How-To

How To Choose A Tiny House Builder (part 2)

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Last week the topic of how to choose a tiny house builder was introduced. It was established that choosing one can be an awesome experience for both the client and the contractor or it can be a sticky situation, at best. Whatever the case, choosing a contractor is important on … Read more

How To Choose A Tiny House Builder (part 1)

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I am constantly enamored by the growing number of social media updates and posts detailing tiny house builds gone wrong. Just this morning I read about a builder who used the wrong material for the floor joists and cross bracing of a tiny house shell. In this world of lightning … Read more

Build Your Own Tiny House Step by Step Videos

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  I’ve featured Kevin Coy several times here at the Tiny House Blog. He has been involved in tiny house or micro house construction for several years now and you can follow him at his blog at http://kevinsmicrohomestead.wordpress.com/ Kevin produced a DVD series on wire tiny homes and you can … Read more

Top 5 Tiny House Tools

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Building a tiny house or a small house or even renovating a pre-existing house is no easy feat. Can it be done? Absolutely. Ask the hundreds (if not thousands) of living folks who have already done it. It is fairly obvious though that none of these projects in the last 50 years were completed without the use of some very important tools that extend beyond the hand plane, the claw hammer, and the saw. In fact, it is hard to imagine in the last 10 years one of these projects being completed without a compressor of some size and a few key pneumatic tools. Always choose the right tools for the job and building a tiny house is no exception.

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