Comments on: Tiny Free House

By: Heidi

Heidi — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 04:13:11 +0000

I would love to speak to you.

By: Paula

Paula — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:03:18 +0000

I would like to build one of these. Do you follow the RV Building Standards or the NFPA Codes to build this?

By: Cecilia

Cecilia — Sat, 15 May 2010 05:23:49 +0000

I would love to live in one of thos houses but my husband does not want one…….

By: Joel Linn

Joel Linn — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:58:50 +0000

Reclaimed wood? If the shoe fits… Wooden Palettes reused for this tiny little eye catch. Why not?

From Page: “I spent the last two days working in the Tiny Free House and got the other window lowered about 8 inches to clear the eaves and finished adding pallet boards to the roof. It was very slow going screwing all those boards to the trusses. I used an extension ladder from the outside for the lower boards and did the peak from the inside by coming up through the framing.

My next step is to cover the roof with roofing felt to protect the house from the rain and start on the siding on my next trip… unless my father-in-law scores form scrap sheet metal for me. He mentioned he knew a couple guys with sheet metal shops that often have shingle size scrap pieces of metal. Seems to me some galvanized scrap sheet metal would make some very nice shingles… nicer than #10 cans and still very free.”

By: Linh

Linh — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:10:38 +0000

Hi Sir
I would like to build a tiny house. Could you tell me which size of the house can build without permition in california or Utah? Where I can find that information?
I donnot know about building a house. What do you think whether I can do it?
We just want to build a tiny house for our future monastery.
Do you know which website teach me to build a house from A-Z
Thanks very much.
Linh

By: shyam

shyam — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:09:21 +0000

Grateful if you would please give me some idea and design about house on wheels for 6 people to go around the country. I need to design a vehicle with our own design with all amenities inside at a very economical way.

By: renee

renee — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:24:12 +0000

Michael,

I really hope your project works out because i’m a female who wants to build a house on wheels on a VERY cheap budget/without “money”. Hey i live in Sacramento too.

P.S I know nothing about building a house(LOL)

By: Michael Janzen

Michael Janzen — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:49:26 +0000

“I think he is using the interior dimensions 40Ã—32 and not counting the loft or height. You can go to Michaelâ€™s site and quiz him on it.”

Exactly. On “Nine Tiny Feet” I’m counting the floor space and not the bay windows or loft just like Jay Shafer or Tumbleweed Houses and any home appraiser. “Tiny Free House” is the pallet wood house project and it is 90 square feet, 10 times bigger than Nine Tiny Feet. I may use pallet wood and reclaimed building materials in the 9 square foot house but it’s not the focus of that project.

By: Kent

Kent — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:22:57 +0000

I think he is using the interior dimensions 40×32 and not counting the loft or height. You can go to Michael’s site and quiz him on it.

Kent

By: Katkinkate

Katkinkate — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:09:47 +0000

Hi, sorry but that plan is a lot bigger than 9 square feet. 9 square feet would be a square with each side 3 feet long. I could build a ‘house’ that small with 6 pallets and a saw to cut out a tiny door (2 ft high) and windows (1 foot high). That’s a toddler’s cubby house.