To be truly off the grid, you can't rely on fossil fuels. Only with all-electric appliances, solar panels, and batteries, can you have a comfortable, yet inexpensive home, that doesn't rely on anyone else for energy. Come along for the ride as I build a modern, 32 foot long tiny home and show you in detail every step along the way from hooking up to water and septic, to plumbing and electrical wiring, to installing modern electric appliances like a heat pump, heat recovery ventilation system, and an induction stove.
This is a really tough one to answer because every jurisdiction makes their own different amendments to the IBC, or International Building Code, and decides how often they want to update these amendments and how often they want to adopt a more recent version of the IBC. That having said, many jurisdictions don't have many amendments so you can just use the IBC. If you want to find the amendments, just work your way down the level of jurisdictions. Your state has amendments, your county has amendments, and your city, if applicable, will also have amendments. You can purchase these from the IBC website for a ton of money, or you can just use google to find a free copy of the IBC and then go to the state government, county government, and city government websites to find the amendments. If you are savvy with google, you can usually find a pdf of the code for free.
@@offthegridtinyhouse2821 hahah even my wife agrees, did a side by side and she's like oh cam is building tiny homes now. He is from Caledonia, 20mins outside of Hamilton, Ontario where I lived. I Live in New Brunswick Canada now and building my second tiny home this time on wheeled frame. You videos are great, go kings go. Im a leaf fan though lol
Its a great season to be a leafs fan for sure. I mean I don't care if you hate the leafs - if you play the game you gotta love Matthews. The guy is on another planet. Best of luck on the second tiny house and a cup for the Leafs.
@@offthegridtinyhouse2821 how is it possible to condensate if there is no air flow at all? it is like to consider condensation inside the PIR sandwich (alu-pir-alu)... There must be a humid air coming from somewhere first, isn't it?
@@bartolomeonewThere is no air barrier on the top of the “sandwich” so technically humid air can find its way through the flooring and subfloor and insulation and condensate on the cold interior surface of the metal.
Sorry about that, I've been away for a while. I use Rhinoceros version 5. If you are a student or have a friend that is a student, they give a really good deal on a student version. My wife got it for me when she was in grad school.
Hey I have watched every episode. You did an incredible job with every aspect of the build. I dont know why more people havent seen your videos. I love the design. i was disappointed that you stopped at episode 21. I would love to see the finished product
Sorry, I've been away for a while but keep in mind this is a narrow roof with a low slope so the "vault" is a little over a foot high at the peak, and I'm 6' tall. Definitely could have gone with 7' walls but it starts to feel really claustrophobic.
Impressive. Wish you were my neighbor, I'm planning a build. Purchased a 7 x 20 triple axle heavy equipment trailer for the project. Do you sell plans?
Very nice videos! I appreciate the detail. Have you moved the house much since the drywall install? If so, have you had any issues with the drywall cracking?
Sorry for the late reply, I actually did move the tiny house about 1000 feet or so and had no cracking but obviously drywall is not a good choice if you are planning to move it farther than that due to weight and fragility.
I like the way you go over why you are doing certain things; this will help me when I have the opportunity to do this in the future on my tiny living :)... until then thanks for show us your adventure!
One thing about the 1/4in cedar that may have secretly benefitted you, is weight! Did you stain them by chance though? I can understand if you didn’t, could make a whole episode about that :P
It is a VERY thick subfloor. The metal framing of the trailer forces you to make a decision to either place the plumbing under the trailer frame or over it. I talked about that decision in an earlier episode. Once you decide to put the plumbing above the trailer frame this creates a large subfloor area. For me, this was worth the sacrifice of space and adds the benefit of plenty of room for nice, warm insulation in the subfloor framing bays.
will you be putting additional insulation in the attic space? im thinking I should do that because I live in northern Maine and we have really cold winters. also, thank you so much for making these videos and the timing couldn't be more perfect for me! I just started my tiny hosue two weeks ago!
I'm so glad the videos are helping! Please don't hesitate to ask questions when they come up. I did blow cellulose insulation in the rafter bays and you can see a bit of that in the latest video, although I didn't go into a ton of detail since we already covered blown cellulose in a previous episode. If I was living in northern Maine I would either thicken the sandwich layer of foam insulation under the roof or use wider rafters to make more room in the attic bay for insulation. Or even better, a combination of both. This takes away a little bit of space from the vaulted ceiling but will be well worth the savings and comfort.
I wouldn't consider propane as "off the grid." If you draw a boundary around a house, if processed energy crosses that boundary, it's on a "grid" of some sort.
I completely agree and it's an excellent point. It is frustrating to google "off grid propane" and see how many people don't get it. And a lot of these people are doomsday preppers?!?! I hope the propane company survives the apocalypse bro! The ONLY way to live a modern life off the grid is to utilize the free, intermittent energy that the universe gives us via wind, sun, waves, etc and then store the energy with a battery so you can use it whenever you need it.
@@offthegridtinyhouse2821 Thank your responding, as I think this is an important distinction. If one is "off grid" simply because they are too remote to get utility company provided electricity, then I understand that propane would be a practical solution to the problem. But energy independence seems to be the goal of many who go off grid. If the grid goes down, the propane truck may not be dispatched. Also, the nomenclature of "off grid" to me, doesn't include the "grid" of propane extraction and distribution.
Nope, that's my incredible video editor, Dean. We will have a special guest helper on episode 14 though. And of course you are expected to make your debut at some point....
Nothing I love more than seeing walls being put up. Also really smart move your neighbor came up with to keep the bottom plate still. Love learning little tricks like that.
Loved the looking back section. It’s super valuable for people to be able to head into a project like building a tiny home clear eyed about the inevitability of roadblocks they will have to overcome.
We will take a couple moments every episode to talk about what went wrong and why that’s okay and should be expected. No matter how experienced and talented you are, there is no perfect in construction.
You know I would actually love to be able to rent parts of our lot and have a little tiny house community. We need to get these archaic laws changed! Developing a community from scratch is definitely on my bucket list. Tiny houses would absolutely be a part of it.
