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Re: Yale Grad Student’s Off-Grid Tiny House

Jimi Killz — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 11:09:36 -0000

Step 1. Go to home depot.
Step 2. Buy wood.
Step 3. Build it.

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Jimi Killz — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 11:07:56 -0000

Seriously? Wood is fare more renewable than aluminum.... Think before you speak.

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Jimi Killz — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 11:07:08 -0000

Rv's are NOT the same.

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Jimi Killz — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 11:06:07 -0000

It's okay, He'll get hit by a bus someday and the world will be a better place.

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Wayne Knight — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:20:28 -0000

excellent creativity!.....but, will it survive being towed in 1 piece??.....i'd have real concerns about movement and windows breaking.....hope thats been considered?

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Deann — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:31:22 -0000

I have been looking for a small (ca. 500 sq.ft.) home to build for my retirement years. It must be off the grid, and as self sufficient as possible. And of course very affordable.
Here, I like that she turns her home around to maximize the effects of the seasons. Could this be done on a slab foundation as well...I am thinking a rotating ring of some sorts? She still needs to buy gas and water? What if we had a well on the land, could a pump/filtration system be integrated?
Btw, I am wondering...why are the solar panels on the floor and not on the roof?

Thanks

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Ginonfrater — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 04:38:09 -0000

You are trolling....go read a book !!

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Aokbigslick — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 22:45:25 -0000

Wood is the most environmentally friendly material. Especially where Im from in BC Canada. Wood grows very quickly. Last I checked they blow up mountain tops for metals and drill far below the earth for oil to make plastics. Both very energy intensif endeavors that consume materials that took thousands and even millions of years to become what they are. Trees grow to a harvestable size in far less time.

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rent to own homes in — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:09:15 -0000

Seems like all the great plans have been worked out. congrats

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Animalandbitch — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:56:46 -0000

uhmm.. she may be able to get a mobile home for under $11,000 but, a trailer park in New Haven, she'd have to spend a lot more than 11k on firearms, kevlar, and security systems.

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nina from yale — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 19:58:43 -0000

The prices for all universities have been brought up. It's not the same as when we went to school and i only graduated three years ago!

I think this was a great idea and a good statement more on how it is possible to live off the grid. I wonder if she ever got it finished?

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Jake — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:51:20 -0000

It's SO Green!!! We all loves it! Oh yeah, what is she going to tow it around with? Sure as hell not a bicycle....she's gonna need a villainous gas guzzler to get it around....

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Humanure Handbook — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:35:23 -0000

I have a simple bucket composting toilet in my workshop near my garden (ala Humanure Handbook http://www.jenkinspublishin... and it doesn't smell at all. It's lined with twice-shredded dried leaves and they're better than kitty litter at drying all the moisture out of everything. The most it smells like is like the forest floor (minus the bears).

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V. B. Smith — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:46:32 -0000

How on earth did Obama get dragged into this conversation? And I'm highly skeptical that this woman's house represents the home of the future!

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m french — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:32:12 -0000

Plus look at all the WOOD this thing is using up for housing. Trailers use recyclable aluminum and other recycled materials like fiberboard etc. As it stands this 'house' doesn't seem to be an ideal use of 'green' materials like trees, whether she obtained the wood as scrap or not, it could have been used for something else and the floor and walls made of much more recycling-oriented materials. More of an exercise on minimizing space and being on the cheap, not being totally green.

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m french — Tue, 26 May 2009 11:36:36 -0000

Heck, I just bought a brand NEW Thor travel trailer, 19 foot, queen bed, fridge, oven, stove, a/c, furnace, rollup awning, dining table turns into another bed, separate bathroom with a door with toilet and shower... for 10,300. I could easily live in it if I had to... but two people would be another story!

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m french — Tue, 26 May 2009 11:27:31 -0000

I hope this isn't going to be Obama's House of the Future for America. My travel trailer has more room than this thing and better equipped. One good thing is that she wouldn't be able to have a huge family of kids living in this tiny box, so that would help the environment by itself. I suppose it's a nice experiment for different technologies but it had better not be a view of our future - the little old (you) that lived in a shoe.

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CK — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:34:05 -0000

why didn't she just buy a used large 5th wheel? More space, same idea, same or less cost, and already built.

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fleants — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:31:56 -0000

stumbleupon helps.

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Donna F. — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:43:54 -0000

Any place that sells flat bed trailers. That is all that it is...a flat bed trailer...do a google search and find a dealer near you...you could also find them in the papers, etc.

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jmc — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:55:23 -0000

What about local building permits?

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Willis — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:46:10 -0000

You'd think there'd be smart people hanging around here. How did you slip through the cracks?

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eric — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:49:29 -0000

Someone warn her about people stealing those Solar panels (sadly, it happens...)

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whatchucare — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:06:21 -0000

AGREED!

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Spuffler — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:18:50 -0000

Hmm. This is too big for a Toyota Prius and why drag it around with a fuel inefficient truck/SUV/Xover? Why not put it on a foundation and just call it 'home'? Hmmm? Yah, I know: they have laws, and code requirements, and whatnot....

I saw the Tumbleweed collection a few months back and it helped me realized just how much crap I really DO possess. I believe I actually COULD do a more minimalist house thing (I have a 2100 sq ft Split/Ranch right now, and am SO hating it).