Tiny Tack House
by Malissa Tack
A short story of how we came to build our very own Tiny House.
It all started with a meeting at the Apple Store. My husband Chris, while at work, had a chance encounter with a very adventurous lady. She tells him about this idea she has for living small, Chris is intrigued by this and asks to know more.
Later that day, Chris informed me that he was going to send me a few links, info about the Tiny House Movement. He said that he was working with Candice at the Apple Store and she showed him all about the Tiny House. He didn’t go much further into details, but I was curious. The next day, while working on the computer, I remembered what he was talking about and decided to do some investigation. I searched Tiny House Movement, and was blasted into another world… a much smaller one. The houses were amazing! So small, sleek and stylish… and had all the comforts of home. I’ve lived in my fair share of apartments within the past 10 years, and I know the feeling I get when I come home to them… empty.
Glacier Trailhead Cabins
Montana Mobile Cabins have been quite busy again so far this year. They recently delivered two cabins to Glacier Trailhead Cabins. Both cabins are 18 ft x 24 ft using square log construction. Both cabins were delivered as “dry” cabins, the clients will be finishing out the cabins themselves, as the cabins are part of their rental “fleet”. The delivery from the Montana Mobile Cabins shop in Whitehall to the site was 320 miles plus or minus. This was quite an experience and the photos tell the story.
This would be a great size for a tiny house! Plenty of room for bath, kitchen, small bedroom and great room. This would be a great opportunity for someone thinking about a tiny house to vacation in a size they might think of living in. Kind of a try before you by scenario. Check out the link below if you would like to vacation in and rent one of these cabins.
You can check out where the cabins were delivered at http://www.glaciertrailheadcabins.com/
Recycling Old RV Trailers
by Abel Zyl Zimmerman
I recently bought and dismantled a 14 ft. RV trailer for tiny house parts. I thought you avaricious do-it-yourselfers might find the story interesting.
It was a pretty moldy RV, with some appliances inside and an undamaged trailer frame. My goals were to get those two things out of it, and when all was done, I was about 80% successful in doing so.
RV exterior
Costs:
- Purchase price: $300
- Licensing: $23 (it had current tabs)
- Work gloves, dust masks: $10
- Sawzall demolition blade: $7
- Contractor trash bags (for loose debris and fiberglass): $12
- Diesel fuel for the project, towing it home and delivering recyclables: $55
- Local landfill fee (plywood, broken glass, fiberglass) $99 Continue Reading »
Tall Man’s Tiny House
Guest Post by Adam Leu
This past winter, my brother and I decided to try our hands at a tiny house build. With my skills as a builder and my brother’s as an artist and designer, we set out with a rough design and many things to learn. We began with a modified plan that was inspired by two of Michael Janzen’s solar house plans from tinyhousedesign.com. The final product is the beaming rustic modern tiny house you see above.
Our spacious tiny house began as a 20 ft trailer with dual #3500 axles that transported a lowly camper in days bygone. Painted and leveled, construction was ready to begin.
The now completed rustic modern home is 21ft long, cantilevered a foot off the back, and semi-divided into three seven-foot sections. The square footage is approximately 130 sq ft, not including the additional sleeping loft. It has a maxed out 8ft 6 in width and towering 13ft 3in height, with a folding deck and removable awning for travel. While the weight is yet to be determined, it is estimated at 5500 – 6000 pounds.
Deek’s Four Day “Tiny House Summer Camp” Building Workshop In Vermont- July 6-9
Hey All,
For those who haven’t heard (many, as we haven’t talked/posted on it much), I’m hosting another Relaxshacks.com Tiny House Building Workshop this year, something we’re dubbing “Tiny House Summer Camp,” and for good reason….
Last year’s sold out workshop went very well, and we had great feedback, so we decided to try a FOUR DAY workshop this time, with camping sites and lodging, and MANY guest speakers and demonstrators. I initially only wanted one guest presenter, perhaps two, but this tiny-house-athon has almost become a small living convention of sorts. Well, a convention where we’re only letting in fifteen attendees!
The aim is to keep it small, hands-on, fun, and eclectic. We want you to not only learn about the ins and outs of small space design and construction, but also to actually build a tiny cabin in the woods together. You’ll have the chance to see and stay in a small off-grid log cabin (one Kent featured as a “tiny house in a landscape” last year), my own Vermont Cabin (as seen in both Lloyd Kahn and Mimi Zeiger’s new tiny housing books), The U.B. 30 Treehouse, and we’ll take a field trip or two to The Pine Crest Cabins in Barton, Vermont, a local mom and pop sawmill, and “Uncle Bob’s Place” to check out some thrift-built tiny structures, and more….
Tiny House Map
Dan Louche of Tiny Home Builders and Michael Janzen of Tiny House Design have collaborated on a new website called TinyHouseMap.com. This is a map-based classified listings site in which the goal is to connect the tiny house community and to take it to a local level.
You can list yourself on the website and find others in your area who have the same interest. If you have an open house, workshop, or are a builder you can list that too.
If you do not want to much information about yourself online you can limit it but it is nice to have a way to contact you if possible. If you have a website or blog you can list it as well.
