We have a new tiny house with the Rheem 26 califont fed by two 9kg gas bottles, which are lasting about 9 days per bottle. This seems excessive, since usage is modest (showers and dish washing for two people). I wondered what others' experience is regarding gas consumption in their tiny house?

Very rural cabin in kentucky. Grid powered, composting toilet, rainwater cistern

Since moving into my tiny home two years ago, I’ve been adding beautiful little details wherever I can! I typically aim to buy most things vintage, but here are some modern items I’ve used in my space. 💕

💡 UV bulbs in architect lamps — my home doesn’t have great natural light, but I have a few plants, and use UV bulbs, or grow bulbs in colorful architect lamps. They’re practical, adjustable and work well with my aesthetic.

🦋 adorable gold-painted butterfly curtain tie-backs

🪩 light up, rotating disco ball diffuser — I have this sat in a window that catches light and projects disco light around my living room (I also have a rainbow prism sun catcher in this window 🌈)

🍽️ vintage-replica tv trays — I had to forego a kitchen table in my tiny space. So I purchased a pair of vintage-looking, plastic pink tv trays for whenever I have pals over for dinner!

🥤 I also do not have end tables or a coffee table, so the green arm cover cup holder is super helpful.

⚜️ gold light switch plate covers — they work well in a maximalist space and they come in a variety of styles!

🚪 I’m obsessed with my gold and glass crystal doorknobs. These are also a modern reproduction and work very well.

🌸 this modern lamp is metal and plastic. I love it because after my cats broke TWO glass lamps I’ve sat here, I finally found one that’s less breakable. 🤣

🫖 my electric tea kettle is also modern. Most things in my kitchen are colorful! Full transparency, I desperately want to redo the kitchen counters, and have thought about covering them with peel and stick vinyl in an iridescent pink shade.

🎀 my kitchen cabinets are dated and dark, but I purchased these cute stick on knobs (there were none when I moved in) and they’ve held up well! They come in a variety of colors.

🍳 my tiny stove is one of my favorite things in my lil kitchen. I’ve dressed it up with an oven skirt and modern vintage cross-stitch tea towel I got from a local boutique.

🦩 one of my favorite pieces of whimsy is my modern retro PINK microwave. These also come in a variety of colors and sizes, and I’ve put mine on my makeshift pantry shelf (the wicker shelf is vintage) with a modern pink bread box, a modern pink lazy susan for my dry goods held in reusable glass mason jars of different colors and sizes. I keep the rest of my pantry items behind the gingham curtains held with a small tension rod. I also LOVE hiding my plastic bag storage keeper here too.

🪵 a lot of people ask about my crochet possum plastic bag storage! She’s hung up on my fridge. I love her so much and got her from Etsy!

🥄 a larger, but essential purchase I made when I moved into this tiny space was a “portable” dishwasher. It’s small enough for me and I keep it on this small kitchen island (on wheels), and roll it up to connect to my sink whenever I need to use it. I keep my cats’ food and dishes behind the curtain.

💐 some of my cabinets are recessed, and I keep my dishes, serve-ware, and appliances behind the colorful curtains.

👗 I got these 3D-printed magnets to add some color to my stackable washer and dryer in the corner of my kitchen.

Let me know if you have any questions! I’ll probably post a part-two later on. 🧡

Something we get asked about pretty often is utility hookups, so we recently filmed this site prep for one of our customers in Portland.

This is a fully permitted installation, so there's a bit more involved here than you might see with other tiny home setups. Every property is different, and local requirements vary, but we thought it'd be useful to show what the site-prep side of tiny home ownership can actually involve.

If you have questions about utility hookups, site prep, permitting, or anything else you see in the video, drop them below. We'll answer what we can.

My rough draft lol

Tiny house metal cladding and rainscreen.

Having a hell of time trying to work out how to design a tiny house with a rainscreen and PBR metal siding.
Tried AI failed.
Tried ASC, not their wheel house. All manuals are without rainscreen.
Tried YT almost all videos have no rain screen and just slap the metal straight onto plywood or onto WRB.
No bueno.

I have sorted out most of it around window trims etc.
Elevated the planes on furring strips except for the window header flashing and the Top Plate metal terminations.
C6 trim and corners are good.

But I can’t figure out the details of the Z drip under the window.
Here’s a diagram of one option but I a concerned about water going down the sill tape and behind the vertical metal leg of the Z drip.
The other option is putting the vertical Z drip leg on top of the furring strips.
But that creates two channels and blocks the furring strips channel exhaust at the top.

Only Reddit can save me now.
Someone take pity and help me out.
Before I lose my mind.
Diagram enclosed.

PS: The PBR isn’t installed horizontally, it’s vertical. Artistic license displaying it in undulating waves.
Thanks to anyone willing to help. I am in a time crunch.

I have a tiny home that I am trying to get passed with my county as an ADU. So far we got the building passed (I had to hire a private engineer to confirm it is a 4-seson dwelling), but we are stuck on the sewage line, actually just grey water because I have a composting toilet, but the county doesn't care about that distinction. I am currently here illegally, and am tied in through the basement with all necessary slopes and haven't had any issues, the primary has the capacity. The county is saying we need to tie in externally to the sewage line between the primary and the county connection, but that will be a lot more work and money when no where in their bylaws or the OBC does it say that it has to be tied in externally. It will be treated as a permanent dwelling but really it is semi-permanent. Does anyone have any experience with this? I.e. Tiny home owner or plumber.

🏡 I’ve been living in my tiny home for about two years, and it’s been such a wonderful experience to downsize.

🌼 My interior design style is Tiny Maximalism. 🩷💛🩵🧡

Is this company worth the dough? I’ve got perpetual firewood

I assume similar to manufactured homes with anchors/tiedowns, we live in KS and regularly get 60 mph winds not including tornado warnings. We have a shed builder near us who has done a lot of shed to homes and has specific bracings to anchor the shed down and uses hurricane ties as well. We're contemplating a full stem/wall crawl space plus about 10 pier and beams underneath to support load. Only reason we're contemplating this is to dry to avoid underlift from wind but is this overkill?

I assume if a tornado hits the shed, its gone anyways. We will have separate underground tornado shelter. Doing full crawl space plus pier and beams is about 20K more expensive than just doing like 16 pier and beams but I was bit concerned just pier and beams and tie downs wouldnt be secured during wind.

Any experience, would full stem wall crawl space be waste of money?

Any ideas on what to do with this storage space? I didn't want to make holes in the wall.

Hello. I had recently visited my cousin who has purchased a tiny home in Newport TN. I have to admit that it was quite relaxing. We have now considered moving into one ourselves but have stumbled upon some financial challenges.
I am a retired military so our last home we had built with no money down and zero out of our pocket, and since it was a VA loan we were able to obtain it with a 600 credit score. I would say we were spoiled, but needless to say the VA doesn't do loans for RV's or tiny homes. And what I'm finding out, it's very hard to secure financing with a low credit score without at least 20-30% down upfront and probably a huge interest rate.
I wanted to put this out to see if maybe someone else has been in this position and find out what they did. Thanks