Comments on: Everyone Deserves a Roof

By: Gayle Young

Gayle Young — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:04:26 +0000

Regarding Elizabeth’s question about retrofitting house trailers to be more energy efficient, I’m pretty sure I saw work on this in The Strawbale House. The trailer is essentially “wrapped” in straw bales – very low-tech and inexpensive- and becomes highly energy efficient. The exterior is treated like any other straw bale house. There’s more to it, of course, but that’s basically it. The library should have a copy of this book, which is a classic.

By: Kent

Kent — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:20:42 +0000

No problem Zach, I appreciate you keeping your eyes open. Please let me know if you spot anything else and thanks for the kind words about the blog.

Kent

By: Zach

Zach — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:16:31 +0000

Doh, sorry, I posted before searching the history on this blog. Kent, this really is an awesome site you’ve got going. I converted and lived in a short school bus for two years in my dad’s backyard after highschool. Up until the code enforcement officer started to hassle me it was wonderful. Reading this blog has reinspired me. Thanks.

zach1235@yahoo.com

By: Kent

Kent — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:00:21 +0000

Hi Zach – The Tiny House Blog did a post on the “hexayurt” here: http://tinyhouseblog.com/yurts/the-hexayurt/ so if anyone is interested in learning more go check it out.

Kent

By: Zach

Zach — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:36:54 +0000

If you like the edar, or are just interested in housing the homeless, google “hexayurt”

zach1235@yahoo.com

By: Kent

Kent — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:48:27 +0000

Hi Elizabeth – Unfortunately I am not a builder and don’t know the answers to your question. I will do some research to see what I can find out though. Also any readers who are more knowledgeable in this area then I am, please feel free to contact me or share information via comments. And in my opinion, no this movement is not just for the wealthy, though it seems like we tend to cover the high end on many of our blogs.

Kent

By: Elizabeth Goertz

Elizabeth Goertz — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:30:44 +0000

I live in a poor rural area, and many people here and all over our country live in trailers or mobile homes. I would like to see some articles about how to improve these hard to heat and cool structures. People some times have to chose between eating and heating, the retrofits would have to utilize free or cheep matirials and be able to be done by unskilled labore.
these structures would qualify as tiny or at least small houses. Is this movement only for the wealthy?

By: Kent

Kent — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:04:47 +0000

Hi Ben, I am very interested in your home that you plan to build. Please be sure and let me know when you build it as I would enjoy featuring it here on the Tiny House Blog.

Kent

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:51:16 +0000

In some respects it reminds me of Habitat for the Homeless. Habitat/Homeless builds a 100 sq ft home in exchange for community service to homeless who are in a recovery program. I think we MUST have multiple models we can apply in our society to effectively get people from different backgrounds, housing.

I’ve had to re-set my plans and look at building a 65 sq ft dwelling to live below my means… (and I am looking forward to it.)

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Like Handing Out Condoms? | The Green Porch.com — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:16:49 +0000

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