Tiny House Update
So last year I got the wood stove about 80% installed. The inside stove pipe doesn't quite reach yet and I may need to get one more section of uninsulated pipe for that.
But while installing the outer pipe, I discovered that the roof was mushy.
Sigh.
The roof is a Structural Insulated Panel (actually five of them) that had been sealed with silicone roof coat. But I guess the wet got in anyway.
This has happened once before. I removed all the damaged wood, rebuilt and resealed it better. Or so I thought.
This time, once I got up a ladder and started removing damage, I reached a point where I feared further removal would cause the remaining roof to collapse. So I wrapped a tarp over it.
I need a whole new roof. And I pray that none of the water damage got deep enough into the roof to get down into the walls.
I also realized that the current location of the tiny house so close to the storage trailer is just not going to work out, for lack of space. Someone ran over my dog fence and bent it. Plus I can't add a porch or any other building additions. And it's really hard to get ladders between these structures.
I've asked my dad if I can move it to another location about 20 feet down the lot and he says that's fine.
Now I need someone to do a foundation for me. I'm not willing to do the amateur installation of piers that my dad has got. His bathroom is falling off the house and his ceiling is splitting, so maybe that's not the best way to go.