Posted by: "jerry freedomev" freedomev@... ... Hi Jerry and Beth, I want to join you in encouraging imagination and diversity in small houses. We have...
Living in an RV or travel trailer is in no way the same as living in a Tiny House. In a tiny house mounted on a trailer you are limited in design to a...
Posted by: "P.S." primitivemagic@... ... Hi Ed; Sorry for the slow response. I am currently in a drawing rush on projects for Massachusetts and Oklahoma....
The post brought to mind Phillip Johnson's Glass House for some reason. Looking at it, There is nothing indigenous about the naterials used, but it sort of...
A small home can get free roof shading if you mount your solar array up there at least 6-8 inches away from the roof. Â your solar panels will shade the roof...
Hi Tim, I totally agree with you, and the points you make. Yes, sometimes the newer building methods forget the common sense design features which are fail...
Thought you all might like to look at this little cutey from an earlier era of LittleHouses. Not sure, but I expect it is from the 1920s or 30s. One...
I have been thinking of a way to make a SIP camper, with plywood and strong cardboard tubes. Fill the tubes with expanding foam, then slice off the excess so...
Posted by: "Chuck Prestwood" ChuckPrestwood@... ... Hi Chuck; The force is strong within you, yes it is ;O) You have the gift of seeing through walls. My...
Does anyone have any suggestions for finding an inexpensive place to rent to live in a TH in Colorado? I'm self-employed, so I'm open to several areas, but I...
I am curious why I don't see more small houses that have metal siding like the ripple style metal one sees used on patios, chicken coops etc. houses. Insect...
Posted by: "robc" robcrissinger@... ... Hi Rob; Actually, they are relatively similar. We'd just finished a discussion of a little house that was built...
Having access to motorhomes and travel trailers I can say with certainty that the differences are far greater than you think. A tiny House is a true house....
When I was in my teens my parents bought a Chinook over the cab camper. Then the evolution to an over the cab non truck mounted trailer came along which in...
Hi Lauren and All, While that will work, it sounds like a lot of work. To make panel with spray in foam make 2 say 4'x8' bucks of ply with 2x4 backing spaced...
Hi Rob, Laren and All, Great post Laren and sums it up nicely. Rob you are comparing cheap construction of many RV's to a cute TH. How about comparing a well...
You both miss the point entirely. A tiny trailer mounted house is not supposed to be either an RV or a travel trailer. They are moved on a much less frequent...
The reason I was thinking of using cardboard tubes instead of, say, 2x4s, is weight for one. I have a cardboard tube in the hall that I need to figure out...
Ah, Jerry, I reread and understand better what you meant. For a camper in the back of a 4WD truck, I would want more strength than the foam alone could give....
Often in this and past discussions, mention of bumpouts to increase the living space has been introduced. I've never read of a bump-UP, although versions of...
Posted by: "Lauren" fardarrigger@... ... Hello Lauren; That is why foam is bonded to plywood?OSB for SIPs. After all, they even call them "Structural...
