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Tag Archives: pallet house
Patrick’s Pallet House on Wheels
Back in September I reported on a pallet house being built by a fellow in Lakeland, Florida named Patrick. He’s using discarded shipping pallets for the walls and has framed the roof with conventional lumber. This was a very wise choice … Continue reading
Posted in Projects
Tagged florida, Lakeland, pallet house, pallets, Patrick, sustainable architecture
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Pallet House Workshop hosted by New Jura Natural Building in Waller, Texas
The folks at New Jura Natural Building will be hosting a pallet house building workshop beginning on November 1st in Waller, Texas. They will be covering the following topics: Pallet walls Slip straw Earthen plastering Rainwater capturing Grey water Recycled … Continue reading
Pallet House Exhibit in Nelson, BC
A couple days ago I posted news of a tiny house design competition hosted by the Touchstones Nelson: Museum of Art and History. The design competition is part of a larger exhibit called Shelter: How We Live. For the exhibit, … Continue reading
Another Pallet House on Wheels
Patrick alerted me to his pallet house project by posting photos on the Tiny House Design facebook page. He’s taken the trailer from a dilapidated travel trailer and begin to build a tiny house based loosly on the Tumbleweed Tarleton … Continue reading
Preparing to move the Tiny Free House
If you’ve been following the very slow progress I’ve been not making on my Tiny Free House you’ll be happy to know we’re preparing to move it from the family farm to our home near Sacramento. Having it on my … Continue reading
Pallet Playhouse Instructable
My brother Eric spotted this pallet playhouse and the perfect inspiration for me to kick off the new year because my first resolution is to finish my Tiny Free House in 2010! This fellow had a slightly different approach to … Continue reading
Posted in Construction Method
Tagged pallet, pallet house, playhouse, recycle, scrap wood
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Homemade Tool for Pallet and Fence Picket Salvage
One of my readers, Harry (aka Fatcat the Tinker), sent me this diagram of a simple handmade tool he created for salvaging old fence pickets. When he saw my adventures in tiny pallet house construction he decided to share this … Continue reading
Posted in Construction Method
Tagged Fatcat the Tinker, handmade tool, Harry, pallet house, pallet tool, pallets, salvage
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World Hands Project – Pallet Houses in Mexico
While the World Hands Project is currently going through internal re-organization I was happy to find that during past workshops they’ve helped people down in Mexico build some simple homes from shipping pallets. Instead of using some kind of manufactured insulation … Continue reading
Posted in Humanitarian
Tagged cob, Humanitarian, mexico, pallet house, pallets, shipping pallets, sustainable architecture, Workshops, world hands project
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Tiny Free House Update
The weather was nice this past weekend, a little hot, but not bad at all… perfect for putting the pallet boards on the roof of my Tiny Free House. I did get a bit of a sun burned on the … Continue reading
Posted in Tiny Free House
Tagged free house, pallet house, pallets, recycled, scrap, sustainable, sustainable architecture, tiny house
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Tiny Free House Update
I spent the weekend up at the family farm and was able to finish framing the eaves on my Tiny Free House. The front of the house is now ready for milled pallet boards which will really seal it up … Continue reading
Posted in Tiny Free House
Tagged framed, free house, pallet house, pallet wood, pallets, Tiny Free House, tiny house
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