{"id":13961,"date":"2016-05-02T09:40:18","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T07:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.marjoleininhetklein.com\/?p=13961"},"modified":"2020-11-18T15:36:01","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T14:36:01","slug":"tiny-house-techniques-cladding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.marjoleininhetklein.com\/en\/2016\/05\/02\/tiny-house-techniques-cladding\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiny House techniques: Cladding"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am sitting at my laptop in the warehouse where my Tiny House is being built, and there are quite a few people working today. Kenneth is building the deck, Dimka and Anna are finishing the cladding, and Carolin and Andr\u00e9 are painting the inside. I feel a little useless. Everyone is working\u00a0 away and I am making calls, answering e-mails, arranging the rent of the warehouse for another month\u2026 All useful, but I still feel a little guilty somehow. But, to be honest, I am not a builder and there’s not really anything I can help with right now. I am grateful for all the help I have and take good care of them by preparing a nice healthy lunch and a \u00a0cup of coffee or tea when needed. And when it’s all done and I’m settled in my Tiny House , I’m going to organize a party for everyone who helped during construction. I hope the weather is nice by then; otherwise it will\u00a0 be rather crowded in my house! ;)<\/p>\n

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I have been planning to dedicate an article on my blog to the cladding and the construction of the walls and roof for a while now, and now I have time for that. \u00a0For the construction we have chosen environmentally friendly materials. In this blog<\/a> I described the insulation, in case you want to refresh your memory.\u00a0 For the fa\u00e7ade we chose ModiWood<\/a>, which is thermally modified wood. This is a process in which responsibly produced European softwood is preserved and made easy to maintain. The wood is alternately heated and cooled, which changes the cell structure and gives the wood a beautiful deep brown color and properties similar to tropical hardwood. Thermally preserved wood is light in weight, strong and lasts untreated for years. It does not need to be painted and ages in a natural way. Therefore, it is a very sustainable choice, but in addition it is incredibly beautiful!<\/p>\n

ModiWood is produced by the Fetim Group: a company I’ve discovered to be very progressive and environmentally conscious. They understand that times change and that we need to look after the earth, but they also realize that personalization is becoming increasingly important to the customer. You can also see that in the Tiny House movement: people want a unique home tailored to their own wishes and needs .\u00a0 I am very happy to call the Fetim Group my sponsor. They have been extremely enthusiastic, helpful and genuinely interested from the very beginning. Thank you very much Alex, Thijs, Prosper and Thomas!<\/p>\n

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In the design of my Tiny House, Walden’s<\/a>\u00a0team had chosen the same wood as the cladding for the roofing. This looks beautiful but is not fully waterproof. To ensure that the roof doesn\u2019t leak, they first placed a layer of EPDM and then the wood with the solar panels on top of the roof, and put aluminum strips in between.\u00a0 The roof structure is as follows, from the inside out:<\/p>\n