Learn to Build a Tiny House suited to Australia
Learn everything you need to know about building your tiny house on wheels in Australia. 7 hours of instruction in 37 Units of video content and helpful quizzes.
An empowering experience of eye-opening ‘ah-haa’ moments, presented to you on an easy to use educational platform that includes:
* handy summaries,
* fun quizzes,
* downloadable documents,
* and reference links.
This course will be a resource at your side to be replayed and consulted again and again on your journey from playing with different floor plans through to the construction of your very own tiny house.
Save yourself years of research and expensive mistakes with this tried-and-true information that travels with you on your tiny house journey.
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All Things Trailers for Tiny House Builders
Learn everything you need to know about trailers for tiny houses in these first 12 Units. You will learn how:
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To “Speak Trailer” so you won’t be taken for a ride.
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The correct braking systems and suspension for a tiny house vehicle.
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How trailers work and what can go wrong.
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How tiny houses and their trailers are commonly attached together.
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Understand your trailer’s compliance plate.
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To assess the value and pitfalls of buying a used trailer for a tiny house.
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To make a truly insulated floor for your tiny house.
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To make your trailer and tiny house registrable in Australia.
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The most important things to look for when buying a trailer for a tiny house.
Taking It Off-Grid
In these next 7 Units (Units 13-19), learn key points about how to create an off-grid tiny house that uses passive solar design principles appropriate to tiny house vehicles considering weight, size and year-round comfort. This section has an emphasis on how to achieve high levels of comfort without using any fossil fuels. You will learn:
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Options for collecting and storing power to run electrical appliances.
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How to calculate the correct battery bank size for your off-grid tiny house.
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How a modern composting toilet works and what's different to a conventional flush toilet.
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Tips & tricks for insulating for summer and winter.
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Fred’s proven method to keep your loft bed ceiling cool in summer; including how to create a radiant barrier in your tiny house.
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Making hot water: how to design a hot water system for a tiny house that uses only renewable energy.
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Appliances that are easy to use on batteries
Where To Put a Tiny House – Council Regulations in Your Local Area:
The most often asked question by prospective tiny house builders/owners, is “Where can I put a tiny house?” And because the answers are a bit complicated, we take a detailed look at various local laws that can affect tiny house living. In these seven units (Unit 20 to Unit 27) you will:
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Gain an historical understanding of the tiny house movement, your place in it, and the awesome people who have gone before you.
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Understand the differences for local council rules between tiny houses on foundations and tiny houses on wheels
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Get an introduction to relevant local laws & planning regulations.
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Learn how to do your own research into your own council's regulations regarding tiny houses (without alerting to what you're thinking).
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Learn who regulates tiny houses on wheels and who regulates tiny houses on foundations
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The case for and against increased regulation of Tiny House Vehicles.
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Real life case studies of where tiny house people are living.
How to Build a Tiny House
In this last section of 9 units (Units 28 to Unit 36) Fred draws together the learnings from the previous units and applies these to the task of framing a lightweight yet strong tiny house vehicle. Fred's starting point is to examine the merits and pitfalls of conventional construction methods in cyclonic areas. Fred then shares in detail how his Unified Construction Method® overcomes and improves on conventional building methods, allowing you to decide for yourself what's best for you. You will learn:
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The risks with tiny house builds and how to avoid them.
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Building terminology that will help you talk with confidence at your local timber yard and to professionals when discussing your build.
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Conventional floor construction, then 3 different ways to construct an insulated floor suited to a tiny house vehicle.
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Building methods suitable for tiny houses – making it strong, vibration resilient, able to withstand strong wind forces as well as being lightweight.
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Detailed overview of all 4 elements of the Unified Construction Method® (UCM®) (patent applied for) and how the UCM® is available to:
*DIY Builder,
*3rd Party Builder (if you employ someone to build your tiny house) and,
*Commercial Builders building THVs to sell to their customers. -
Steel v. timber stud framing
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Fred's design tips for common tiny house dilemas and features such as: stairs v. ladders, doors, storage, kids bunks, windows & skylights. id’s bunks, plus many more.
Fred Schultz
Tiny House leader in Australia
Tiny House Leader
Fred Schultz
It can be done!
And you can do it!
Testimonials
Hear what students say about the course:
Don’t buy or build anything until you’ve done this!
A must!
Fantastic!
In a heartbeat!
Saved hours & hours of research!
Absolutely blown away
Do this first!
Empowered and Motivated!
Important stuff you don't see online!
Wealth of knowledege!
All of this is totally DIY-able.
You can do it!
Liberate yourself.
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