The Tiniest House

EcoTopic / Project Category

Buildings, Climate Adaptation, Consumption & Waste

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Project Goal Summary

The main goal of this project was to build a small house on wheels that would utilize far fewer resources to build than a standard house, reduce the ongoing environmental impact of my habitation, provide a test bed for a variety of sustainability-related processes and technologies (passive solar design, heat recovery ventilation, passive cooling, home energy monitoring, solar PV, solar hot water, home automation etc. etc.), and of course reduce my cost of living such that a higher percentage of my disposable income can be used for other sustainability projects.

See www.facebook.com/thetiniest house for pictures!

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Project Location

Fallbrook, CA 92028
United States

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Project Goals and News

Project is going well, we're about 85% complete. Major steps left are doing an earthen plaster/tile mosaic around the shower and installing the bathroom sink. We also have a bit of interior and exterior trim work to complete and need to install a 23" diameter acrylic dome window onto the front side of the house.

Many aspects of the project have been challenging like not knowing the optimal order of operations or receiving conflicting information about best practices for a given aspect of construction.

The project is being self-funded, and we are communicating about it via the Facebook page, mostly through pictures.

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tiny house, sustainability, soy based spray foam, recycled car steel studs, attempt at passive solar design

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Website or Blog

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mm5pj9d67o6qbqv/AABjWcHRV514jQxgqiMHXcB9a?dl=0

Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/thetiniesthouse

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