Small Timber Frame House

Pole Building, Tiny House Style

A small timber frame house has charm and character; unlike larger versions of this type of building, a hybrid of straw bale infill, natural wattle and daub plaster and a cruck type construction using natural materials like coppiced trees, the light footprint of a tiny house is so satisfying.

Small Timber Frame House

With renewal of purpose and a rekindling of the old skills, this type of construction is slowly and surreptitiously taking the world by storm. 

It doesn't matter where you live; there are native trees or those that have become widely introduced to use as a building material.

The bonus of using these kinds of trees for building a tiny house is that they have little embodied energy - they grow right where they'll be used. Embodied energy is the amount of effort it takes to move an item to where it will be utilized in the construction phase.



Show / Hide


New! Comments

Have your say about what you just read! Leave me a comment in the box below.

Help Me Help You With Your Homesteading Problems
Please note that all fields followed by an asterisk must be filled in.