How about a Wikkel House Darkroom?

Mainecoonmaniac · Aug 5, 2016

I thought about using a Tough Shed, But this is intriguing.

http://www.wikkelhouse.com/

mike c · Aug 5, 2016

Make one supper darkroom, a little costly and might want to anchor it down in windy places.

AgX · Aug 6, 2016

If the house is only half as good as their video it should be something to be considered.

But their horizontal slats outer-covering already makes me wonder....

scheimfluger_77 · Aug 6, 2016

mike c said:
Make one supper darkroom, a little costly and might want to anchor it down in windy places.

I was thinking a darkroom/studio/gathering space would be just right. At 6000 kilo's (per module?) I would think anchoring would be minimal, about what you would do for a mobile home.

mike c · Aug 6, 2016

Thats pretty heavy cardboard.

paul_c5x4 · Aug 6, 2016

scheimfluger_77 said:
At 6000 kilo's (per module?) I would think anchoring would be minimal, about what you would do for a mobile home.

You are quite a bit out there - Each 1.2m segment weighs in at 500Kg. Although, depending on what extras you opt for (e.g. shower, kitchen, windows), the weight would increase. Still, 500Kg isn't going to be blown around by a bit of wind.

AgX · Aug 6, 2016

scheimfluger_77 said:
At 6000 kilo's (per module?).

I assume that weight to a apply for a complete house of minimum size, which would mean several segments.

paul_c5x4 said:
You are quite a bit out there - Each 1.2m segment weighs in at 500Kg. Although, depending on what extras you opt for (e.g. shower, kitchen, windows), the weight would increase. Still, 500Kg isn't going to be blown around by a bit of wind.

That goes along my assessment.
But where did you get that figure? I was looking for it in vain.

paul_c5x4 · Aug 6, 2016

It is under the heading "Design" - I found it difficult to read the text so turned off the page style.

6,000Kg would give you a building some 14 metres long - That is one helluva big cardboard box !

DREW WILEY · Aug 8, 2016

Cardboard houses? Those are common around here, at least under the overpass in the hobo camp.

Ronald Moravec · Aug 8, 2016

I am completing a garden shed now, 8x12 feet. It is a shed built to house specifications, studs on 16" centers, plywood, over the studs, same Certenteed Siding as what is is covering my house. Gable roof with roof rafters on 16"centers . Ridge vents.

12" eaves. Floor is 2x6 wolmanized planks 1/8 inch apart so I get air circulation floor to ridge vent. No insulation yet, but it stays 10 deg F cooler than outside. Building sits on 12" piers down 42 " and is strapped down.

Any carpenter can build this in 4 days.

You now have a structure that will be good 200 years. You can insulate and finish the walls with underlayment.

My contractor laughs at me for wanting NASA specs.

PM if you want photos.

mshchem · Aug 13, 2016

Ronald Moravec said:
I am completing a garden shed now, 8x12 feet. It is a shed built to house specifications, studs on 16" centers, plywood, over the studs, same Certenteed Siding as what is is covering my house. Gable roof with roof rafters on 16"centers . Ridge vents.

12" eaves. Floor is 2x6 wolmanized planks 1/8 inch apart so I get air circulation floor to ridge vent. No insulation yet, but it stays 10 deg F cooler than outside. Building sits on 12" piers down 42 " and is strapped down.

Any carpenter can build this in 4 days.

You now have a structure that will be good 200 years. You can insulate and finish the walls with underlayment.

My contractor laughs at me for wanting NASA specs.

PM if you want photos.

This sounds more useful than cardboard. Most people forget the hurricane straps on the rafters. I'm thinking of the same type. No sense in doing things halfway. Proper footings, 42 in sounds just about right. The last garage I built I had the cement guy but in 4 foot deep trenches for footings, curbs around the perimeter. 2 story garage hasn't moved an inch in 20 years.
Mike

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