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!

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!!!

Cork Flooring!

I was looking for natural products for flooring, and had settled on cork or marmoleum. Cork is made from a rapidly renewable resource, and is a great comfortable surface to walk on. Marmoleum is a healthy and durable alternative to linoleum, made from linseed oil and wood flour (an old technology that is experiencing a resurgence, it is also known as "battleship floor," as that is what the Navy used in their ships.) Both products are durable and renewable.

Both products are rather pricey too, at $8/sf material cost. Even for my tiny floor, I would end up spending almost $1000 on my floor!!!

I went to a local floor supplier and asked him what he had for odd stock lying around. He showed us some cutoffs of marmoleum which would have sufficed, and as we were hemming and hawing about them, the flooring guy said he would check out back to see what he has in the back.

He came back with a cartload of boxes, and apologetically told us they were all different patterns, leftovers from a sample flooring section that they had done in the store. We were thrilled!!!

He had no use for the 75 square feet of assorted flooring. The whole lot he sold us for $100! Yay!

Folding ladder

A cool ladder design that I saw years ago to a friends' loft. I finally built it for myself, to the Cubit's loft!






Up...







& down!

Click here for a demonstration