After you wall up and frame your Tiny Home it’s time to do some roofing. Unlike a house, a roof on a tiny house can be fairly quick to put on, probably take a day or so. You can find roofing materials from Home Depot or Lowe’s. Plastic Roofs vs Metal Roofs vs Fiber Roofs…
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Using Reclaimed Wood Reclaimed wood has become popular enough where you can go to home depot or Lowe’s and they’ll have some. It’s more pricey but worth it’s gold in weight. The light-weight reclaimed wood material won’t add much weight to your tiny home build and it looks great. It’s easy to cut and work…
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Building a Tiny Home floor Very important for your Tiny house floor is to make sure it’s protected from insects and weathering which will happen over time. You want to make sure it’s insulated with at least grade R19 or higher, just stuff that stuff in there, and that the bottom of the floor is…
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Various types of siding from metal to wood can be used to cover the frame of your tiny home. You want to make sure the siding is a light weight material and make sure to seal the frame with paper wrap. You can buy cheap paper wrap for houses on amazon or online. Marking the…
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Frame your Tiny Home Proper framing is the number one biggest step to your tiny home build. A good frame equals a good tiny house. Your frame will be bolted down to the metal trailer, make sure your trailer has enough metal around the outsides of it to support your frame. Wood vs Aluminum Weight…
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If you don’t know what you are doing, hire a professional, but if you think you can do it, here are a few pointers. Lighting fixtures should be placed where most appropriate, living room, kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom lights can all be customized. You’ll want to set up your lighting into the sides of the…
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Plumbing Tiny House Basics You will need experience to do plumbing work for a Tiny Home, this isn’t something you want to mess around with if you don’t know what you’re doing. After you insulate the walls and put on the interior you can’t change the piping. Drilling Holes in all the right places The…
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The windows and doors need to be purchased before building the frame. You should know where all the windows and doors are going to be before you start the frame. If you buy the windows and doors before you start the frame it’s easier because you can make sure it’s the right fit as you…
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How Destiny Tiny Homes got started Hi, we are 2 builders from Southern California who have worked on many projects together from cars to houses. We’ve know each other for 20 years and decided to try to build a Tiny Home. So we did… You can see our Tiny Home in the pictures on the…
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