A while back one of my readers, David, sent me a link to Sean Sexton’s website that contains a complete set of step-by-step photos that document the construction process of this simple shed. The design looks perfect for adapting into a solar tiny house to me. In addition to the large number of photos there is even a link to download the TurboCAD file and house plans in JPG format. Thanks again for sending this my way David! Thanks for posting so much great info on your website Sean!
Shed Plans and Step-by-Step Construction Process
Photo credit to Sean. Follow Sean on Twitter.
NICE!
I agree, with a few mods this would be a great tiny home.
I like this a lot!
I think if there were a big window on the same wall/direction that the tiny “roof” windows are facing, that would make an excellent south-facing wall. (Or maybe not: maybe the direction opposite the doors would be best for a south-facing wall.)
Are you considering retooling this into a design?
Very attractive design and based off of a chicken coop. I think it has great potential as a tiny house. His step by step photos are really nice and very educational for the building process.
I’ve been doodling this all day.
2 of these built as a dogtrot just “works” for me. Would love to see what you come up with Michael!
Thanks Rickles… Yeah you’re right… it’s a classic shape that really begs for some exploration. I might take a pass at it. Thanks!
Uh… this is a classic passive solar design. Why would you combine it with a dogtrot? The two building styles are appropriate for radically different climates.
Build to the site, to the climate, and do it with local materials. Can’t just throw random building styles together, especially ones that are contradictory.
Point taken Brillo… but I’m thinking that there are a lot of places that get humid and hot in the summer and still see hard winters. The trick to designing it would be to keep the solar side shaded fully in the summer and exposed in the winter.
Michael nailed it Brillo.
We’re going to be building in central Missouri, and we see it exactly as Michael described it – hot, humid summers and brutal winters.
I’ve been looking at thenaturalhome.com and the ideas offered there and love the chicken coop design. Clerestory offers plenty of air circulation and using a dogtrot allows nice breezeway for additional flow, shaded it would be even better.
A family near us has a dogtrot and rarely uses AC in the summer.
IS anyone having trouble with Sean’s web site?
It seems he site is down. This may be a temporary problem.