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By: Tiny House Design , Archive » The Sonoma Shanty - Workshops, Kits, Plans, Tiny Houses

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:49:14 +0000

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By: Sonoma Shanty Prices Announced : Tiny House Living

Sonoma Shanty Prices Announced : Tiny House Living — Wed, 27 May 2009 07:06:47 +0000

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By: Sonoma Shanty Tiny House - Price List and Video | Tiny House Design

Sonoma Shanty Tiny House - Price List and Video | Tiny House Design — Wed, 27 May 2009 01:44:43 +0000

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By: Fencl Finale

Fencl Finale — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:17:52 +0000

[...] from Little House on the Trailer called and wanted me to come down and do a photo shoot of the Sonoma Shanty Workshop trial run. So I headed off to Petaluma and three hours of photos and hands on. More to come on this [...]

By: Jeff Hemsley

Jeff Hemsley — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:48:28 +0000

Very cool. I think making it a kit house is an intriguing idea and look forward to more posts to see if it works out.

Cool stuff

By: Sonoma Shanty : Tiny House Living

Sonoma Shanty : Tiny House Living — Wed, 20 May 2009 07:09:03 +0000

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By: Grant Wagner

Grant Wagner — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:05:14 +0000

For my area in the Chicago land area, I have an average snow density of 13:1. That is every 13 inches of snow is the equivilent of 1 inch of rain. This article has maps for the US and Canada

http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/almanac/arc2007/alm07feb.htm

Assuming a flat roof, 1 inch per square foot is equal to 144 cubic inches = 0.62 gallons of water. At 8.35 lbs per gallon, that comes to 5.2 pound per inch of water. Finally, we multiply that by the cosine of the angle of the roof (45 degrees for this) which is nicely .7.

So, that is 3.6 pounds for 13″ of snow, or 0.28 pounds per inch. At a 2lb/sq foot rating, that gives me an upper limit of 7.14″ of snow. The biggest snowfall (per storm) here the last few years was 21″ back in 1999, with a record of 23″ back in ‘67. I would want to build to a tolerance of about twice that, given these are single storm measurements and snow doesn’t melt that much mid season.

In short, this roof design could use a little reinforcement for most of use. Well worth the extra $6 each (3 2×4 in a triangle pattern) for home made rafters.

By: Stephen Marshall of Little House on the Trailer

Stephen Marshall of Little House on the Trailer — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:57:28 +0000

Thanks for the feedback from all of you. We are constantly developing our building systems to maximize strength, safety, affordability and sustainability. Your blog responses are very helpful.

To respond to Tim R’s concern about safety:

We have a doubled 2 x 4 rafter 6 feet long in the center of the roof. That’s quite sturdy at a 12 in 12 pitch. Then 2 x 4 purlins at 24″ o.c. span 7 1/2 feet, a span which works with a roof dead load of 2 pounds per square foot whose force normal is reduced by the 12 in 12 pitch. The 24 o.c. meets manufacturer’s specs for roof fastening. We’re using Ondura@ corrugated roofing.This is a small shed. The main structural concern is wind (as it is for all buildings) We fasten the roof to the top plates each 16″ o.c. with at rated framing clip.If you need to plan for snow load you’ll need something more.

To respond to EJ about quality and sustainability:

Absolutely. Those are exactly the issues central to our pursuit.The design challenge of any building is the balancing act and synergy between safety, affordability, sustainability and aesthetics. We are using FSC Certified 3/8″ AC plywood siding with formaldehyde free glue. Our panels show the certification stamps on the inside of the frame. We use kiln dries 2 x 4 Hem Fir studs. Our Sing@ Honeycomb panels are manufactured with the same plwood and filled with 60% post consumer foam insulation. Look for the FSC “Certified” stamp.

By: Kent

Kent — Sat, 16 May 2009 02:04:58 +0000

Hi Matt – You do have to remember that the $1200 is for the basic shell. Depending how you choose to finish the tiny house can change the completed price a great deal. Just want everyone to keep that in mind…Kent