Tiny Solar Saltbox Plans
Tiny Solar Saltbox, Simple Do-It-Yourself Tiny House Plans .
PDF format – 45 pages – $9.95
Includes complete plans and free updates
These house plans contain the measured drawings and instructions for a tiny solar saltbox house that is easy to build from common building materials. The base structure is 8′ by 12′ but multiple units can be attached to each other if you need more space.
Pictured on the cover is a 12′ by 16′ house made from two 8′ by 12′ units. There is also an optional sleeping/storage loft that spans the width of the house just above the south facing windows.
The walls are balloon framed, meaning that they are built in one piece to make construction easier. The roof is made up of self-fab trusses which are built on the ground and lifted and tilted into place on top of the front and back walls. This approach helps take away some of the complex framing chores in the roof.
Please Note: Before building any structure be sure to check with your local authorities. In many communities permits are not needed when building tiny buildings like sheds but the rules range widely so it’s best to research your local restrictions before building anything. Also please note that these plans were not prepared by or checked by a licensed engineer and/or architect. Build from these plans at your own risk.
Below are some sample pages
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Today the plans are complete but over time I’ll make improvements and additions as reader suggestions are incorporated. When I do I’ll send out a link to the free update to everyone who has already purchased the ebook in the past. So in many ways purchasing an ebook from me is really more like subscribing to an expanding design resource.
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Michael, I like the idea that these “units” can be constructed and added together, however, exactly how is unclear. Do they abut or would they be affixed?
I’ll add that into the next update. Basically you just build two and leave off the wall that it in between the two.
It would be much more sound if you staggered your seams by 4′.
I have designed an put up a house useing paper honeycomb tecnology.Your web page is fantastic.
Haiti could use these plans.
Thanks Sarah… I agree.
I’m actually working on a special (simple) prefab design to help raise money for rebuilding Haiti but in the mean time all my free plans are available at: http://www.tinyhousedesign.com/free-plans/
Many people in this country could use these or already-built tiny homes at reasonable prices.
My thinking exactly. When you boil it all down coming up with simple affordable housing is easy if we change how much we think we need. Thanks!
I would like to see your designs for Haiti, I may get to go there at the end of next summer when things are a bit more stable.
You and I talked about emergency shelter last year, we were discussing the use of pallets and other biproducts of shipping reliefe supplies, to build with. Do you know what they are using to ship things in or on? Also there is plenty of “urbenite” or broken concrete for foundations, floors and walk ways, some corrigated aluminum etc. I dont think its practical to ship in matirials now or any time soon, as they would be competing with food and medical supplies.
sorry about spelling
I will post the plans I’m drawing up for Haiti soon. It’s basically a simple prefab system that could be flat-packed, assembled, and disassembled. It’s similar to what I have in the Tiny Prefab book but uses handmade trusses and more traditional framing. The idea is that it could be low cost shelter, home, or even home office for someone in the states. A portion of the revenue from plan sales would be donated to a humanitarian effort I have in mind. I’m still working on the details.
As far as pallets… I don’t know if they are a plentiful building material, so I limited the use of pallets to the floor in this drawing. I suspect in a tropical environment building with pallets might cause more long term trouble than something like earthbags.
do you have stock of these houses for chile, we need to put up a total of 30.000 houses
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Hi Edwardo… no I just did the design. Sounds like an exciting project though.
Hi, I just purchased your e-book to get the plans for the house featured on the front cover. However, I was surprised to find another model inside. Do you have the plans for the 8×12 house featured on the front page?
You know it never occurred to be that this would be confusing but now that you mention it I totally understand. The cover photo is two of the 8×12 units side by side. I’ll add a few pages to the plans to show exactly how you can build larger homes from the same set of 8×12 plans. The only modification is slight variations to the north and south wall framing. When I’m done with the update I’ll send the new version out to everyone who has bought these plans.
Thanks Lisa.
Looks like central China would need these again.