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Planning a tiny home cabin, looking for input
actionshooter:
This is our off grid 12x20... we have propane heat and didn't put a wood stove in because of the lack of space... On the coast, I would probably go for a small wood stove because of the added moisture.... make sure to insulate the floors along with everything else, its made a huge difference. Screen the bottom of the floor joist... (damn chipmunks)
Build it as tight as you can and fill every void with the Rodent Spray Foam, screen the gable vents... we have been very lucky and only get flys coming in through the vinyl windows, other than that... no pests to speak of.
Building a garage to live in, then converting later is a good idea, just didn't work for us at the time or we would have done that.
After getting this set up, pitching a tent has gotten kind of tough. :chuckle:
PsoasHunter:
Really good input and ideas so far, thank you!
To clarify, this is planned to be a hunting and vacation property, we don't plan on moving out there anytime in the next 30 years. Plans for a future build would be a bigger hunting cabin to sleep family. This smaller building is just to get us a place to sleep for clam digs in the winter and hunting and fishing trips in the fall. It needs to be cheaper and simpler to put up.
brew:
Ever think about 40' conex shipping containers ? No permits required and waterproof. Check out eveoncontainers.com. looks to be about 3k for one delivered to Gray's harbor area
birdshooter1189:
I built a 12x16' well shed with a large storage loft similar to what you are describing. Mine is sitting on pressure treated lumber on the dirt. My biggest regret with that shed is that I didn't pour a concrete floor. If I seal off the foundation to retain ground heat I struggle with moisture rotting out my floor. If I open up the foundation so that it can breath, I worry about it getting too cold and freezing my pipes.
In my opinion, I'd prefer even a dry-pour floor with bags of quickcrete instead of the lumber-only foundation/floor that I built.
92xj:
If you put one of these on a gravel base, what size gravel would you use? Could rodents move that gravel to get under? Stapled 1/4” hardware cloth around the entire bottom perimeter, then cover the cloth with a few inches of gravel. Thoughts?
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