Our Tiny House.

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Many people have asked me many Questions about the Tiny house we are building.
Ranging from Why So Small, Why in general, why not just live in a RV then buy or build a "real" home, Why go to Ontario? Etc. They also request pictures. At this Current time we are not done but hopefully we will be a step closer soon.
Let me start with a little back ground. 
I've always been a bit of a Hippie. That is how people Describe me anyways. I like to eat things that are freshly made from Scratch. None of that canned Crap. Which I still do eat but it's kind of unavoidable sometimes specially with a husband who adores 7/11 Honey Garlic Chicken.
My husband likes the Idea of Simpler Living, Debt/Mortgage Free Living, He is from Ontario and wants to go Home to his friends, I'm going to have a new start. 
We looked at different Options for a bit.  but Decided on a Portable Tiny House.
What is a Tiny house?  Simply put it is a social movement where people are downsizing the space that they live in. The typical American home is around 2600 square feet, while the typical small or tiny house is around 100-400 square feet. Tiny Houses come in all shapes, sizes and forms but they focus on smaller spaces and simplified living.

People are joining this movement for many reasons, but the most popular reasons are because of environmental concerns, financial concerns and seeking more time and freedom.  For most Americans 1/3 to 1/2 of their income is dedicated to the roof over their heads; This translates to 15 years of working over your life time just to pay for it and because of it 76% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck.

The Husband is more about the Financial Concerns while I'm more on the environmental Concerns but we happily meet in the middle. We started this project in  September 2013. We Bought a 1971 5th Wheel Terry Trailer that is 30 Feet for 800.We had hopes of using the floor, But after we finally got it home( had to Buy new tires for it) We discovered that the seller had lied about alot of things like the fact that the floor was almost completely rotted out. They had put Ply wood and Sticky panels over it. So we tore it all down. Everything So we only had a metal from left,  

Then we started to buy materials as we had the money so it was a bit slow going. First we started with Collected Old Metal Bed frames. and John welded them to the frame as well as some heavy Duty legs to make it more sturdy. I got the pleasure of using a grinder to get off as much Rust as Possible then paint it black to make it a bit more easy on the eyes.  Follewed up with Cut to Size Plywood that i covered with Tar to create a water proof barrier. Then we started on the frame... This is when we started to remember to take pictures.! I did not manage to take pictures of all the steps but it;s a start!

Of course there was may issues. Like not doing proper marking(Opps) and having to redo some things but eventually we got the ttrestlesup. 

We turned to a friend of Mine to help us with the trestles and the general roofing because it is what he did for a living but It was a big Mistake! Seems he didn't want to put as much effort in as he would for real paying customers even though we were paying him!  He did help us get the start of a Tin Roof and a taller roof so we could stand in the bedroom area... But there was alot of problems we had to fix.. He also Ditched out without finishing or telling us how to do anything and in the fall when everyone was getting Busy.  Also got the plywood onto the frame!

We continued to work with the information that we could google and when we had supplies.  With help of college kid,I put the siding on! As John made up Stairs, Water Storage and installed our toilet

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OKay so my pictures won't go where i want them too but continuing on...

 This is where we are stuck at. We have not found another contractor to help us. We have had some say they will then never show up. One just led us on for three weeks, Kept telling us he would show up but was So Rude it wasn't funny.
Hopefully Tomorrow there is a guy starting. he is putting the Cap on the roof and finishing the back wall( fixing a screw up and installing the door) 
Because of the wasted time from the contractors we didn't get to move in before the snow fell, We had to change our game plan.  Now we are aiming to finish the insulation, Get it closed in and install the Wood furnace So we can get rid of the Horrible rental RV( soft floors, Mice infested and no Fridge).  With it Closed in, We will have somewhere warm to Sleep then when the husband comes back from Camp, He can work on doing indoor things like building a counter, doing the walls, Installing the stove, Work on piping, Etc. 
Come Spring we will hopefully install the other 3 Windows and attempt to get it road ready. 
In the Future, I hope to Install Solar Power So we don't need to be plugged into a generator, As well as get a compost Toilet!