Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Radiant flooring

Inspired by a flooring product I have seen, I developed a home-grown modular track system for installing radiant tubing in the floor of the Cubit. It basically consists of 5/8" pex tubing with strips of plywood 5 3/8" wide, with 6" radius turn pieces at the ends. This allows me to lay the tubing within the subfloor in a zig-zag pattern back and forth along the length of the house. I have yet to decide how I will plumb the system, but I now have the plumbing infrastructure I need within my floor. Yay!







Monday, September 5, 2011

Color!!!!

The OSB interior of the tiny house proved to not creat the rustic feel that I thought it might; instead it just looked undone. We decided that paint was necessary.


We did some sleuthing to find a zero-VOC, perfectly safe interior paint, called "Mythic" I deemed Jessica the colorist of the tiny house; she picked quite an artistic & quirky palette of very lively colors.

The paint performed very admirably, comparable with any interior latex paint I've ever used, for a similar price, all while being completely VOC free!!! (our local hardware store is discontinuing the line due to lack of interest. What? Come on, people!)




The paint colors add a great warmth, and make the space very livable, making it feel like a finished space rather than a construction zone. And Jessica and Poppy did a great paint job. Thanks girls!!!