As I’ve stated before, the container roofs are watertight. I didn’t NEED to put another roof on top. But I did for a few reasons. For one, container roofs are almost totally flat. If you just have a single, it’s pretty simple and will shed water naturally. Once you start putting two together, then you […]

As with any project, especially one that is done almost entirely by one person, there will be mistakes. Fortunately nothing has been catastrophic. But there have definitely been some inconveniences and time sucks for redo work. One of the biggest mistakes I made was painting the currently uninsulated ceiling during the wrong weather conditions. I […]

I kept thinking about writing updates but never got around to it. I didn’t realize it had been over two months since my last post. Definitely seems to be much slower progress when it comes to the detail work. The good news is the house is perfectly livable at this stage. Still plenty of things […]

It is the holiday season, so I have not been able to spend every weekend working on the project. However, I have made some progress, getting it close to being livable. When we had the last cold spell, I realized that the living room HVAC system couldn’t keep up on its own without the roof […]

Since the septic was completed and permitted, the priority was getting all of the plumbing connected. Water had been connected a while back to everything and I had drain lines all run, but those were not all connected. I was pretty happy that I got it all done without issue, but ultimately made an amateur […]

Last week I posted about completing the kitchen. This week it was plumbing and the bathrooms. While I can’t say I have one completed bathroom yet, I do have two that are half complete. The smaller bathroom had the shower working already, so it got floor tile this week. The upstairs bathroom had nothing working […]

My aim is to try to write shorter posts more frequently. This time around, it is more about small victories. The septic system is FINALLY completed and permitted. This is the only category that requires permitting in this county out of the entire build. Apparently there were issues with location of the main water line, […]

I have been getting electrical set up in phases for quite a few months, starting with the HVAC and moving on from there. There is one decorative fixture that I added, which still needs wiring to it, but otherwise all of the electrical is completed and tested now. I used almost all 12ga wire, with […]

It has been a little while since I posted. Even though I have been consistently working on the place every spare weekend, I didn’t think there was enough visible progress to show. But when I looked back at pictures, there were lots of small things that added up to some major progress. I didn’t take […]

I’ve managed to solve most of the exterior issues pertaining to rain, including water pooling on the roof / deck area and some minor leakage on the front of the house. This was mostly done by things that were planned anyway. I used self leveling concrete floor product on the roof which worked well to […]