EBC: Interior Finishing – Walls, Ceiling, and Trim
We finished infilling the interior walls of the cottage at the end of August. You typically want to give light […]
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Category: Framing
Why put Cob in the Walls
The Earth Berm Cottage (EBC) is an earth sheltered tiny house. The walls are light wood framed (2×6 studs on […]
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EBC: Framing and Sheathing
Wall Framing I used pressure treated 2x6s for the sill plates. I cut them them to length, drilled holes for […]
Read more →Electric Rough-In
The month is almost over and we’re close to having the wall ready to be infilled with light clay straw.Over […]
Read more →Porch Roof Construction Part 2: Rafters and Decking
Work continued this week on the rafters and decking for the porch roof. Cutting the rafters was the most complex […]
Read more →Porch Roof Construction Part 1: Posts and Beams
We had a big stack of lumber delivered a few weeks ago so I sharpened up my chisels and dusted […]
Read more →Porch Deck Installation
Our porch deck materials were delivered a week and a half ago. As we’ll be on hiatus for the latter […]
Read more →Framing and Porch Foundation
Pouring the piers for the porch I’ve gotten a little behind with the weekly recap. Late April and early May […]
Read more →Framing and Furring Strips
Work continued this week on framing the exterior walls. We finished the front of the cabin but didn’t have enough […]
Read more →Wall Framing
After much deliberation as to how to frame the walls and some tinkering with window sizes and locations we started […]
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