After the pouring rain and wind we had last night, I was so worried about the tiny house. I couldn't stop thinking of the floor getting wet, soaking through to the insulation or warping the plywood. Luckily I have a boyfriend willing to help a gal out!
We drove down to the site, through the pouring rain, stopping at Canadian Tire to pick up a tarp and some rope. We arrived to find the rain had created huge pools in the tarp on the roof, straining the fabric to the breaking point. The strong winds (and poor tarp placement) had allowed rain into the structure, but luckily it wasn't a fishtank as I feared. We swept out the excess water, replaced the floor tarp, and went to work reinforcing the roof tarp.
The pooled water was too heavy to force the water over the edge of the walls, so I had to release the pressure by cutting a hole in the old tarp and directing the flow outside. It took 5 minutes to drain all that water! I then taped up the hole, and covered the entire structure with one large tarp.
Almost two weeks until I'm down to the site again, so fingers crossed this keeps things dry!
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