The Small House Project
FREE PLANS AND BLUEPRINTS FOR BUILDING TINY HOMES.
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All plans on this website are totally free and there is nothing to join and
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Our goal is to help eliminate homelessness, for good.
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This site was designed to help those less fortunate to be able to find and use free
tiny house blueprints so that they can build their own tiny house on wheels
so that anyone needing a home can escape the perils of being homeless.
No one should be homeless..
Help us spread the word, and help us help those who really need it.
If you know someone who needs a home, send them our free blueprints.
Simply email the individual our website address, or you can
print out the blueprints yourself, for them, and hand the plans to them in person.
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ANNOUNCEMENT! A NEW SET OF BLUEPRINTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR FREE!
The original first set of free blueprints are below,
but we now have NEW set of plans to build a larger tiny house measuring 8'x16',
with a flat roof design.
The older set of plans below are also free, but the difference between the set below and the new set is
that the older set below does not have dimensions in the drawings because
they are designed to be alterable by the end user, but the new set
(linked below in the following link) DOES have measurements in the plans and all of the calculations are all done,
in other words all of the math is already done for you,
and all the user now has to do is print out the plans,
measure and cut the wood, put it together, and
paint it.
To see the first set of plans, simply scroll down.
To see the new set of blueprints for the 8'x16' Flat Roof House - CLICK HERE!!!!!!!
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1.INTRODUCTION
2.(Older set -Originals)FREE TINY HOUSE PLANS
3.(BRAND NEW SET) FREE TINY HOUSE PLANS- BLUEPRINTS
4.OTHER COOL SMALL BUILDING IDEAS
5.CONCLUSION
6.DONATE
7.Links To Resources and Tiny House Groups , communities and societies
8. About Me-CLICK HERE- to see Joseph Kenyon's Paintings, Sculptures, Jeweled Swords, Metalworks, Stamp Art Prints etc.
9.Why do we have this stupid @!*^$%^@ing Advertising on our website?
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Introduction:
"How do I build a tiny home or house?"
Well... This page is devoted to offering free plans to build your own tiny home or house .
What do I, as webmaster of this site, get out of offering these plans to you for free?
All I get is a warm fuzzy feeling inside knowing that I may have helped at least 1 person or
couple in building their own home.
This page contains free plans and blueprints to build
your own small house camper RV or tiny home camper.
The following free plans and blueprints are free to use for anyone .
ALL OF THE FREE DRAWINGS , PLANS, and BLUEPRINTS SHOWN ON THIS SITE ARE
THE SOLE COPYRIGHTED PROPERTY OF, AND WERE DRAWN BY
ARTIST JOSEPH KENYON, U.S. COPYRIGHTS 2009,
LISTED IN THE US LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 2009.
( Joseph Kenyon is a published and officially copyrighted artist with more than 100 official U.S. Copyrights
listed in the U.S. Library of Congress -
Joseph Kenyon creates artworks such as genuine Jeweled Swords which
have hand hammered Silver and Gold handles,
which are encrusted with diamonds and other precious stones,
Jeweled Daggers, Jeweled Silver and Gold Crowns, and many other kinds of Jeweled Treasures
and also creates many kinds of oil paintings, prints, sculptures, and also
large format 8x10 negative format photography using a 1906 antique View Camera.
Click here to see some of Joseph Kenyon's Artworks
or buy his brand new book by checking it out at Click here to see the new book TREASURES-The Arts of Joseph Kenyon
These homes (shown on this spage) are designed to be built initially on a flatbed trailer so that
it can be used as a Camper RV (recreational vehicle) and can be transported or
towed- (moved by towing using any pickup truck or very strong car) until such time as you can
locate and prepare a site and foundation to permanently place your new tiny home.
At that point, you may need small changes to make it to building codes in your particular town.
But if you should decide to have your home built on a foundation by a contractor instead of building it yourself
I HIGHLY suggest researching your local contractors by checking them out in advance.
Angies list is a great site that collects info on local contractors and makes the info available to you.
The small homes shown here are designed to be able to be altered for anyones taste and style or size requirements.
Once your tiny house is built, and you find a location to put it (if you dont
plan to tow it around forever), you can simply locate a piece of land and build a foundation and permanently
place your newly built house on the foundation and anchor it to the foundation using
large bolts you can set in the wet concrete of the newly poured or concrete block foundation.
Please consult your LOCAL building codes to see if it is allowed in your area.
But in the meantime, it can always be left on the trailer and maintaining it as an RV camper.
Please scroll down for blueprints for standard houses you can build yourself in as little as a week .
You will not need a building permit to build this project since it is
initially built on a trailer and not a foundation to start with for
this tiny house project.
HOWEVER, you MAY need to consult your local state laws regarding recreational vehicles
or trailer laws as far as the requirments for certain brakes, suspension, hitch and or
height specifications, limitations or standards.
To Donate to our cause, click the following Donate button.
But once you do find land, and decide to permanently anchor your
tiny house, you will need a permit in some places to
build your foundation.
Then you can simply pull your
towed tiny house in, locate it over the foundation and lower
it on the foundation and anchor it using large lag bolts that you
permanently put in the concrete when it is still wet and not yet set.
The best way to lower your house about 3 inches is to simply let the air
out of the tires once you locate the corners of the house over the
foundations walls.
To save a photo, simply click on the JPG or PDF links.
PLEASE REMEMBER- THIS IS A BASIC DESIGN AND IS MEANT TO
BE ALTERED TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS OR DESIRES, AND THIS PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO
BE BUILDABLE BY ANYONE WITH BASIC CARPENTRY SKILLS AND THE DESIGNS SHOWN HERE ARE
MADE TO BE CHANGED TO SUIT THE TRAILER YOU ARE GOING TO USE.
THE DESIGNS SHOWN HERE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE ONE YOU WILL END UP WITH .
YOU CAN CHANGE THINGS AROUND AND ALSO CHANGE THE ROOF ANGLES, ADD OR REMOVE WINDOWS,
MOVE THE BATHROOM, CABINETS ETC.
BUT THE LARGER OF A TRAILER YOU USE, THE LARGER YOUR BUILDING CAN BE.
The spacing of individual rafters and joists should be no more than 16 inches from center to center or less.
The walls, floors, loft etc. can be constructed using either galvanized steel screws, galvanized nails, or brass screws.
Screws are always better than nails.
Period.
They have much better clamping ability and they dont pull out like nails do.
All of the interior walls are to be covered in plywood also to prevent racking,
instead of using drywall would not help as much structurally and can crack.
Plywood will only make it that much more strong and sturdy as well as better insulated.
Each house shown has a full bathroom, kitchen, loft bedroom and living area.
You may also add other ammenities such as cabinetry, stairs or ladder,
bookcases, and each can fit at least a queen size bed in the loft bedroom.
I have even designed a rudimentary dumbwaiter under the stairs.
There is enough room for a refrigerator, stove-cooktop, microwave,
tub and shower, toilet, sinks, and much more.
The designs I have made are for a home that will fit on a 8foot by 16 foot flat bed trailer or larger.
The Larger the trailer you use, the larger the house you can build.
So, alter your plans (obviously) to suit the trailer you will use.
The following pictures are drawn to show the construction methods of a tiny house that
you can build yourself on an existing flatbed trailer.
The size of the house you decide to build is directly proportional to the size and
especially weight capabilities of the trailer you have or choose to buy.
There are no exact specific (SET IN STONE) measurements on the drawings because trailers come in
so many different lengths and widths, and you will have to measure the trailer you have FIRST
before you start building.
But you can use the designs shown here to alter the sizes accordingly.
Also there are no electrical or plumbing schematics in these plans (in most cases) because the designs are
not finalized and you will need to
plan out your own home first and decide for yourself where
you will want things like outlets, sinks and other accessories before
any plans can be made for them.
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At that point (once you've decided where you want your refrigerator and other items and
outlets , you can then make the schematics yourself or simply wire it up as you need things.
But remember, if you plan to install this on land permanently, you should
wire your home according to local building codes to prevent fires.
This will require a electrical control panel with breakers and everything else required by local electrical code
But trust me, its well worth it.
But since we are talking about using this tiny house as a trailer at first, we can
either leave it without electricals for now (except brake lights, turn signals,
and other required lighting required by local motor vehicle code for trailers..
or we can wire if as a basic RV, (trailer home, camper etc)
For wiring it as an RV I recommend wiring the house for 12 volt DC, if you dont wire it for 120 volt AC .
But my best suggestion would be to wire if from the beginning with 30-40amp (or even 60 amp ) 120 volt AC service
but your choice of electricity SOURCE is totally up to you.
I recommend going green using wind or solar power or other green technology.
Either way , at least you will be able to use standard 120 volt AC accessories and appliances
such as point of use hot water heaters, refrigerators, lighting, etc.
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I highly recommend using a dual axle trailer with a gross weight capacity over 7000 lbs (pounds) capacity
and higher ( an 8000 pount would be great).
And I also recommend that you use the highest capacity trailer you can afford.
The smaller, or lighter, that the trailer is, the less weight it can carry, so I suggest going stronger rather than
weaker.
What you've been waiting for:
Free Tiny House Plans!
1) Basic 3D whole house diagram plan.
Showing location of loft bedroom, kitchen, bathroom and living space.
(Download as full-size PDF - JPG)
2) How to build a small house with loft bedroom.
3D diagram plan of construction of roof, exterior walls, sills, loft floor platform.
(Download as full-size PDF - JPG)
3) 3D diagram plan of loft construction showing loft entrance- ladder required.
(Download as full-size PDF - JPG)
4) End view of construction plan, showing high pitched roof rafters with skylight window.
(Download as full-size PDF - JPG)
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5) 3D diagram plan of construction of end walls side walls, and floor platform joists.
(Download as full-size PDF - JPG)
6) 3D diagram plan for construction of floor platform and loft floor platform.
(Download as full-size PDF - JPG)
7) 2D diagram plan for construction of sidewalls, roof, loft floor, floor, and joists.
(Download as full-size PDF - JPG)
8) 2D diagram plan for construction of gable roof, end view.
(Download as full-size PDF - JPG)
9) 2D diagram plan End View, for construction of roof joists, gabled roof.
(Download as full-size PDF - JPG)
10) 3D diagram plan for planned kitchen cabinets, bathroom door, sink, etc.
(Download as full-size PDF - JPG)
11) 3D diagram plan for the planning of living room shelving and loft opening location, and window locations.
(Download as full-size PDF - JPG)
12) 3D diagram plan of planned staircase (for wider version of tiny home)
with built in cabinets and built in dumbwaiter.
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(Download as full-size PDF - JPG)
13) 2D diagram plan of left side of exterior of tiny home showing location of stained glass windows and door and trailer wheels.
(Download as full-size PDF - JPG)
14) 2D diagram plan of right side of exterior of the tiny home showing locations of stainedglass windows and trailer wheels.
(Download as full-size PDF - JPG)
Use your imagination:
Other Cool Tiny House Ideas!
Other cool ideas to use could be:
A Movie Theater!
3D diagram plan of tiny theater project.
I will add drawn plans of this one soon.
(Download as full-size PDF - JPG)
3D diagram plan of tiny theater loft- projection area and control room.
I will add drawn plans of this one soon.
(Download as full-size PDF - JPG)
I am in the middle of designing this 3 story tiny house.
Here is what I have so far.
2D end view diagram plan of the tiny 3 story house.
This house has 2 different first floor wall construction options.
1 is wood walls in the first floor and the 2nd is
all concrete, or masonary wall , but not wood.
I will add more drawn plans of this one soon.
(Download as full-size PDF - JPG)
3D diagram plan of the tiny 3 story house im designing.
(Download as full-size PDF - JPG)
Some final words:
Conclusion
These plans are free to everyone for building a tiny home - small house project.
Included are full size bathroom, kitchen, loft bedroom, standard utilities etc.
I drew them myself by reverse engineering and recombining elements from many
different home designs of all sizes and came up with my own set or series of designs .
They are designed to be as small as practical, affordable to build , buildable in a short period of time,
To Donate to our cause, click the following Donate button.
If you would like to add some solar heat collectors, I am providing a link to a page that will show you
how to make simply modular solar heat collectors that you can make from repurposed materials.
The following link will open up in a new window so that you do not lose your place here on our site.
Home Made Solar Heat Collectors made from repurposed materials.
This passive solar project (when made larger) would be very efficient in producing free heat during the day in winter time.
Please check this out. And when I build this project myself, I will also document it so that you can
see how to build the improved version that is more efficient and produce even more heat.
But please note, this will only work during the day .
Be sure to have other supplimental heating for your
house to cover night time and during cloudy or stormy days
such as a wood burning stove, stored electrical energy for heaters,
or a gas , liquid propane heater.
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I offer these plans to you, the general public, for free , to use to build your own home
in hopes that it will help prevent someone from being homeless.
Ive seen similar homes such as these sold as pre-built houses ready to put on foundations and
they run more than $30,000 or more!
I thought that was more than outrageously high (bordering on highway robbery)
And I know for a fact that anyone can build their own home for much less.
Thats why I posted these plans here for free- to help people .
And in this day and age where every thing costs more and more,
I wanted to help people save some money , resources, time and space.
But remember these costs (to build this home) do not include the cost of wiring, plumbing, heating and appliances
which of course will range widely on location and the owners or builders tastes and needs.
So In essence, if your lucky enough to score a free trailer, or a used one, and lots of free building materials,
you Could, possibly build your own house for next to nothing.
But that may be too much to expect, so if you go all out, and purchase a new
trailer, you can expect to pay anywhere from $1000 to $3000 for a trailer
depending on size and type, numbers of axles etc..
So for about $6000 (more or less- including the cost of trailer) you could have a custom house!
To Donate to our cause, click the following Donate button.
For additional Resources to help you build your tiny house, click on the link below to go to our next page
which has a collection of sites and companies that have tools, supplies, electrical , plumbing supplies
Solar panels, chargers, accessories and solar lighting, and much much more.
Simply Click Here To Go To Our Resources Links Page.
PLEASE DONATE
THERE ARE 3 WAYS YOU CAN DONATE TO HELP OUR CAUSE
1) You can donate building materials- Simply contact us by email or phone to arrange this
2) Donate funds to help us afford webhosting or materials
3) Donate your Time- To help us build the Tiny House and help us document it for the millions of readers
If you want to donate building materials or your time, Simply email us or call us and we will gladly
arrange a way of allowing you to donate your materials NEW OR USED IS PERFECTLY FINE
In fact, we would really like to have as much usable or re-purposable materials to build the tiny house
We would also appreciate the donation of your time when it comes time to actually build the tiny house.
As far as funds....
WE NEED YOUR HELP TO KEEP THIS SITE UP AND RUNNING,
SO THAT WE CAN KEEP GIVING AWAY THE FREE PLANS TO THOSE WHO REALLY NEED THEM!:
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KenyonFineArt.com and JosephKenyon.com is a Privately run , non profit, website offering free plans to the general public
and relies on donations from visitors like yourself to help keep the site up and running .
To contact us to donate your reusable materials or your time, email us at webmaster@kenyonfineart.com
As far as building materials, we need lots of 2x4s (studs) , 2x6s (rafters), 2x8s (rafters)
we need two 2x12s for staircase stringers, lots of 4'x8' plywood sheets and OSB sheets, wire, pipe and more
lots of wood boards of all types, we also need glass (broken or whole) to make windows , hinges, doorknobs, etc
and to donate any of the items listed above, simply email us to arrange it.
We need funds also.
Please help us keep this site up and running by
making a modest donation of funds to help us afford our monthly website hosting.
Simply click the Donate button below to Donate. (Simply scroll down a little more)
You can donate as little as $1 or more , or as much as you wish.
Keeping this site running and offering free designs and plans to the under-priveleged is an extremely
important concept to many many people who are either facing homelessness or who are
actually homeless now and want to build a home that they can stay in after natural disasters,
fires, floods, financial hardships and other misfortunes.
Your donation goes a long way to help pay for the website hosting for this site .
Excess donation funds (if there are any) go towards
building our first tiny house so that
it may be documented and photographed , and as it gets
documented, the photos will be posted so that others may
duplicate the processes and procedures in the building of their own tiny homes.
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If and when we are able to build the first tiny home, it will
be donated to someone we know who needs a home.
In return for the donation of the home to that person, they will
be providing our website with an extensive diary of
what it is like to live in a tiny home, how its working for them,
how its maintained after building it, and much more.
Please take a moment to make a small donation to the cause .
Otherwise, this site is totally free and available to all .
Every cent that is donated is put towards the projects actual costs to run the website
and the building of the first tiny house and its directly related materials.
As we stated above, we take no pay at all in this project, it is a non profit venture,
and no funds donated are used for any other purpose.
To make a donation, simply click the Donate button link below.
It will take you to paypal.com where you can use either your paypal account to donate or you can
use your credit card without having a paypal account .
No paypal account is required.
However, Paypal.com DOES take a small percentage of each donation for themselves.
This is beyond our control. So please take that into consideration when making your donation.
Every donation is answered by a thank you email from us to confirm and thank you for your donation, and
if you wish for us to mention your name or website on this website, simply put a note
in with your donation and we will be more than happy to post a link to your site from ours as a thank you.
To Donate, click the link below.
ANNOUNCEMENT! A NEW SET OF BLUEPRINTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR FREE!
The original first set of free blueprints are above,
but we now have NEW set of plans to build a larger tiny house measuring 8'x16',
with a flat roof design.
The older set of plans above are also free, but the difference between the set above and the new set is
that the above set does not have dimensions in the drawings because
they are designed to be alterable by the end user, but the new set
(linked below) DOES have measurements in the plans and all of the calculations are all done,
in other words all of the math is already done for you,
and all the user now has to do is print out the plans,
measure and cut the wood, put it together, and
paint it.
To see the new blueprints - CLICK HERE!!!!!!!
This website and all of its contents are Copyrighted 2009 Joseph Kenyon
(ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)No parts of this website are to be copied and republished,
sold, used on other websites or in any other way without PRIOR WRITTEN permission from the websites owners.
To contact the website owner-
E-mail the artist Joseph Kenyon at webmaster@kenyonfineart.com.
Peace to all.
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Thank you for visiting our site!
We wish you lots of luck when building your tiny home on a trailer (RV).
JK.
