The actually tiny house project is our attempt at taking the small house on wheels concept and making it as lightweight, easy to build, and inexpensive as possible - while simultaneously keeping a strong focus on energy efficiency, sustainability, and livability.
With over two decades of experience designing and living in very small spaces, we hope to offer a fresh take on tiny house design, and share some tips, tricks and resources along the way.
Weaken the small support walls with holes. How are you going to keep the pipes from freezing so close to the out side wall. They don't even do that in trailer house or campers. Were do you get 60s abs pipe. Why not pvc dwv?
As a tec student one of the things we did in competition is build ultra light campers. I and friend build a pickup camper so light, two men could lift it out. And it slept 5. No bathroom but sink stove oven icebox water tank heater propane . No hot water tank It is insulated with 2 inch styrofoam, aluminum framing and most inside outside walls and roof. Wind became a problem trying to lift it out of pickup. Yours seems to me maybe an over kill. How heavy are you at this point?
I like that you tell about the products and everything like that instead of just showing how to install them. So many people. You think you're going to get to watch a video to learn and understand more about the products and what's the best choice but you don't get that you get mostly. This is how you install it and if you do get somebody who's telling you something about the products it's extremely vague. I've been trying to figure out for an electric stove doing a exhaust fan that actually pulls the air out of the house. One that's good for a tiny home Aunt. It's just crazy
Very detailed and respectful,useful,pro tips that you mentioned that should definitely be took into consideration pleasure watching thanks and god bless you
Thanks for all of the great videos ~Curious how much the trailer naturally compresses with the weight of the tiny home on it if at all. I'm wondering if I have the freedom to go over my max height by 1" for part of a skylight curb and can rely on the fact that the weight of the tiny home on the trailer will compress the leaf springs by that amount. Any info would be helpful. Thanks.
I like the trim detail, but am curious why you decided to use Vycor flashing tape? Doesn't the bitumen base react poorly with Tyvek? I also just don't love how much less sticky Vyvor is than other modern flashing tapes, especially the acrylic and butyl options.
Have you framed before. No king studs or header at windows . Do you realize that it will go thru a 3.5 earthquake going down the road. You need headers and web plates Need a t band on the stud walls for support. i see so many structural efficiencies
Great video, covers everything I needed - except one "tiny" detail. I am doing a faux board-and-batten style using ACX plywood and then battens. Would I use furring vertical wood furring strips or vertical Cor-a-vent? Keep making these videos and a big thank you!
MUCH NEEDED HELP: I have things same mechanism on a cabinet but the instructions asked to remove one of the bolts of the bar aspect to screw in some other places, but the nex t step asked to realign the bar to the position. Mine doesn't seem to fall inline properly please help
How fitting! He's making a plumbing video and his tool "box" is a plastic tub! The Tool tub is when you know you're a real plumber! Haha All jokes aside, this video helped me plan for what I'm going to do for my mini home!
Hi, thanks for the tutorial. Really helpful as I am planning to add similar hinges to an existing coffee table. I do have a couple of challenges and I hope you have some good suggestions to address them. 1. The coffee table is made of thin plywood/MDF boards. 2. The coffee table top is like a chest. Fabric hinges that are easy to separate. However it’s a box lid that sits on top of the box How do I mark the drill holes and what precautions and preparations do I need to make to ensure the hinges don’t splinter the thin coffee table wood. Thanks
Thank you! You mentioned "a much more expensive style" of hinge. Can you describe what type of hinge that would be and perhaps where to look for it? Would it fix the racking issue by opening from one end? Thankl you again
Been going through your videos over the last couple years as we build our tiny house and we reaaaaaally appreciate your production, explanations, humility of many ways to do a thing, and great considerations for the tiny house. Really appreciate it 🙏
The 2x4s above your windows and doors should be spun vertically. Add a 1/2 piece of foam insulation between to make up thickness of the wall studs and have a thermal break.
Dont underestimate the issue of moisture and condensation its worth a look if you are interested in tiny homes as moisture is your enemy here, there are solutions, just making some of you aware is all 👍
Excellent video and very nice work Brian. May I please ask you a question about hinges? I'm looking for what I think is called a bench seat hinge. A hinge that allows you to access an under-seat storage compartment, these double-articulated hinge arms are designed to move the seat top forward slightly as it lifts for clearance against a padded backrest. Would you know where I might find these? Thank you
What about using poor man's fiberglass on the tarped area so it doesn't need to be replaced, not that I would know, just throwing it out there for consideration or not 😂
After watching many tiny house videos over the past few years, I'm so pleased to have found your build. Excellent information and will be used a my go-to resource for my build next summer. Thank you so much for your explanations, your time & editing. Be well.
Excellent video. Thank you for the education, time & effort editing this. In planning stages now, plan to build my tiny house next summer and its been awhile since I wired a house!
Your video is absolutely perfect. You take the time to explain everything thoroughly, in an easy to understand way. There is no annoying music or speed ups. We can actually see what you're doing and why you're doing it. Watching this makes me more prepared to venture into this journey with confidence. Thank you so much!!!
Great information here. I'm converting a shed into a tiny home, so pretty much the first thing I need to work on is the wiring. This video helped me immensely! Thank you
I’m an experienced home builder, and I love the way you refer back and forth of the similarities and the differences for regular houses vs the needs in tiny homes. Good logic path!
Excellent!!! Extremely helpful - thank you for sharing. Quick question regarding the plywood subflooring: It would seem that the subfloor is not secured at the perimeter, floating on the XPS foam insulation. I understand that XPS is very strong in compression, so no worries there. But I wonder if you have experienced any deflection, while walking on the Maple flooring along the exterior walls? Thanks again.
