Buildings under 200 sf

[Jens]

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Yens as in Yonas. (Jonas)  right?

I think Jonas is Jonah.  Jens is John.  Hebrew, and Danish (as well as other Germanic, and nordic) pronounce J's as Y's.  My grandfather's name was Jens Jorgen Juhl.  How is that for a mouthful. 

Lip, your design here is quite nice.

[MountainDon]

pronounce J's as Y's.  My grandfather's name was Jens Jorgen Juhl.  How is that for a mouthful. 

come to the SW and the J becomes an H

[mikeschn]

Has anyone ever looked at those folding houses?

Mike...

[Phssthpok]

On a recent visit to Vancouver I came across this student project from Emily Carr University which made me think of this thread -



*snip*

64ft is a bit tight for me but the homeless girl withthe red jacket seem to like hers

New here. Thought you might be interested in the adventures of someone I know who is currently living in less than 64 sqft in the mountains of Montana no less.

In his own words:

The size of the place was dictated by the fact that I had never built anything from the ground up before, and the fact that I am very limited on funding.  It was also the biggest that I could be confident of getting built by winter with a very small labor pool.  My daughter helped with the layout and framing, my ex helped get the roof on.  I did everything else, due mostly to my irrational "do it myselfish" streak.  I really learned a lot.

The solar panels total 12 watts, 2 6v batteries have a total of 200 amp hours at 12v, several cheap 12v incandescent bulbs give light at the head of each bunk plus 1 ceiling light inside and one over the porch.  I took the batteries to work about every other week last winter to top them off.  They are holding up well so far this summer.  I can watch a movie once a week and not drop the voltage below 12.4v. There is also a small 120v inverter screwad to the wall by the breaker box to run drills and such.

Heat is a 20,000 btu unvented "Blue Flame" heater from Harbor Freight.  Last winter used 2 100lb tanks of propane (about 20 gallons each) to keep it around 60 degrees.  The roof only had one layer of r-19 insulation, but now has 4 layers.  The walls and floor are r-19.

The puppy currently sleeps on her bed on the floor.  In winter she gets the bottom bunk and I move to the top, but she prefers to sleep out in the snow unless it is really cold.  When inside, she can almost heat the place. Energetic little mutt.

There are several cases of food under the bed along with 50lb of rice, 50+lb of beans, 30lb of pasta, 15 gallon jugs of distilled water and lots of other stuff.  It is just over half full, so I have to buy more food. Smiley

If I had it to do over, I would have built it 8x12 instead of having the covered porch.  I will eventually build a "big" house, likely 16x20, maybe with a loft.  Someday.

[Truly Hybrid Homes]

Is anyone still visiting this site?

[glenn kangiser]

People refer to this topic often.

[coralfarmin]

hi new here..sorry to be askin dumb questions to start, but can anyone convert that set of last pictures to feet..the set of pictures by lipadier

that is a awsome design to me..how high are the top side walls on each end of the top and shed, roof pitch, etc..

anyone know how to rewrite it in feet and elaborate on, stair size, inside walls, etc in feet ...or could u please lipadier...that is a cool design...as well as all the rest

please..and thank you

kind regards

[lipadier]

Hi, thanks for the compliments. 
More small house designs in my thread: http://countryplans.com/smf/index.php?topic=6241.00
I have added in there lately more detailed floor plans for the small cabin seen in here.

1 meter is 3.2808 US-feet.
For guessing the height in my 3D-renderings: The point of view is always on real life eye level, that's around 1.68 meter above the floor for a male adult, = 5.5 feet.

Greetings, lipadier

[coralfarmin]

woow..saw the other designs..great job, what would the side wall hieghts be

[coralfarmin]

so..about 5.5 on top loft..how high at bottom standard 8 ft ?

[lipadier]

so..about 5.5 on top loft..how high at bottom standard 8 ft ?

No, a bit lower, 7 feet.

[ToddSInGA]

I'd love to see this thread continue on, lots of great ideas for a first time builder looking at the minimalistic approach!

[bpaar]

New member, been lurking for some time.
I have been playing with Sketch 7 this week, here are a few images that illustrate how small these houses are (they easily fit inside a 2 car garage). Thanks Bart.
Bill

[glenn kangiser]

to the forum.  Yup - they are small.  Nice renderings.

[John Raabe]

Nice Job bparr!

Great study model.

I don't know if Bart Cubbins, the 2nd place contest winner is still visiting this site but he would love to see your work.

http://www.countryplans.com/contest.html

[Squirl]

Very nice design.

[lipadier]

bpaar, that's a very good looking plan.
Especially the entrance/bathroom part is very well done.

[bpaar]

bpaar, that's a very good looking plan.
Especially the entrance/bathroom part is very well done.

The plan is very clever. Bart Cubbins is the designer (this is his version 1a). I may have reversed the location of the vanity/wc , but otherwise followed his plan to practice using sketch.

Bill

[John Raabe]

Here is an interesting design I found while searching for "Tiny houses"

http://www.familyhomeplans.com/plan_details.cfm?PlanNumber=69800&src=search#image-slideshow



Plan

[Pritch]

Here is an interesting design I found while searching for "Tiny houses"

That's a clever plan.  I notice there is a mud room/shower inside but no toilet facilities, but it wouldn't be hard to modify the floor plan.