Well, it’s official—Autumn is upon us. As I’m using these crisp, cool fall days to wrap up some smaller projects around my parent’s house (good practice for what’s to come), I’m starting to think about how to best spend the next 6 months to be ready to start construction on the tiny house come Spring/Summer 2015. Here’s a partial list of what I’m going to be working on over the winter:

1. Finish speccing out a trailer, decide on a manufacturer, and have it built and delivered. I’ve been talking with a manufacturer a few states over about building me a galvanized trailer. More on this soon.
    
2. Solidify framing plans and have them reviewed by a builder to make sure everything will be copacetic. I recently drew out all of my framing in a CAD application using traditional framing methods, but am now considering revisiting this and using lumber saving techniques (i.e. “advanced framing”) to reduce the weight of the structure.
    
3. Decide on exact window sizes and have windows priced out and ready to order. I’ve been shopping around for windows and have settled on Integrity fiberglass windows by Marvin. I’m currently working with a local Marvin dealer. I’ve had a few things priced out but need to go through each of my windows and see if I can save any money by going with standard sizes for any of them.
    
4. Make final decisions on insulation, siding, and the rest of the building envelope.
    
5. Spec out plumbing and electrical for both plug-in and off-grid systems.

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