Creative Innovative Tiny Home Solutions (Seattle, Washington) Backyard Houses, DADU, ADU, Home Builder.
We’re in Olympia for Jay Shafer’s Tumbleweed Tiny Houses workshop, and had the treat of connecting with Jay and his team, plus Dee Williams of Portland Alternative Dwellings. We enjoyed a great dinner talking about tiny homes and everything connected with them. Pictured: Jay, Dee, Steve, Sharon, and Takeshi.
Jay Shafer is coming to town – Oympia, WA, that is. The founder of the modern tiny home movement in America, Jay is presenting his popular workshop on tiny home building at Olympia’s Governor Hotel this Saturday and Sunday (June 25-26).
For more information, visit Jay’s website.
Several of our team members are attending the workshop this weekend, and we’re looking forward to meeting Jay and others who are involved in the tiny home movement here in the Pacific Northwest. We’ll share more about the workshop experience on the blog in the days ahead, so remember to check back.
We’re getting ready to launch construction of a Ballard model home, and the first big step is selecting the right trailer.
After all, the trailer is the “foundation” for a tiny house on wheels. Pick the wrong trailer and you risk the long-term structural integrity of your home.
To get it right, Sharon (founder of Seattle Tiny Homes) teamed up with a structural engineer and two contractors to brainstorm the best solution. Together they designed a trailer with several goals in mind:
1 – Use every possible inch of the trailer to allow for maximum square footage while still providing complete support for the structure.
2 – Integrate the trailer fully into the home’s construction, so the home plus the trailer become one complete unit, rather than a structure tacked on to a trailer.
3 – Use the best quality materials to provide a lifetime of service, while still keeping the trailer as light as possible.
After multiple conversations and scribbled drawings, we’ve come up with an excellent solution. It’s a custom designed trailer with steel brackets that allow key studs of the home to be firmly secured to the trailer with TimberLocks®. We’ll also use Simpson strong ties at each corner. These and other extra steps make the tiny home and the trailer a completely integrated unit.
The end result is a home built for a lifetime of safety, stability, and longevity. In a strong headwind while driving, hurricane force winds, or an earthquake – this home should stand straight and true. In fact, it exceeds international hurricane standards.
We’ve ordered the trailer and expect it soon. We’ll post pictures when it arrives!
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