Starting Laying The Floor Boards For My Tiny House On Wheels

Monday I got another free craigslist haul and started laying the floor boards in my tiny house on wheels.

I was editing the morning video when I got a reply from a craigslist ad I replied to. There was a guy offering 100s of free windows of all sizes, with and without frames and some double pane. I dropped everything and drove out to get free windows for my tiny house.

When I got there though, someone had taken all the window frames, leaving only the windows. The guy felt bad because I drove so far out to get them. We talked for a while and he showed me some other things he wanted to get rid of.

I got some shingles which I will use on my gazebo, a 30 gallon RV fresh water tank and a Sears Craftsman table saw. He got the saw for free just the other day so he gave it to me. This is perfect because I was just thinking about how I need to get a table saw for building my tiny house on wheels.

Now I have to get one of my generators running so I can run the table saw and get to work on my tiny home.

It was threatening to rain so I cleared up some of the garbage left over from Saturday night. We worked hard and fast and left stuff all over the place. We finished after dark so I only got to it now.

Later it cleared up some so I started to work on the floor boards of my tiny house. It was a lot more work than I had originally thought though because I am using the old lumber I got for free for the framing in of my floor boards.

In between each floor joist and under the seam of the floor boards, I am putting a piece of 2x6 laid flat. This will support the joints in the floor nicely and stop squeaks and sagging.

It took a long time to choose a cleaner board with no termites, clean it off, measure and cut a piece.

Then it was awkward screwing the boards into the floor joists because I had nothing to sit on while I worked so I used a piece of 2x6 to sit on. I had to move it each time I shifted angles.

This makes the job go a bit slower but it is worth it.

I caulked the floor joists where each board will go before laying it down. Then I screwed the board into place.

I only got two boards into place before dark because I could not get the tongue and groove boards to fit together. It took me over an hour to get two boards together.

It started to rain so I had to cover it all up for the night.

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