Tiny Homes
I've been seeing a lot of shows and articles about Tiny Homes. The one article I just read was a 150 sq ft, 8' x 20' house built on a double axle trailer frame. Just curious if these types of homes ca...
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John&Joey wrote:
I doubt that many tiny homes could stand up to the rigors of real road life. Think about taking your house down a bumpy road at 65mph while it was raining. RV's are engineered to do that, tiny homes not so much.
Not using regular 2x4s construction imo.
However if one used Structural Insulated Panels which are made from plywood on the inside and outside with polystyrene insulation in the middle,,
and glued and screwed together it would easily hold up to anything as houses made of these SIPs were tested on a earthquake simulating shaker stood up just fine without cracking or damage,,
I've built a garage 24x26 feet wide from SIPs while back and it cost me only 15.000$ including the concrete slab,,so a tiny house fiting on a trailer shouldnt cost much more then that..
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_insulated_panel
