TINY HOUSE ON A SALVAGED CARAVAN CHASSIS
One of my big themes is that it's possible to make really useful stuff with just a simple set of woodworking tools (mostly hand tools) and some basic skills. Here's progress so far on a tiny house we've been building on two of my Sheds, Vans and Tiny Houses courses - courses which are open to complete beginners by the way, we go over all the basic stuff you need to know, and you get plenty of practice.
We started with a salvaged caravan chassis then built a frame to fit over it. The frame rests on oak posts, charred for rot resistance, so the chassis isn't really taking any weight. Then we made the wall frames for two of the sides. It's brilliant to see these participants making something together and gaining confidence all the time!
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| THE BEFORE PHOTO... the caravan chassis stripped bare. It was awful to see how little decent material we could salvage from the whole thing. Just the chassis and a good bit of plywood, the rest was complete rubbish - what a waste of time and materials to make things that way... |
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| A cunning frame made to fit over the old chassis... |
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| ,,, and covered with OSB sheeting. Another part of the philosophy is to use readily available materials |
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| Towards the end of the first course with the first of the roof trusses made |
NEXT STAGE... will be at Perth Community Farm, where I've relocated for the Autumn and Winter months. We'll make the other two wall frames, roof trusses, probably clad one of the walls and fit in loads of other stuff too no doubt. We'll keep everything in sections so it can be transported up to Inverquiech in the Spring.
NEXT DATE FOR THIS COURSE: Weekend of 22nd 23rd November
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