Help me continue my tiny house project?
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 11:36 am
Maybe I posted this at some point, but I can't remember.
Description of structure: 15*15 metal tool shed about 30 feet away from parent's house, along a long and narrow backyard. The shed has hard wood floor boards, thin metal walls traced by wooden studs, and a thin metal roof traced by wooden studs. The wooden studs are about half a foot deep. Two windows total, at opposite sides for cross-ventilation. Here's the plan, but I don't know what I'm doing that well and could use a sanity check:
1. Raise the wooden floor off the dirt ground by around 1-2 feet using nice-looking cinder-blocks. This will reduce the number of crawly-bugs that can enter the shed and potential flooding during hurricanes.
2. Patch up a hole in the wooden floor currently installed. Then place some nice wooden vinyl floor boards over the wooden floor.
3. Run a PVC pipe from the main house to the shed for a sink. Run a second PVC pipe from the main house with one or two extension cables inside for power, and an Ethernet cable for internet.
4. Fasten a mechanical ventilation unit? I am honestly still unclear on air-sealing v. insulation. Kind of scared of sealing the shed and then running out of air if the MV unit stops working. x:
5. Seal the holes in the metal walls and roof-wall with a compound, then sand the compound down. Replace a few of the studs that are partially eaten/damaged.
6. Fasten metal lattices between the vertical wall studs and the roof studs. Blow-in dense cellulose into the lattices. Or just cut some insulation and screw tight insulation. Fasten sheet rock over the metal lattices. Place a nice baseboard at base of sheet-rock and paint.
7. Re-paint the exterior of the shed a nice color, that also reflects sunlight.
8. Create a nice solar shower surrounded by wooden panels outside, or use a bucket inside if it's cold. Pee in the bushes, anddddd go to the restroom inside the main house. Install a pretty mini-fence to increase privacy. : )
9. Connect a hotplate or two, a mini-fridge, and shelving pantry for cooking using the extension cord? Propane sounds scary (and explosive).
10. Tend some raised-bed gardens around the shed. Maybe some more fruit trees further away from it.
Do you have any suggestions for this project?
Description of structure: 15*15 metal tool shed about 30 feet away from parent's house, along a long and narrow backyard. The shed has hard wood floor boards, thin metal walls traced by wooden studs, and a thin metal roof traced by wooden studs. The wooden studs are about half a foot deep. Two windows total, at opposite sides for cross-ventilation. Here's the plan, but I don't know what I'm doing that well and could use a sanity check:
1. Raise the wooden floor off the dirt ground by around 1-2 feet using nice-looking cinder-blocks. This will reduce the number of crawly-bugs that can enter the shed and potential flooding during hurricanes.
2. Patch up a hole in the wooden floor currently installed. Then place some nice wooden vinyl floor boards over the wooden floor.
3. Run a PVC pipe from the main house to the shed for a sink. Run a second PVC pipe from the main house with one or two extension cables inside for power, and an Ethernet cable for internet.
4. Fasten a mechanical ventilation unit? I am honestly still unclear on air-sealing v. insulation. Kind of scared of sealing the shed and then running out of air if the MV unit stops working. x:
5. Seal the holes in the metal walls and roof-wall with a compound, then sand the compound down. Replace a few of the studs that are partially eaten/damaged.
6. Fasten metal lattices between the vertical wall studs and the roof studs. Blow-in dense cellulose into the lattices. Or just cut some insulation and screw tight insulation. Fasten sheet rock over the metal lattices. Place a nice baseboard at base of sheet-rock and paint.
7. Re-paint the exterior of the shed a nice color, that also reflects sunlight.
8. Create a nice solar shower surrounded by wooden panels outside, or use a bucket inside if it's cold. Pee in the bushes, anddddd go to the restroom inside the main house. Install a pretty mini-fence to increase privacy. : )
9. Connect a hotplate or two, a mini-fridge, and shelving pantry for cooking using the extension cord? Propane sounds scary (and explosive).
10. Tend some raised-bed gardens around the shed. Maybe some more fruit trees further away from it.
Do you have any suggestions for this project?