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PRINCETON 32′ GOOSENECK SHELL

January 9, 2018 By Greg Parham 13 Comments

Some nice folks who we met at the 2016 Jamboree hired us to build this unique shell for them. They liked aspects of the Rio Grande build along with some of our other houses, so after brainstorming a few design ideas, we came up with this one. Not only were they on a tight budget, but they were excited to do the finish out work themselves. This shell build consisted of a stick frame structure on a 24+7 triple axle gooseneck trailer and included a fully finished exterior with a French entry door, doggie door, windows, siding, metal roofing, and a roof window (operable skylight) above the master loft.  We installed rough wiring and plumbing (including a tankless water heater) prior to spray foaming the studs. Final scope of work included installing the master sleeping loft, tiling the spacious wet bath with some very high end tile, and putting up interior wall/ceiling paneling. Due to an unfortunate tech glitch, we lost photos of the interior, but have attached some plans below. A similar build would be in the 51k range. 

Filed Under: Tiny House Plans Tagged With: clean lines tiny house, Gooseneck Tiny House, gooseneck tiny house shell, modern tiny house, rocky mountain tiny house, texas tiny house, tiny house shell

10’X24′ Leadville Shell

August 1, 2017 By Greg Parham 11 Comments

Some really great folks out of Leadville, CO hired us to construct this 10×24 shell. They wanted us to assist with the design. erect the shell out of structural insulated panels, install roofing, Tyvek, windows, and a front door before driving it up to Leadville.  The house needed to have stamped engineered drawings showing it could meet Leadville snow load, as well as good documention on attachment to the trailer and assembly of the SIP’s. We were happy and able to oblige! Since it was just a shell build, we didn’t really get too many great photos, but we are posting this project to not only let people know that we have the capability to do shell builds, even with SIP’s, build 10′ wide, deliver 10′ wide, and provide engineered drawings if your local jurisdiction requires. This will be the first legal tiny house in Leadville, and these customers had to work hand in hand with city officials to get it passed, but hopefully are establishing precedent for future residents in this town at 10,200′, as well as other cities across Colorado. This 10×24 SIP shell designed for 100 psf snow load as shown with roofing, windows, entry door, housewrap, and engineered drawings came in at 28k.   It would slightly less if you don’t need that high of a snow load or engineered drawings.

 

Filed Under: Company News, Tiny House Design Tagged With: 10' wide tiny house, engineered tiny house, Leadville Tiny House, legal tiny house, SIP tiny house, tiny house shell

10’x36′ Moby Dick Tiny House Shell

July 17, 2017 By Greg Parham 13 Comments

 We are excited to announce the completion of our first 10′ wide tiny house build!  Since permits to move a structure between 8′-6″ and 11′ to 14′ (depending on route) normally only cost $25 per state, we have seen a growing interest to have that extra 2′ width incorporated into designs, especially if the owner doesn’t plan on moving the tiny house very often. 

The Melvilles approached us about this shell build back in the winter. They needed someone willing to build a 10×34 shell with a dried in exterior prior to turning it over to them for completion. We were happy to assist and take part in their dream tiny home build. You’ll note in the title that we call it a 36′ house. Technically the trailer base is 34′ long, but they wanted a four foot cantilever over the tongue that would serve as a “walk in closet”, so in the end the house averages out to 36′ long. Not only is the house long and wide, but it is oversize in height, topping out at 14′-6″ instead of the normal 13′-6″. Since it was going to require a permit for the width, the same permit covers the extra height, and our travel route did not have any restrictions for this height, so we figured why not get an extra foot of head height in the loft? 

Being as their last name is Melville, akin to Herman Melville who wrote the American Classic Moby Dick, and this is the largest tiny house we have ever constructed, the giant whale’s name was befitting! In addition to the finished exterior with corrugated wainscot, board and batt, and cedar lap siding, doors, windows, and roofing, the scope of work included welded steel loft structures with beetle kill pine decking, a few interior walls framed, a roughed in 6″ chimney for a woodstove, and custom fabricated steel stair stringers allowing for maximum clear space underneath the stairs, in which there is a doggie door that we installed and appliances that the owners will install later. 

This spacious tiny house shell priced out at $39k before delivery. At this size and level of completion, materials were most of the cost. The trailer alone was 25% of the budget! A note about towing this house. While my four door long bed one ton dually truck was able to transport the shell, probably only weighing around 11,000 lbs, I doubt that it could have towed the finished house. The finished house is likely going to be in the 17-19k range, and while the Duramax Diesel and Allison tranny could probably handle the weight, the truck itself couldn’t safely handle the inertia of this behomith. I never felt the powerplant bogging down, but I sure did feel that trailer pushing my truck around, especially with light wind gusts. A trailer hauler or mobile home semi truck is likely the key to safely moving a house this size. 

 

Filed Under: Tiny House Design Tagged With: 10' wide tiny house, 34' tiny house, albuquerque tiny house, extra large tiny house, new mexico tiny house, rocky mountain tiny house, tiny house shell

20′ Front Range Shell Build

March 15, 2016 By Greg Parham 7 Comments

An awesome family in Fort Collins commissioned us to build this 20′ Front Range model (aptly named!) to use as a vacation home up on some land they owned in the mountains. They had a limited budget, but were ready to put in some sweat equity to finish the house on their own, so we focused on what we could get complete within their budget and skill level. The result was a very well crafted and comfortable shell that they have since completed and could not be happier with.

The level of completion on our end is what I would call a 3/4 shell. We stick framed the structure on top of a custom trailer,  installed windows, metal roofing, siding, and an exterior door. The structure was then wired and spray foamed before receiving 1/4″ paint grade plywood walls. Cork flooring and beetle kill ceiling as well as a beetle kill wainscot round out the major interior materials. We fabricated and installed two L-shaped lofts from steel tubing and decked those with more beetle kill t&g. A small woodstove was installed for a heat source. The final step left in the budget was to install a closet and partitions for the bathroom area. Here are some photos of the house right before delivery.

Front Range tiny house shell

Front Range 20' shell

The customer was gracious enough to share some nearly finished photos of the house after a few months of working on it themselves:

 

20' Front Range Shell interior1

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20' Front Range Shell woods

Filed Under: Tiny House Design Tagged With: 20' tiny house, colorado tiny house, colorado tiny house builder, custom tiny house, Front Range tiny house, Rocky Mountain Tiny Houses, Tiny House, tiny house shell

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