Bill Brooks

Building a solar generator

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Guest Post by Bill Brooks As many of you know, I recently completed my tiny house on a trailer. I plan to travel to a few locations beginning this winter. I built my tiny house to be self contained, since most of my time will be spent in places without … Read more

Bill Brooks Tiny Solar House Part 4

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Tiny Solar House part 4 by Bill Brooks. This video covers his loft design and sleeping area. Bill also goes into some design issues he came across as he built his house. Some things he would change if he was to build it again. Thanks Bill for sharing your knowledge … Read more

Bill Brooks Tiny Solar House Part 3

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Tiny Solar House part 3 by Bill Brooks. This video covers his storage area and refrigerator as well as some of the electronics in the unit to convert the electricity to the different modes available. Also a tour of the shower and bathroom area and an introduction to Bill’s composting … Read more

Bill Brooks Tiny Solar House Part 2

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Here is part two of Bill Brooks tiny solar house. You can view part one here. I know I left you hanging in the last video as we were getting ready to step inside the house. It just seemed like a good place to break and than move on to … Read more

Bill Brooks Tiny Solar House

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Last week I had the opportunity to visit Bill Brooks and his tiny solar house. I have featured it before in its early stages but had not seen it in person. The design is Michael Janzen’s Tiny Solar House with a few modifications by Bill. I am attempting to create … Read more

Bill’s Solar Tiny House Update

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I wanted to give you an update on Bill’s Solar Tiny House. You can view the first post here. Bill is constructing Michael Janzen’s free plans of the Solar Tiny House pretty much by himself.

Bill just completed installing the windows with some help from his father. He was able to complete the installation one day. Below are some updated pictures of the house with the sheathing completed. The house wrap in place and the roof installed.

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Windows Installed

If I have done a post on your tiny house that you have started and you have an update for me, please let me know. I get rather back logged with all the great ideas and projects coming in and I am unable to stay on top of all the projects at times. Please send me an email with pictures and I will do an update on your project too.

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Bill’s Solar Tiny House

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Lots of new tiny houses being built right now and Bill Brooks from the Central Valley in California has also started building a house for himself. Here is Bill’s story. While I still plan on creating a blog, here is the background story for my tiny trailer house. I am … Read more