This past summer we finished the San Juan Island house and started up our current project three days later! It's located in Point Roberts, Washington and nearly complete. The plan is a super-efficient design with a southern exposure. Roof is R-62, Walls are R-28, and the slab is R-20, which are all high numbers for our moderate maritime location. Already the house is performing better than expected in terms of efficiency and I'll post additional information after the house is occupied.
I've had so many inquiries about the plan I'm releasing it ahead of actually finishing the house. Enjoy - and please share! There's also a SketchUp model for those familiar with the software.
RTS Historic Homes is building a modified version of the Beekeeper's Bungalow! The modifications were designed and drafted by RTS Historic Homes and the project is currently underway. Here's a sneak preview of the framing...
Modern, Minimalist Small House Design to Fit Your Budget!
The Pladsen Hus was designed for a small lot in the Pacific Northwest. Plan would be useful for full-time living, a retirement cottage, or backyard guesthouse or accessory dwelling unit in cities.
Plan is single floor with a 3/4" bathroom with standard sized shower, sink, and water closet. Bedroom has space for a queen or king sized bed and a European style reach-in closet. A small modern working kitchen has tons of storage capacity, washer-dryer combination (or stackable) unit, tankless-electric water heater, plus room for a heat-recovery ventilator (HRV). Living room has potential for a small wood, NG, or LPG stove although the plan is designed for a super-insulated assembly and electric heat (radiator style or heat-pump).
Plenty of light is available with the sliding door options.
Download this house plan for free.
DETAILS:
Bedrooms: 1
Bathrooms: 3/4
Floors: 1
Conditioned space: 528 sq ft
Overall dimensions: 22' x 24'
Foundation type: Insulated Concrete Form integral slab
Heating & Cooling: TBD by owner (intended for modest electric)
The siding is a simple 5 inch facing cedar shiplap that we chose for its modern, natural, somewhat rugged appearance and straightforward application. So far it’s been really nice to work with. We’ve managed to nearly complete the front and back sides and the east and west sides are moved all the way up to the upper window lines. This weekend we have, at last, a length of sunny skies in the forecast and will finish our work then.
Making progress.
This is what we're aiming for...
Once the siding is all the way to the top, we can complete the metal roofing trim and the outside will be essentially completed. We have used stainless steel nails for the siding to prevent nail bleeding. In terms of finish stains, many of the coatings for cedar available encourage a uniform yellow, brown or reddish look that doesn’t really capture the gorgeous variations that fresh new cedar has (right now the colors are like Southwestern mesas…lots of red and rich golden yellow…spectacular! Instead of trying a stain, we’re going to encourage the silver aging of the wood by using a natural product called Eco Wood, manufactured right on Salt Spring Island to the west of us. We briefly considered vinegar and steel wool, which is said to achieve a similar effect, but weren't confident we'd enjoy all the rubbing required to rub down an entire house! We’re pretty excited to try it out and will do a more thorough report on that when the time comes.
Nearly done.
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Penny loved to climb ladders, both in our tiny house and on building projects. Watch her climb to her sleeping loft!
It’s been a very long time since an update and it’s time to catch up. August had a lot in store for us, both bitter and sweet, with the sudden loss of our amazing job site cat and all around beloved friend Penny comprising the bitter and the sweet covered by a great reunion with friends from far away and just getting caught up in the wonderful social season that is summer. In the midst of these other happenings, much work was accomplished on the house, too. We had many deliveries of material - windows, doors, siding, roofing, pergola material and insulation. The metal roofing is also black but can’t really be seen from anywhere as the roof pitch is quite low. We installed the 32 foot lengths in a single day, getting some navigational, lifting and moral support from a great neighbor and friend, Robin Woods. We have yet to install the roofing trim pieces (have to wait to get the siding fully hung), but it is flashed and certainly doing its work shedding the rain that’s begun quite early this year!
Penny doing an inspection in 2012.
Marvin Integrity Wood-Ultrex Windows & Doors
Once the roof was on, we moved on to the window and door installation. This went smoothly, for the most part, with the windows being a breeze and the doors being a bit more fussy but working out beautifully in the end. We went again with Marvin’s Integrity line and really like the large clear surfaces of glass and the smart looking black exteriors, especially now that the siding is going in and they can show to their advantage.
Cedar Pergola (in progress)
The pergola material (rough cut 6 x 6 cedar) arrived along with the cedar shiplap siding and we were able to build up the simple structure quite easily, even lifting the 12 foot 6 x 6 material into place with no issues. The harder part was taking the measurements and cutting the posts down (in place) to their proper height, but even this wasn’t too great a challenge. We plan to in-fill between the posts to provide a light shading screen though we probably won't get to finish it until the rains taper off next spring. Until then it'll likely remain a bit messy!
(And, hey...we also starting siding!).
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