Tiny House Episode 2: Framing
Framing a tiny house is much like framing a normal house just on a smaller scale. The only real difference is securing the house for transportation. The walls must be attached securely to the trailer and strapping or bracing must be installed to prevent the house from shifting. The extent of these measures will depend on what you have planned for your tiny house. Since we didn’t plan on moving frequently, and would only travel at relatively low speeds, less extreme measures could be taken. Some of the builds we came across in our research were designed to be towed around all over the place much like a travel trailer. In these cases, we saw extensive strapping all the way around the house or even cables attaching the roof to the trailer. Knowing how you plan on using the trailer will help you to determine how much strapping and other reinforcements you will need.
Don't be discouraged if you don't have a shop to build your tiny house in. We didn't even have a flat surface to build our walls on so we used the deck of the trailer.
Once the walls are erected bracing them well is important so they don't shift. Make sure to brace in all directions; something we forgot to do! Watch the video for more details.
Note the short lengths of 2x4"s used to prevent the wall sliding off the trailer as the walls are raised.
Make sure to have enough people to raise the walls safely. We got excited after building the first piece of wall and recklessly tried to raise it. As a result, the 200+lb. framing fell on my wife, Aimee's, foot and we had to make a trip to the emergency room.
We bolted the walls to the trailer and used several different types of strapping to prevent shifting.
Here the framing completed and under tarps for the rain!
I cover the framing process in greater detail in this video
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Very innovative....loved it
Thanks!
Very interesting. Love to watch tv show about building houses on trees. Love to watch anything about building that is not usual. Resteemed and upvoted.
Much appreciated! 🙂
I have also added the video in this blog post to Dtube.
Thanks everyone for your interest and support!
Finally! The tiny house movement is on Steemit. Seems like a doable project to try and tackle on your own. This could without a doubt help out many who are homeless, because the lack of affordable housing in now many parts of the world. Big developers definitely don't want to see this type of movement stick. Thanks for the great post.
No problem. Lack of affordable housing was one of our main motivations for this project.
Check out my article on getting an average sized house in a New York Suburb with about a quarter acre and how it would cost you over A MILLION DOLLARS over 30 years! https://steemit.com/happier/@funhappylives/how-the-suburban-american-dream-robs-you-and-your-family-blind
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STOPGreat job! I am going to follow you now. I want to see the progress of this house. We have been talking about doing the same thing but actually seeing someone do it really inspires us to go forward with it. upvoted and resteemed. Would appreciate the follow back.
Thanks for the follow. The support I have been getting is encouraging me to put even more effort into these posts!
This post was very informative thank you for sharing
you have my upvote & resteem the way of the future tiny houses @mannyfig1956
I hope their popularity continues to build. Thanks for the support!
Tiny house on wheels, nice!
This is awesome thanks for sharing these blogs. Keep up the great work.
Will do my best!
Have you seen anything about people framing tiny homes with steel instead of wood? A friend of mine said he'd be doing his in steel for increased strength to weight ratio and decreased weight and thus gas costs on transportation.
Welcome to Steemit, BTW!
~ Kevin
Thanks. Yes I have seen a few houses done this way and it probably is a superior way to frame a tiny house. Our decision to go with wood framing was mainly because I was confident I could do the work myself.
Oh yea, not knocking it at all! Super excited to follow the journey.