How to Build an A-Frame Small House Dan Baban bought floor plans for Alexis, a small wooden A-frame house, from the website pinuphouses.com. Thanks to the detailed documentation of the process made by Dan, you can now see what it takes to build your own tiny wooden house. Since we have a substantial number of […]
Roof Framing
Gambrel Roof Framing
Gambrel roof Gambrel roof framing is another of simple timber roof trusses types, which we are going to examine. Together with the traditional gable roof and often seen shed roof, gambrel roof is also a common type of roof both for small house plans as well as bigger houses, barns and other buildings. Gambrel roof […]
Shed Roof Construction Plans
Shed roof plans There are many types of roofs when it comes to small house plans, and today, we are going to look closer at one of them – a shed roof, also known as pent roof or skillion roof: a mono-pitch roof slightly sloped in one way. It is one of the simplest roof […]
Playhouse Plans Turning into Reality
We are very happy today. We received a huge amount of amazing photographs of a crooked playhouse. Thank you Radek! It feels like Christmas came early and we are very eager to share the photos with you. There is everything, from connecting the very first timber frame to completed cladded and painted kids playhouse, beautiful. Due […]
How to Build a Gable Roof
How to build a gable roof framing During the construction process of your new tiny house, cabin or cottage, you will need to decide what kind of roof you prefer. There are many types of roof trusses. Factors, which influence their different shapes are mainly the region and local climate and available materials. Gable roof is among […]
Roof Structural Components for Small Houses
Roof construction system Roof is defined as a load-bearing structural frame designed to bridge an internal space, carry the roofing and support it by transforming weight of the roof, batten systems and insulation-related structures into vertical load-bearing structural elements – bearing walls. Most common roof types The roof system consists of several very important parts: wall […]
Cabin Bettie Built in Indiana
Today, we would like to introduce to you Bettie from Loogootee. That is a small town in Indiana, USA, where she lives in a beautiful place in the woods overlooking a pond. Cabin Bettie is one of small cabin designs we offer here. The DIY building plans provided by us were slightly altered in this […]
Cabin Ann Construction in Pennsylvania
Another cabin based on our DIY small cabin plans is being born. It is a cabin Ann in Eastern Pennsylvania in USA and we would like to share more with you – thank you Bob for the photos and information! This Ann follows the plans very closely with only small adjustments, the most important one being […]