Tools You Might Use to Build a Tiny House

This post is mostly for fun, but should also serve as a good overview of a range of common tools you might use to build a tiny house. Scroll down to see a larger version of the puzzle and the answer key. The tool names are linked to pages on Amazon.com to help you picture the tools unfamiliar to you.

• Air Compressor – Drives air powered tools like framing nailers and paint sprayers.
• Caulking Gun – Used to apply caulking and building adhesive.
• Chalk Line – Helps mark strait lines so that paneling, siding, and roofing stay in line.
• Chisel – Used to finish cutting notches in wood.
• Circular Saw – Handheld saw for cutting wood. Very versatile.
• Clamps – Very useful when you need a second set of hands and none are available.
• Crowbar – Good for amplifying elbow grease, and pulling nails.
• Drill – Used for drilling holes and driving screws.
• Dust Masks – Essential for protecting your lungs during dusty work.
• Eye Protection – Essential for protecting your eyes during most cutting and other debris flinging work.
• Framing Nailer – Makes driving nails much easier.
• Gloves – Essential for protecting your hands from splinters and abrasions.
• Hacksaw – Used for cutting metal like pipes, nails, etc.
• Hammer – Used for persuading lots of things on the job site, most commonly nails.
• Impact Driver – Like a drill, but drives screws better when the job is tough.
• Level – Used to keep everything strait and level.
• Miter Saw – Used as a chop saw when many identical angered or strait cuts are needed.
• Pliers – Used for pulling nails and most anything when your fingers aren’t tough enough.
• Reciprocating Saw – Commonly used for demolition but also very handy for cutting nails and rough cuts on wood.
• Rubber Mallet – Ideal wen gentile persuasion is needed.
• Socket Wrench – Good for turning nuts in tight places, like when bolting your tiny house floor framing to the trailer.
• Screw Drivers – Needed for turning screws and useful for opening paint cans.
• Staple Gun – Good for hanging vapor barriers, roofing felt, and can be used on house wrap.
• Table Saw – Ideal for making long strait cuts.
• Tape Measure – Used constantly for keeping everything accurate.
• Tin Snips – Used for cutting thin metal, like the aluminum flashing you’d use between your floor and trailer.
• Toolbox – Helpful for keeping everything organized and transportable.
• Utility Knife – Used to cut thin material like roofing felt, house wrap, and vapor barrier.
• Wire Cutter – Used when wiring your tiny house.
• Wrench – Necessary for turning nuts on bolts, like when connecting your tiny house to the trailer.

WARNING:  Spoiler ahead… the answer key.