Being drummed into us bigger is better, really is it?
Fixing and maintaining a big house if you've ever watched the tv programs about people in England that have castles, mansions the expense to upkeep a family heirloom past down for generations that some are left in despair, some think outside the box by opening them up to the public for events, having cafes on-site just to help with offsetting some of those costs.
Tiny homes can come in many different forms as a tent, yurt, cabin, dome, RV, bus a small structure, the tiny home that we are referring to is the revolution sweeping the world of a tiny home on wheels which you can make any size depending on council requirements, licensing.
Having a moveable home is not a new idea through history they were used though traveling to the next destination in the form of wagons, tents, yurts, being inquisitive I like when the nomad (also known as gypsy) fairs roll into town to check out their small space homes.
Tiny houses such as tiny trailer homes, tiny moveable homes gives you the freedom to be able to pack up your home and explore with the comforts of home at the end of your towbar.
Whether your work takes you around the country, holidays, a lifestyle nomad you can bring your house with you.
Tiny homes can be built out of lots of different materials like reclaimed materials such as pallets, wood, metal, new materials and even plant materials such as hemp and bamboo with the thought kept in mind on light durable materials to make the weight requirements if it is going to be used for a movable home.
Raw hemp materials:
Hemp wool in panels or rolls for insulating
Hemp shive for concrete
Hemp shives and fiber for concrete
Hemp shives and fiber for finishing plaster
Hemp mats for flooring
A Hemp trailer tiny home, could there be other alternatives, Henry Ford made a car out of hemp fiber showcasing it in 1941.
Structural either wood, steel, bamboo.
Walls hempcrete, this may need researching, trial, and error on thickness for weight weather blocks or a mortar mix of hemp, lime, and water. You may also need to use a hemp plaster over the hempcrete.
Hemp particle boards for inside walls help with insulation, hemp wool insulation.
Hemp wood, hemp mats for flooring
Hemp particle board for subflooring, shelves, kitchens.
Hemp wood for furniture, shelves, flooring.
There are different companies and people around the world that make hemp tiny homes or use hemp as part of some of the materials to create their own or for customers which have different creative ideas, catering for different situations.
Let's take a look at what some of these builds.
Materials used are Bamboo as it's framing, Hempcrete, Hempwool insulation, Magnesium Oxide flooring, and other sustainable sourced materials. They also offer courses between $45 - $125 at the time of writing this post, for building with hemp.
Modular homescompany making moveable modular homes out of hemp these are a very creative idea to help with creating workspace shortages in tourist areas for out of down of oversea's workers that may normally need to live out of suitcases inexpensive hotels, motels, in turn, making it an expensive process for many companies or workers.
The cookie crumbs that lead us to refinding this unfindable gem
First hemp tiny home trailer showcase at canna village earth day
Baby boomers are even giving tiny homes a go as there retirement starts kicking to be able to live within their retirment means.
Would you consider the tiny house movement?
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I can see how hemp would be really useful for various building material.
I wouldn't mind find a source for hemp wool for insulation.
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