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small house society

Postby Ron Dickey » Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:31 am

I was reseaching home made tents which lead me to tarptents then Then small portable heaters and found an interesting candle heater made with flower pots then I entered in "homebuilt cheap portable heater" and got this shot which I could not resist.
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I found this shot and opened, I ended up in Wired magazine some how in it was a story about small affordable housing. In that I found small house society
http://www.resourcesforlife.com/small-house-society
shows a picture of a house with a porch which I think came from tumble weeds site. which has been talked about in past years.
http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/
as for the candle this interesting design I tryed a simple one and it does do a good heating job. look at the pixs several views of the same thing.
http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&h ... rch+Images

Some teardropers use candles to heat their trailers using tin in upper corners with vents leading outside only heat stays in no fumes.

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Postby Lgboro » Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:48 am

Really like the small house -- missing is a big garage! :thinking:
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Postby KevinS » Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:18 pm

Interesting concept!

Thanks for posting that candle heater!

But, be very carefull with open flames!

I can't remember the guy's name, but at LCG III, I got some very good advice about TD heaters.

A simple electric blanket is one of the safest "heaters" for a teardrop.

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Postby Ron Dickey » Fri Oct 31, 2008 9:37 pm

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looking at designs that students have come up with for future tents and live in spaces are also interesting.

the teardrop tents I have shown before but the others are new.
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Postby Ron Dickey » Fri Oct 31, 2008 9:47 pm

this is as far as I am going with this .....

Then there is the unexpected trailer that offers just a little bit more :lol:

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Postby Traveling_Dan » Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:27 am

I'm looking at building a Tumbleweed type house. Through a couple other sites related to the tiny houses, I found this Teardrop site.

I'm hoping to build it soon.
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Postby jay » Sun Nov 02, 2008 10:30 am

one of my daily fixes:


http://www.shedworking.co.uk/
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