Water damage. GRRRR!!!!

I know it’s been a few weeks now since my last FEMA renovation update and I apologize. But firstly, I have had a bed, a cabinet and 4 growth charts to build in the last couple of weeks and as I mentioned previously The Rusted Nail comes first. Secondly and just as importantly I needed a weekend to visit and spoil my nephew in South Carolina.

Now down to business, the demo is nearly complete. About the only thing left to do is to take out the last few wall boards and flooring. I found out last time there was a good bit of water damage to the front of the trailer. As I demoed further it now looks like the entire front end of the trailer will need to be rebuilt as it is essentially rotten down to the trailer frame. I have also noticed some water damage under where the shower used to be. I have yet to investigate fully but I am hoping I only need to repair the floor sheathing and not the entire back end of the trailer. To add to the water damage found on the ends, there was also a substantial leak under one of the main windows. Again this is where I think most people would get scared. I choose however, to use this as an opportunity to use some creativity and make this this feel more like a home than an old beat up trailer.

On a side note I came across a group here in Gordon county that is attempting to have the ordinance changed to allow Tiny homes to be built and utilized. The group, Hand Up Housing Gordon County GA., is looking to build small structures of 300 SF and under for veterans and those in need of housing. Hands up met and discussed their plans at the city council meeting this past Monday. I attended the meeting at the Calhoun Depot to get an impression of what the City council thinks about Tiny homes and to help out Hand up any way I can. There was some good news and bad news from the discussion.

The bad news was that city council did not seem overly anxious to help out the Hand Up group as they are essentially offering another housing option that the city and state already provide for those in need. The good news is that the city council did sound interested in the idea of Tiny Houses in general. The mayor in particular seemed most intrigued by the potential of Tiny houses as he had attended a conference for Tiny Houses a few months prior. This leads me to believe that if myself or someone else can develop some sort of business model for a Tiny house community and or a Tiny House vacation rental development the local government would, at the very least, be open to discussing an ordinance change to allow Tiny Houses locally. So I got that going for me.

Stay tuned for the next blog post, I am hoping to have more renderings of the plans for the FEMA and hopefully have all the demo finished.

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