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breathing easy in the micro home (and any home)

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Posted on 03/18/2013 by B.Levy
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Tiny house air quality is of great importance given the tight spaces and tight structures many are building.  There has been some piecemeal discussion about tiny house indoor air quality, but after months of thinking about this (and as a … Continue reading →

Posted in Brian, Design, The Houses | Tagged design insulation air quality safety | 1 Reply

attend a DC zoning public input meeting

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Posted on 12/09/2012 by B.Levy

The D.C. Office of Planning released the long-awaited first draft of the proposed zoning changes (see in particular subtitle C+D), but we need your support. From the good folks at Greater Greater Washington and the Coalition for Smarter Growth: The DC Zoning … Continue reading →

Posted in Utilities/City Code | Tagged zoning | Leave a reply

build update: minim house construction starts

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Posted on 11/19/2012 by B.Levy
Framing foundation

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Ten months ago I started a project to try to reimagine the tiny house on wheels– to add livability, streamline construction, modernize aesthetics, increase off-grid versatility, all while keeping costs affordable.  After 10 months of research, design work with Foundry … Continue reading →

Posted in Brian, Design, The Houses | Tagged minim house | 10 Replies

tiny + stacked: dc micro apartments

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Posted on 10/11/2012 by B.Levy
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Kudos to DC’s Urban Turf for continuing to cover the state of play with DC microhousing.  From today’s article “Is DC Ready for 275-Square Foot Housing?“, it is clear that in some respects DC is far ahead of the country … Continue reading →

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tiny house appliances: water and sanitation

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Posted on 10/01/2012 by B.Levy
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Currently the majority of tiny homes are built to accept pressurized water hookup from a hose. Simple, but also quite limiting if the house is ever moved for a few days (or longer) to somewhere where there is no pressurized … Continue reading →

Posted in Brian, Design, The Houses, Utilities/City Code | Tagged appliances, design, tiny house, water | 10 Replies

build update: jay’s house is up (video)

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Posted on 09/25/2012 by B.Levy

Jay’s tiny house at Boneyard Studios is coming together quickly. All framed, sheathed and windowed, ready for siding and roofing. His latest video is great.

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tiny house appliances: cooling

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Posted on 09/21/2012 by B.Levy
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We think we’ve done some decent research on tiny house appliances, so here is our first installment on cooling the small abode. Here in DC summers are stifling, so we need real air-conditioning (not evaporative coolers). Compared to a (far … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, The Houses | Tagged appliances, design, HVAC, tiny house | 4 Replies

build update: jay’s tiny house

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Posted on 08/30/2012 by B.Levy
Jay and Tony contemplate the next steps

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Jay and Tony have been making some great progress on the matchbox tiny house Jay is building at Boneyard Studios. More pictures/info are available at Jay’s site. But the video update is the coolest, and shows some other progress around … Continue reading →

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