About a month ago I put up an announcement about Angelica and Nic who were looking for a place to volunteer to get some experience building a tiny house. They wanted to do this so that they would feel confident enough to start their own tiny home.
Here is an update and some photos from Angelica on what they have been doing during their time off.
First, thank you thank you thank you so very much for having the tiny house blog, it’s been a true blessing! As I explained in my email a few weeks back, we did find someone through our ad advertising “free help building someone’s tiny house.” Unfortunately, things did not work out with that one.
We contacted Aldo Lavaggi since we had already visited him (we saw him on your site) early last month. Aldo was happy to have us, so we’re here in Chatham New York helping Aldo finish up the interior of his tiny house. We arrived on Saturday and it’s been a true adventure! I’ve attached some photos of our week so far.
I will also be interviewing Aldo and wanted to know if anyone wanted to ask him any questions, if they email me their questions, I’d be happy to ask then post a video. I know I had a ton of questions when I first met him.
Thanks Angelica for the update and I look forward to seeing your interview with Aldo. Please submit your questions to Angelica by emailing thetinyhouseproject@gmail.com or commenting below.
Glad they found an opportunity to gain some experience building a tiny house. It will be interesting to hear what they do next.
Just checking out your cabin. Something that works best for me is too install the pine wall boards first then trim the windows. This just makes it go faster.
What a good way to learn. A win for everyone.
Thank you for sharing. It has given me the insight that I could do the same to help gain some skills! I thought about habitat for humanity, but I might not gain as many skills as helping someone with something more aligned to what I would build.
I would love to find someone who would let me help them build a cob house so that I could get some practice with that!
I can’t afford these $2,000+ workshops that are available sadly.
Helping with someone else project is a great way to make your mistakes on the other guy’s project. As far as installing window trim first, well that’s kinda unusual. The trim is meant to cover the edge of the interior sheathing. They must have another plan for the interior walls.
We had such an amazing time in Chatham that we would definitely love to end up building there, we fell in love with that little town. Aldo was such an amazing host! Not only was he full of advice and guidance, but he allowed for us to share a piece of his life for a short period. He took us to his favorites eats, introduced us to locals (he knows everyone!), and even took us contra dancing (which I’d never been to)! We went to Chatham to build, but left with knowledge, experience, and a beautiful friendship.
I’m curious about the foam insulation. Self done or commercially installed? Open or closed cell foam? manufacturer? Any problems? And the density? Thanks
That is so cool! What a great idea.