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    This document provides an excerpt from a guide about designing and building a tiny house. It introduces the guide and its author, Dan Louche, who founded Tiny Home Builders after building a tiny house for his mother. The excerpt discusses acquiring a trailer, noting that a new custom-built trailer is recommended for stability and customization options. It also includes diagrams of basic house framing components and an electrical wiring diagram. The full guide contains sections on all aspects of designing, planning, and constructing a tiny home.

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    This document provides an excerpt from a guide about designing and building a tiny house. It introduces the guide and its author, Dan Louche, who founded Tiny Home Builders after building a tiny house for his mother. The excerpt discusses acquiring a trailer, noting that a new custom-built trailer is recommended for stability and customization options. It also includes diagrams of basic house framing components and an electrical wiring diagram. The full guide contains sections on all aspects of designing, planning, and constructing a tiny home.

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    This document provides an excerpt from a guide about designing and building a tiny house. It introduces the guide and its author, Dan Louche, who founded Tiny Home Builders after building a tiny house for his mother. The excerpt discusses acquiring a trailer, noting that a new custom-built trailer is recommended for stability and customization options. It also includes diagrams of basic house framing components and an electrical wiring diagram. The full guide contains sections on all aspects of designing, planning, and constructing a tiny home.

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    TINY HOUSE

    DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION GUIDE


    YOUR GUIDE TO BUILDING A MORTGAGE FREE, ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE HOME

    DAN LOUCHE

    YOUR GUIDE TO BUILDING A MORTGAGE FREE, ENVIRONMENTALLy SUSTAINABLE HOME

    TINY HOUSE DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION GUIDE

    DAN LOUCHE

    SAMPLE SECTIONS
    Included are several sample sections from the Tiny House Design & Construction Guide. They are pulled from different parts of the book. The table of contents for the full book is included, followed by a few excerpts.

    TiNy HOME BUildErs

    http://tinyhomebuilders.com

    CONTENTS

    BE SAFE! INTRODUCTION DESIGN & PLANS TOOLS BUILDING MATERIALS TRAILER SUBFLOOR FRAMING & INSULATION SUBFLOOR SHEATHING WALL FRAMING WALL SHEATHING ROOF FRAMING STRAPPING ROOF SHEATHING HOUSE WRAP WINDOWS & DOORS EXTERIOR SIDING ROOFING PLUMBING ELECTRICAL INSULATION INTERIOR SIDING & TRIM FLOORING CABINETS & SHELVING CONCLUSION

    6 8 10 20 30 40 46 54 56 62 68 72 78 82 84 90 96 106 114 124 128 132 138 142

    Building your own tiny house is an achievable dream!

    INTRODUCTION

    In August 2009 I received an unsettling call from my mother. The poorly constructed trailer home she was living in was beginning to deteriorate around her. Water lines had been leaking for some time, and now mold was growing rampant. Living under these conditions was causing her health to deteriorate, but neither she nor I had the money to purchase a conventional house or even a new trailer. So I started researching our options. I had always been interested in smaller homes, but up until this point, I had no idea there was an entire movement around tiny living. Once I discovered it, I was hooked. I began building my mother a tiny house of her own in September 2009. After the house was complete and my mother had moved in I was amazed by the level of joy that it brought her. Her excitement was contagious as others who had previously been skeptical of tiny living were now genuinely considering the possibility of living in a tiny house themselves. When I saw this reaction I knew that I wanted to help others experience a similar level of happiness and independence and so I founded Tiny Home Builders. I imagine since you are reading this book you too are excited about the possibilities that a tiny house can bring; the financial freedom of not having a mortgage, the freedom to move as you desire and to take your house with you, and finally the freedom of a simpler life. I hope you find answers and inspiration in these pages and realize that building your own tiny house is an achievable dream.

    My Moms House

    TINY HOUSE DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION GUIDE

    RAFTER RIDGE BEAM ROOF SHEATHING

    TOP PLATE

    HEADER STUD

    SILL PLATE

    TIMMER STUD CRIPPLE STUD

    SUBFLOOR SHEATHING WALL SHEATHING BOTTOM OR KICK PLATE


    Anatomy of a House

    TINY HOUSE DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION GUIDE

    13

    Getting the right trailer for your design is important, as it is the foundation of your house

    TRAILER

    ACQUIRING A TRAILER
    Trailers are generally categorized by what they will be used to haul. While there are no industry standards that define these categories you will often find trailers that are best suited for tiny houses referred to as either utility or equipment trailers. A trailer for a tiny house can be purchased either new or used. For a used trailer I suggest checking Craigslist.org and local trailer dealers. In my experience, however, I have not found there to be a substantial price break in used trailers unless they required significant restoration work. And considering that the trailer is the foundation of the house, it is important that there are no issues with it. That coupled with the customizations that can be made to a new trailer, I recommend buying new. Customizations to a trailer that make it most suitable for a tiny house include:

    NO DOVETAIL
    A dovetail, sometimes called a beavertail, is a slight decline at the end of a trailers deck. This feature facilitates loading equipment by reducing the incline angle of the trailers ramps. However, since the trailers deck supports the subfloor of a

    Trailer Tongue

    TINY HOUSE DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION GUIDE

    41

    FROM POWER SOURCE

    2 WIRE CABLE WITH GROUND WIRE GROUND WIRES

    TWO WAY SWITCH

    WALL BOX

    2 WIRE CABLE WITH GROUND WIRE

    GROUND WIRE

    WHITE WIRES (NEUTRAL) BLACK WIRES (HOT) GREEN WIRES (GROUND)

    Standard Switch - Power Through Switch

    TINY HOUSE DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION GUIDE

    119

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