Framing Our Tiny Home

Join us while we embark on this exciting journey of building our Tiny Home!
It’s our first trip working on the build and you may have already guessed that this video is all about framing.
We hope you learn something from this video & enjoyed the process!
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[@brendenmcbrier3861]

Hey There Wildwood!
Thank you for sharing your process in this building experience. I am a week away from receiving my own Tiny trailer foundation. Watching your videos this morning is keeping me in good spirits and teaching me some tricks and tools to think about in my construction phase. Sending you well wishes in living tiny!
TinyHomeVermont

[@ProjectWildwood]

Thank you so much. Our apologies for it taking so long to reply. Have you started your project? (or completed it?) Happy to answer any questions

[@ProjectWildwood]

How’s your build coming along?

[@widi.1984]

Dude! amazing work. I'm impressed by the quality of the build. I have a question for you; why have you guys opted for a 2x6 ledger board instead of a 2x4? My walls are up and I really like the way you did it by carving through the studs; I'm just not sure of the rationale of 2x6 there. Any thoughts?

[@ProjectWildwood]

Thanks! The 2x6 ledgers were used to match the 2x6 floor joists. This allowed for more floor insulation and more stable feel. I would have gone 16 on center if I did it again.

[@jattwhiskey604]

You first mounted the sill plated with carriage bolts. Did you have issue putting up the walls on top of the carriage bolt?. I feel like that may create a gap between the sill and the wall. Also how did you mount the wall to the trailer.? Was it just nailed to the sill?

[@ProjectWildwood]

Hey! Happy to explain. We built the entire wall assembly flat on the trailer and then tilted it up just like a traditional home. I then drilled from underneath where the pre drilled holes in the trailer were and anchored with carriage bolts. When we had the home NOAH inspected they recommended in the future to use regular bolts with washers because carriage bolts tend to bury themselves in wood and loosen. I have checked them once since the build and they are still tight.

[@jattwhiskey604]

@@ProjectWildwood thanks for the reply
So to sum it up you also put carriage bolts on the bottom of the wall to the trailer flanges. This means you technically double use the carriage bolts. One for the sill and another for the wall.

[@jattwhiskey604]

@Brian Critchlow I watched all of your videos carefully. You first placed a plate on the trailer as a guide line for your walls. At that point it was bolted down. In this video you framed your wall and put it on top of the first plate. So it seems like the walls are double bottom plated. Where i am confused is if you bolted the first plate then you have bolted again for the top plate. Could you please elaborate on this was done.

[@ProjectWildwood]

Ok. I did a brief view of the video again. Sorry it’s been 3 years since I framed it. What I did was lay out the plates and pre drilled the holes. I then took those bottom plates and built the wall assembly and tilted it up, then bolted it down. Just a single bottom and double top.

[@ceazy8130]

How much was the trailer

[@ProjectWildwood]

Hmm it’s been a few years but I want to say around $5k