WeeIrishCottages

Located in The Dalles, Oregon. Owned and Operated by Mike Irish. Blog operated by Cody Keller. We are a locally owned business that specializes in living petite, yet comfortably. Some posts may be ideas, or other construction projects that I would want to start.

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Was upset when Mike called me this morning and said "don't worry about working today." Until I looked outside and saw that it was snowing!

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Day 4: Finally installed the roof! It was harder than it looked, I can tell you that. Haha. Mike and I were working in such a small and awkward spot that (I think he was getting frustrated) the ladders would not sit still because of a small hill. Pain in the butt, is the least I could say. But hey, we still did it, and it looks good. Still deciding what this one is going to be, since our original plan of a coffee shop might be a little more expensive than planned. Without a buyer, might be a little harder to sell as well. But, hope you like the progress so far! Thank you😊

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A Little About Me

My name is Cody Keller. I am the operator of this blog, and I love building projects out of wood! It’s an amazing idea to make houses, and other projects by using the things around us. When I see something I’ve made be put to use, it just has a feeling of accomplishment. I’m 20 years old, and I currently work for WeeIrishCottages. I am dating Mike Irish’s granddaughter Zoë, and I plan on taking over the business once Mike goes fully into retirement. Hopefully one day, I can have the privilege and honor to build your future home! Or maybe a get away on some land of yours and you can use it as a hunting lodge, etc. thank you for following me and have a blessed day! 😊

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Day 3 (continued)

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Day 3: Today was a little slow of a day. I was a couple minutes late (whoops), and it was 50 degrees with what it felt like a -10 degree wind chill. It was cold. To the point where we fired up the wood stove in the shop to keep a little warm. So, we got the walls started today and put the plywood mounted on the wall frames. We took all the stacks of wood off to the side (which were gathered for the past 3 years) and made a new place for them. Which we didn’t really work on the wee-cottage today, but we did get a lot done! Got a couple of gals wanting to look into us building a bigger wee-cottage and another talking about his wife really wanting one down in Portland, Oregon.

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Day 2: After pulling the trailer out of the shop, we starting laying out the body of our floors. We started with using our basic Pine studs, securing them to the frame. We used the holes that were already standard with the frame, while making our own in spots that we felt comfortable to fully secure the floor. We then set insulated foam between the studs to keep our feet nice and cozy throughout this cold Oregon weather soon to be coming. After the insulated foams were set, we put a waterproof sheet over the foam to keep water from seeping through the floorboards. Finally we installed the base of our floors with plywood to shape and form the perimeter of the frame and around the wheel-wells. And our finished “preflooring” was born! We’re thinking about doing another bamboo flooring above once we’re done, but we’re looking for more and suitable options.

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Day 1: When I got to Mike’s house, I noticed that he had a new trailer but it was full of rust marks and looked old. So, we spent half our day sanding, scraping, and peeling as much rust as we could. Finally after six hours, we got almost all the rust off and started painting the frame with Rustoleum paint and our final project took seven hours to complete. We waited to let it dry, which went into the next day, and finished spots that we missed to have a complete frame for our next project.

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This cottage is 18’ x 8’, built on a Tandem Axel Trailer. It includes: Sleeping Loft, under counter mini fridge, small bathroom, and a brand new composting toilet. The shower is rudimentary, as well as the composting toilet. The interior is finished in Pine and Bamboo flooring. The windows are therompane. The floor, walls, and ceiling are well insulated. The ceiling also includes a 4’x4’ opening Velux skylight that offers the cottage additional interior lighting. With the high ceiling, it gives this cottage a spacious feeling. The cottage also includes a stainless marine wood stove that burns solid fuels (from pellets, to pine cones). The cottage epitomizes living large in a small space. Was posted (has been sold) for $14,000 in October of 2009.

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8’ X 26’ cozy cedar cabin on wheels. 8’ X 20’ of comfortable insulated living space. 8’ X 6’ covered Trec deck. The outside siding is Cedar bevel. The interior is made up of T&G pine, and bamboo flooring. There is a small kitchen area with seating and an under counter mini fridge. It has a 36″ shower stall and a composting toilet in the bathroom. There is a hideabed for sleeping down stairs. The trailer is to move to different locations, but it is not a made to be a freeway cruiser. The house was made in The Dalles, and was sold for $12,500 in June of 2012. Thank you for looking!