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[Sandy St. Louis]

[Sandy St. Louis]

Thanks Droid Good to see another B.C type here there are a few. This is a mini house the other trailer is a vardo project I'm slowly working on and another story. Sandy

[droid_ca]

I like the tiny houses I've been wanting one for a while now as in my opinion they have more character then your traditional RV as well as comforts I need to be able to fit a bird cage in my trailer thats 3 feet long by 4 feet tall by 2 feet wide. I'd like to be able to cook inside on bad weather days .plus I was thinking then I could park it in the backyard and possibly rent out my house ok that might be a bit of a dream but I do like them

[Sandy St. Louis]

Droid I don't believe a mini house will replace RV's or travel trailers in fact pulling them at hiway speeds would be very costly something like pulling a parachute. Mini houses shine as inlaw suites, a place for the kids to come back to and still have some independence, a sturdy home for at the lake or rv park for the season and back home or in storage the rest of the time and a great bug out place running from disaster. Shorter ocasional trips would be best for them. Sandy

[Sandy St. Louis]

Not having a formal plan more tie dows needed to be welded to the frame

[Sandy St. Louis]

After the holddowns were welded the floor sections were turned over ,joined to each other making one piece and bolted with 3/8 carrige bolts to the frame. insulation was installed and a 5/8 sub floor attached. Where joining is required screws ,glue, staples,and nails are used as required glue always except end grain joints. Sandy

[Sandy St. Louis]

[Sandy St. Louis]

[Sandy St. Louis]

[Sandy St. Louis]

[Sandy St. Louis]

[mezmo]

Hi S St L,

Just curious about the Vardo in the background. What's
the story with that?

Looks like you're off to a good start with the Tiny House
build.

Cheers,
Norm/mezmo

[Sandy St. Louis]

Norm, The Vardo is a buil I've been playing with for about 6 months I will post a couple of pictures of it on my gallery and may in the future pt a thread on it but this thread is on my building a mini house That being thank you for your interest Sandy

[Sandy St. Louis]

To clear up somethings, being on the downward side of the hill and the very size of this build I am having help with it along with making smaller framing sections. this also increases the number of studs making the building a little over built. Pictures to follow.

[Sandy St. Louis]