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I think a cheap economical camp/cabin would be to build an "A" frame type building. The 2 side walls would serve as both the roof and walls and the ends could be made of 4'x8' sheets of preprimed siding, which would serve as both sheathing and siding. Make floor framing from treated 2"x6"s or 2"x8"s. Set that on some concrete or treated posts in ground.
This, plus 2x4 or 2x6 wall framing and a couple doors and windows and you have a shell. No worry about snow loads in winter. 2-3 guys could have it up in a short time.
I think a cheap economical camp/cabin would be to build an "A" frame type building. The 2 side walls would serve as both the roof and walls and the ends could be made of 4'x8' sheets of preprimed siding, which would serve as both sheathing and siding. Make floor framing from treated 2"x6"s or 2"x8"s. Set that on some concrete or treated posts in ground.
This, plus 2x4 or 2x6 wall framing and a couple doors and windows and you have a shell. No worry about snow loads in winter. 2-3 guys could have it up in a short time.
I agree and that would leave room for a small loft for a bedroom.
While looking at houses here in the Phippsburg/Georgetown/Woolwich area, I got interested in maybe buying land and building a very small house. I rent a 468 sf house for now; pretty doable for one with no pets.
I found a bunch of websites about what's called the tiny house movement for houses under 500 square feet (tumbleweed.com, for one). Although the 120 sf houses on those sites are too small (year round cabin fever?), I'd like to know if anyone here lives in or has a space less than 500 sf they've built, what your experience was and your recommendations might be. Anyone considering building a very small house?
Photos would be great too ...
And I just want to add for Thanksgiving appreciation how good and generous the regular posters of this Maine forum are. While we're all heat challenged this winter, this forum is a great way to stay warm.
Have you looked into a Yurt. Commercial Yurts run $5000 to $12,000 or more. A home grown one can cost under $1000. Sizes run from 16' to up to 30' ones. A 16 foot is 200 sq. ft. and a 30 foot one is 706 sq. ft. You can attach several smaller ones together to form a large multiple room abode.
Have you looked into a Yurt. Commercial Yurts run $5000 to $12,000 or more. A home grown one can cost under $1000. Sizes run from 16' to up to 30' ones. A 16 foot is 200 sq. ft. and a 30 foot one is 706 sq. ft. You can attach several smaller ones together to form a large multiple room abode.
Link, pretty please? Being a long standing flatlander, I have never heard this term.
Link, pretty please? Being a long standing flatlander, I have never heard this term.
A yurt is a portable, felt-covered, wood lattice-framed dwelling structure used by nomads in the steppes of Central Asia -- usually thought of as a tent...
Have you looked into a Yurt. Commercial Yurts run $5000 to $12,000 or more. A home grown one can cost under $1000. Sizes run from 16' to up to 30' ones. A 16 foot is 200 sq. ft. and a 30 foot one is 706 sq. ft. You can attach several smaller ones together to form a large multiple room abode.
IMO, the thought of living in a Yurt year round in Maine is one of the most ridiculous thoughts I've ever heard.
There was a Yurt built deep in the woods of Bowdoinham many, many years ago. It barely survived the first winter. By the second winter, it was tattered and torn. Shredded to pieces.
The group of people that built it, abandoned the mess and high tailed it back to California, leaving the mess behind them.
star thanks for the link I have never heard of that before.... I can't imagine living in something like that in Maine.... my first question started with heating and then they kept growing from there, and that was AFTER reading the info on the website.
star thanks for the link I have never heard of that before.... I can't imagine living in something like that in Maine.... my first question started with heating and then they kept growing from there, and that was AFTER reading the info on the website.
Now imagine what it smelled like INSIDE on a hot sunny humid day and the types of things growing inside? Think mold, mildew and shrooms.
Remember that musty old tent you had when you were a kid? Uh-huh, just like that.
I've been in six or seven yurts at all times of year. None of them have smelled bad, been mildewed or anything but very nice. Something that's different from what we do isn't bad, it's just different.
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How about a Yurt
I have never heard of that before.... I can't imagine living in something like that in Maine.... my first question started with heating and then they kept growing from there, and that was AFTER reading the info on the website.
