Comments on: A Flying Wedge – Extreme 9 Square Foot House

By: Michael Janzen

Michael Janzen — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:40:06 +0000

Thanks Elizabeth. I think I’ll use a utility trailer because it’s small. So I’ll probably have lots of metal to bolt the wood directly too. Metal strapping in the walls wouldn’t hurt either.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:21:03 +0000

Michael this is great. My family also rolls their eyes at me, but I want to build a hybrid so they’ll enjoy it too.. how would you mount this thing on a trailer? What would you use?

Thanks again!
Elizabeth

By: Mr. Wind Turbines For The Home

Mr. Wind Turbines For The Home — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:23:27 +0000

If only there was a good set of instructions to build a small wind turbine, I am certain that it would lessen our electricity monthly bill. Everyone knows that wind turbines and other forms of energy is the way of the future.

By: Mike Green

Mike Green — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:01:23 +0000

Thanks MJ. Newer quality Sketches would be great too. I’m looking forward to them being posted.

P.S. I’ve been referring your blogs to friends in the US and Japan. Thanks so much for all your wonderful work.

By: Michael Janzen

Michael Janzen — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:50:33 +0000

Mike I’ll dig them up. I also have a new design which is drawn with much better quality. My SketchUp Skills have come a long way since my first drawings.

By: Mike Green

Mike Green — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:01:18 +0000

I’m relatively new to Sketchup (free personal edition), but could you post both your wedge and “final” designs as unlocked component level Sketchup files? I’d like to try to combine some of the features from both with a few of the suggestions that have been posted (such as folding, etc.). I think it would be more meaningful if I could work on them with the correct dimensions and using similar software tools. Thanks so much. (I’ll post my drawings here if you’d like.)

By: Michael Janzen

Michael Janzen — Sun, 03 May 2009 19:22:23 +0000

Let me noodle over the folding idea. I’m not sure how air tight a folding roof/walls would be, but then again… I’m not sure if that really matters.

I hear you on the lightweight issue though. I’m beginning to think that maybe the water handling stuff is better on a bigger house… or maybe I can find a way to lighten that up too.

By: Superdog

Superdog — Sun, 03 May 2009 19:14:29 +0000

Hi Michael,

What about making it fold down so the towing height would be lower and therefor make it more towable?

I’m struggling to come up with something I can tow with my Camry hybrid as it has a “zero” towing capacity so I don’t want to tow anything heavy. I like my Camry and I don’t want to give it up for a guzzler.

I’ve looked at teardrops but I can’t stand up in those. Need at least a 6’5″ ceiling.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:10:30 +0000

Hi Michael,
This is a great site. I think you are really on to something with this design. It not only looks cool, but its aerodynamic to boot!

I am happy to see I am not the only one who gets these tiny house designs stuck in their heads… While I may not have the drawing skills that you do (which really are fantastic by the way), I do have a pocket full of chicken scratch sketches that seem to multiply in my shirt pockets and wind up on the counter in the laundry room, with my wife shaking her head… “What’s he up to now??!!”

Every time I mention us moving into a tiny house, the entire family tells me “sure” build one in the back yard, and “you can live there, while the rest of us stay in here”

Oh, and here’s the other catch… it cant be too big to mess up the back yard… Thus started my search for the truly tiny, one man, all in one, self contained backyard escape pod.

This one takes my design one step further by placing it on wheels so I could even “leave” the backyard at some point

Thanks for sharing these wonderful designs with all of us… and feeding the inner “tiny house” junkie in all of us.

By: Wedge Shaped Nine Tiny Feet Concept | Tiny House Design

Wedge Shaped Nine Tiny Feet Concept | Tiny House Design — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:13:43 +0000

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