the side door, so not ready to finish the
Tyvek on that section.

Each window is flashed, making a tight seal between the house envelope and the window frame. On the inside, some Great Stuff insulates the windows and seals them tight to the frame.

After much searching, we now have all the windows we will need for the house. Two little awning windows I got out of a deconstruction project will go into the dormers, providing great cross-ventilation of our loft bedroom.