Tiny House Building Science: The Roof

Roof Cross Section by Kai Mikkel Forlie

Perhaps the largest single issue in the design of our tiny home has centered on how to construct the building’s envelope.  “Envelope” is just a fancy word that describes the shell; the floor, walls and roof that form the parts one sees when looking at the outside of a structure.

This is the 3rd of 4 posts detailing the methods we have [Read More...]

Tiny House Building Science: The Walls

Envelope Wall Cross Section

Perhaps the largest single issue in the design of our tiny home has centered on how to construct the building’s envelope.  “Envelope” is just a fancy word that describes the shell; the floor, walls and roof that form the parts one sees when looking at the outside of a structure.

This is the 2nd of 4 posts detailing the methods [Read More...]

Tiny House Building Science

Along with the cold temperatures of winter and the accompanying snow comes what appears to be total cessation of work on our tiny house.  Not so!  While the physical work may have entered a short hibernation period, the planning and sourcing stages have proceeded ‘full ahead’.

Perhaps the largest single issue in the design of our tiny home has centered on how to construct the building’s envelope.  “Envelope” is [Read More...]

Cycling Shorts: Q & A with the Biking Barkleys

Sam & Erin

Over the years, as we’ve prepared for our tour, we’ve followed a number of cyclists who were already out there experiencing the world from the seat of a bicycle.  Anxiously following their adventures online, their blogs provided inspirational fodder for our dreams.  Although we hadn’t met a single one of these cyclists personally, we felt intricately connected to them somehow, and were moved by their online reflections, their struggles, and their triumphs. [Read More...]

An Update: Snow, Taxes, Bicycles, To-Do lists

We can’t believe it’s February.  Our spring departure is right around the corner! Snow and MORE Snow – 78 inches so far!!

We witnessed a simply beautiful snowfall this weekend.  By the time the sky cleared, 24 inches of the white stuff had blanketed our already snow-covered tiny house trailer & our back yard supply piles.  I like the way the tiny house blends in completely with [Read More...]

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