A Locking Door And Starting Tar Paper On My Tiny House S6

Thursday afternoon John installed a door latch and lock in my tiny house door and we started to put tar paper on my tiny house on wheels.

I picked up a nice brass door handle for my free tiny house door. The fancy handle was cheap and matches the decor I already have for my tiny house.

John installed the door handle while I was taping up the seams on the tiny home sheathing.

John surprised me by calling me over and handing me the keys to my tiny house on wheels. It was a very good feeling to have a perfectly working door which locks. This was a great moment for the tiny house build.

I experimented with planing some wood while John was working on the last few nails in the sheathing. I have some pallet wood which will be used as paneling inside my tiny house. I ran a few of them through the planer to get an idea how they will look and how much work it is to get a piece of wood planed down and clean.

It is a lot of work for each piece of wood so I decided that I will only plane the pallet wood on one side for my interior paneling. But for the outside I have decided to only use the pallet wood as-is and choose the cleanest side of each piece.

In the evening John and I started to attach the tar paper to my tiny house on wheels. It is coming along fast now. I will be using my new home in no time.

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[TheDoItYourselfWorld]

Funny, YT allows people to post on my channel and then block me from answering.
To eaglehill6: Maybe if you watched the videos instead of just complaining about them, you may learn something. When I am done with the house, I will be fully back to projects and experiments like before. But as some have said, the channel developed into more than that. It is about my daily struggles after losing it all. It is about community and a YT family.
Now, if you want to continue posting here, do not block me from my own channel!!! Last warning.

[anAHDAMofYAH]

Brother Troy, Please tell John for me, that he is one Fine Talented Carpenter man! I know you appreciate him Very much, but I for one, would like him to know That I ( as a viewer  of your Video's ) appreciate Everything he has done, and is doing to help you out!   Blessings to you John, and to you both!

[SandraLC]

Congrats on getting the keys to your new home. :-) And I agree with the comments to thank John for all your loyal viewers. He's done so much. A real God-send. Love the way the house looks at night and how warm and inviting it is. And who knew tar paper could look so good. :-) So dang happy for you.

[Golfingferdie]

Troy I Have to say. That Looks Great, I'm Really Happy for you to get the final touches before Old Man Winter comes. Well on its way from what I hear/' God Bless you and Your followers for the support they are able to offer. It really warms the Cockles of my Heart That You can get the support and Help from Friends. Just put forth some effort and it will amaze all what will come. Thank You for the Inspiration!

[BrenLL]

So glad to see John give you the keys to your tiny castle on wheels! Many Blessings!

[scrappyny]

great job to the both of you and everyone else that helped!

[karenreuss]

I have been watching you for months now all of your hardships and I'm so happy for you the little house looks great God has blessed you

[SSanf]

Nice lock. John does good work, that's for sure.

Glad you are getting it buttoned up. Next spring you will transform it from a tar paper shack in the woods into a rustic mini-palace with the fancy siding and trim. You have all winter to grind down the siding you will need. Give it five years and the whole place including the chickens and garden will be very impressive.

[anAHDAMofYAH]

Back when I was a boy living at home with my folks, my dad bought a Rock house to be moved to our land. Dad & I tore the Sandstone rock off so it could be moved to its new location. Winter was approaching real fast & my folks had no money yet to have the rock replaced with  New brick. So we went through the entire winter in that house with ONLY Tar Paper. I must say it was a Warm house inside even though just tar papered outside. That Tar paper Really stops the wind & weather elements Troy the way you have insulated your floor & walls (which we did not have) you are going to be SO warm & Toasty. in your Tiny Home! Even if you don't get to your siding before winter. No more Cold days & nights for you brother, like you've had to endure in the old RV motorhome. I'm so happy for you.   Congratulations!

[frankbellido]

you are the man when you say your going to make a tiny home you ain't kidding awesome job so far you guys have progressed alot and quickly . with the tar paper the house is becoming a home 

[CrystalDawnNinjaTurtlePrincess]

Coming along beautifully! 
May God continue to bless you~ 

[MattRingel]

It's coming together so beautifully! 

[thetrick]

Wow!  Your place is looking great!  John is a great asset to your vision!

[kimmyjeans]

This is so fun! Can't wait to see next phase after tar paper

[gilbertmercado]

The LED's are sweet! The tar paper is coming out nicely!  keep up the good work pretty soon you and baby cat will be moving in!

[ramfrancisuk]

Fantastic work John and Troy. Windows and the door - look great! The Tar Paper certainly gives the house a "complete look" from the outside. Your vision is really coming together. The LED string looks are incredibly bright.

[solarful]

Your tiny home is really coming along nice. The windows and door looks great!

[jollyjoshhalo]

Happy to see the door go in and the tar paper going up :).

[tomjones]

I have been watching you a long time and I am very, very glad that you are finally getting something that is beginning to look like it could be a real home for all your endurance of weather extremes...hopefully with this, you will bear up better this year...this tiny house construction is by far the most interesting postings so far....because if one is moving to the backwoods, the first priority is always going to be to have...or build....a habitable (and hopefully debt free) residence. Very instructive. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the final the quality of life it will bring you in the future....best of luck...

[cuddles]

Troy great spot for those string LEDs under the kitchen cabinets. Easy night light.