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Choosing siding for a tiny house

Now it's the daunting task of choosing which siding for a tiny house. I was considering a OSB wrap with cedar siding on top of that but price and weight were both against me so I decided on a T1-11 8" on center OSB exterior siding instead. It's what usually goes up on sheds and some houses so It will solve a lot of problems here. The weight is not as much as OSB and siding and the cost was only $1.25 a square foot. I made all the holes for the windows, temporarily screwed up a board and cut out the opening. Now I'll remove the siding, install the new construction window with the flanges and re install the siding sandwiching the window flange between the siding and the building framing.


Tiny house project with the first sheet of siding and one window opeing ready
siding and a window cut into the tiny hosue

The rear with the window installed and the siding fully screwed into the framing. Liquid nails was applied to the stud areas. Here you can still see the plastic from the winter protection and I'm so happy to finally get it removed and I'm sure the neighbors will be happy to see it gone too! I used 6 mil plastic sheeting and it held up very well, it never ripped or blew off through several winter storms.


Tiny house project with the rear window installed and the siding up
Rear window and siding on the tiny house

Two of the side windows are in and the siding is being wrapped around the the front of the Tiny house. At this point I still don't have a definitive plan for the layout on the inside. Once the windows are all in and the siding us up, I'll move to the inside to make a plan!


Wider view of the Tiny house project with two windows in and the siding going up
Two windows on the side of the tiny house

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