Mounting the Solar Panels

Hi Everyone, This weekend at the Tiny House we mounted our solar panels to the roof. I had help from a good friend from work and it went really smoothly. We installed two 265 watt solar panels and two 12 volt 325 amp hour batteries to create a 24 volt system. Our goal from the beginning of our build was to be free of electric bills. We are now generating our own electricity and it is amazing to see the whole thing finally come together.

Thanks for reading! Next up- water, deck and a toilet.

-Pat and Cori

Prepping for Eco Week

Hello!

This coming week is ECO WEEK, sponsored by the Canterbury Sustainability Department. We were asked to participate by hosting an tiny house open house. Check out the website: http://www.sustain.canterbury.ac.nz/ecoweek/!

There will be a few visitors to the tiny house this Tuesday, so we made a big push to get a lot of stuff done (plus cleaning!). Enjoy.

BATHROOM

TRIMMING MISSION: Cover up the fact that our plastic wasn't long enough to reach the floor...

CORI CUT ALL OF THESE (FYI, I do more than just take pictures.)

ALL DONE! Now on to the light and fan!

And now to clean up the look of the sink. First we peeled back the plastic and then came up with this brilliance! 

Just an old suitcase with an attitude, came free with an old newspaper from 1975!

Next up: Kitchen!

A nice curtain rod in anticipation for an actual curtain!

We needed some more storage!

And EVEN MORE STORAGE!

Why so SERIOUS???

We also finished some trim if you can tell. 

 

We also installed our bench top. And added some hinges and protection.

I know you have seen our letters but we finally finished all the electrical in the house today! All we have to do is test and mount our solar panels.

This is the cleanest we could get the house!

Thanks for reading!

-Cori and Pat