Finally - a finished roof!

After numerous delays due to monsoon type weather, the roof is finally completed. Still haven't finished the plumbing. There are only 3 major tasks to be completed now - sheetrock, siding, and the porch flooring. The house is livable now without sheetrock, so I've decided to do the porch next. The porch will be so grand, that's where I'll be "living" most of the time anyway.

I don't know if you can appreciate the roof in the photos - hopefully so - but believe me, it's a thing of beauty after weeks of working on it.

We have insulation

This was a really tough decision. Everybody talked about spray foam insulation and how great it is, but we went with batt insulation. We turned on the A/C, and within 20 minutes the temp inside the house had dropped from 95 to 85.

Well, there hasn't been a lot going on lately. The felt is on the roof. Otherwise, I've been busy talking to insulation contractors and getting bids. Work continues on the inside, some framing here and there, little touchup framing. I hope to get started on the plumbing this week and will post some photos next week. In the meantime, I've got to make a decision on the insulation!

It's starting to look like a house! The 8ft wide porch extends around 3 sides.

Now it's really getting fun!

The wiring is complete.

Next came the windows and front door. As you can see, my nephew had started the roof stucture.

And then it was my turn....

I decided to stud out the interior walls. I wanted this house to look very traditional, so that no one would ever know it started out as shipping containers. Of course studding the walls takes some of your floor space, but I wanted sheetrock on the walls, and this seemed the best way to accomplish that.

Getting started was pretty scary!

The first step was removing interior walls. My goal was one large open space for the living room, dining room, and kitchen, with walls only for the bedrooms and bath. Removal of sections of wall required hiring a welder with a cutting torch.

I once had a crazy idea

To build a house out of four 40 ft high cube steel shipping containers. So here's how I laid them out, side by side. A little welding, and the 4 were joined into one 40x32 ft unit.