Top 5 Pros and Cons for using a semi-trailer as a Tiny House

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13 күн бұрын

What sorts of things should you consider when thinking about building your tiny house out of an ex-refrigerated semi-trailer? It is a great way to build especially for DIYers, but there are things to watch out for as well. Mike looks at his top 5 pros and top 5 cons for going this route for your future tiny home.
HOW WE GOT TO HERE
Years in the making, we (Heidi and Mike) researched, discussed and changed our lifestyle in preparation to "go tiny". -- Please follow our journey from humble beginnings in a tent through to our final grand tiny house build in our ex-refrigerated semi-trailer.
With no building experience, we ventured into the dark and fronted every challenge including difficult weather, budget constraints, minimising our lifestyle, needing to learn a mountain of new trades, a pandemic and much more.
Choose the playlist titled "the semi-trailer project" and peruse our early pre-build times living in tents or head to Episode 6 for the start of the build. See the big final reveal when we were featured on Living Big In A Tiny House and watch the tour that Bryce Langston did about our tiny home on wheels! • This Luxury Tiny House...
Following that, we have embarked on building out our second semi-trailer with instalments to come.
I hope you enjoy the original semi-trailer series. Having a video production background, I tried to edit them in an entertaining way but bear in mind my first focus was building and not filming a documentary, so sometimes there is a lot of me talking! But I hope you find it engaging nonetheless!
Following on from the build, we will be releasing regular content that discusses minimalist living in greater detail, shows some of the features of our house plus talks about helpful considerations for building in a semi-trailer as a home. We’ll also be connecting with friends who live this way, talk about legalities, discuss the perks of tiny house living and more as the channel grows.
Visit our blog/website at bigtinyadventure.com for more of our journey and lifestyle.
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@jroseDAO 11 күн бұрын

I'm absolutely inspired to build a semi-home for myself... and just (like, literally today!) got myself an old RV to live on some land while I get to work! I've been looking into passive home construction and while I know of the pros (and cons -- like it makes real fireplaces almost impossible!) it's made me rethink the idea of buying an ex-refrigerated/ insulted semi if I'm going to tear all the old insulation out to put in better stuff. I'll be very curious to see what you come up with in your next video in terms of how to look for the semis and some industry insights. Big thanks for all your work on these videos and sharing you knowledge and passion. You've certainly affected this optimistic soul!

@bigtinyadventure 10 күн бұрын

Wow so great to hear what you’re considering for your tiny home journey 😊 If you document the process, do send me a link. As I mentioned in the video, let me know if you have any questions! Thanks so much for watching and your kind words 💚

@Thehomeinparadise 7 сағат бұрын

Can they rest on some concrete or metal pillars so the weight isn’t on the tires? I have no idea if it can be done, but it seems like a solution.

@bastarddonthemove 10 күн бұрын

Been watching every movie you made almost, totally on the bridge of doing this myself. Just found a place where I could place for a couple of years so im superexcited!!! My main question to start out is, do I buy a fridge trailer or a normal one? The fridge trailers are allready insulated so that removes a big cost, Im not very knowledgeable yet so Im not sure if yours is a fridge one or not. People been tellin me with fridgetrailers u can have trouble with condensation (i live in belgium, a lot a rain and short summers) but my rational mind just says to make enough windows to ventilate and that problem would be gone. What is your opinion on this Mike? Peace and Love!

@bigtinyadventure 10 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for watching and your questions. How exciting to be embarking on this journey! I definitely recommend watching some of my videos from the original build (check out that playlist on my channel) as it helps you truly understand the ins and outs of building in a refrigerated semi-trailer. My personal opinion is that the insulated walls are definitely the way to go. Not only are the walls more rigid, but the insulation saves you money and the thicker walls (usually 50mm) are very easy to work with. And it’s not just the walls; the roof is 150mm thick and the floor is also usually about 100mm thick of insulation. A standard trailer has none of this. I’ve witnessed someone build inside a standard trailer so it absolutely can be done, but even as a professional builder, there were a lot of concessions that he had to make. I’m not sure who talked about condensation issues, but that has never been a problem for us. Perhaps they were referring to when the trailer was actually operating as a refrigerator trailer? We have double glazing windows so have never had a problem, though we also live in a fairly dry part of the world, so I can only speak from my own set-up!