Volstrukt’s Zac Siegler is here to talk about benefits, disadvantages, and cost differences of a steel framed tiny houses. Having spent the last 3 years involved in the structural decisions made when building a mobile tiny house, Zac Siegler and his team at Volstrukt are the specialists when it comes to laser-precise, industrial strength framing solutions combined with lightning fast installation.

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Hilarie built her tiny house on wheels over the course of three years in central NJ. After moving into her dream tiny house in September of 2017, she bought her road companion and best friend, Crusher the mini pig and traveled over 16,000 miles in over 22 states and Canada. She is currently Event Coordinator for TinyFest California and TinyFest NorthWest and is parked in a small town in the north Bay Area is California.

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Teresa Baker believes in harnessing the power of community to achieve big , and tiny, accomplishments! She's the cofounder of LATCH Collective which is a support network for DIY builders. She also leads advocacy efforts in LA and Statewide with the American Tiny House Association. In her spare time she's working on her own self-built tiny, the BakonBox, attending carpentry school, or playing roller derby.

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Building a tiny house may be the biggest single project you ever take on. Big projects require more than just checklists. Enter: Project Management. Joel Zaslofsky is a simple living enthusiast and Project Management extraordinaire, and he's here to answer the question, "how do I project manage my tiny house build?"

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Jenna built a Tiny House 4 years ago, traveled with it for one year, and has been parked in a Tiny House Community in Oregon for the past two years. She also travels abroad often and rents out her TIny House when she is away.

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John and Fin Kernohan founded the United Tiny House Association, which has organized eight for-charity tiny house festivals – including the World’s 3 largest tiny house events. They have been living for six and a half years in their DIY off-grid 304sqft Beloved Cabin. They also own the famous Tiny Firehouse, which is their tribute tiny house honoring firefighters, plus a yurt, gypsy wagon and skoolie.

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Meet Jake and Kiva, the power couple behind the popular Tiny Nest Project youtube channel. The Tiny Nest Project started as a conversation in 2012 after watching a documentary on tiny homes. After a period of research and money-saving, they moved to Kiva’s family farm and began building. Jake and Kiva have now switched from working as an electrician and in high end retail respectively, to taking care of horses, running a youtube channel, and doing 3D rendering and 3D tours of tiny houses.

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Rev. Faith Fowler is the Senior Pastor of Cass Community United Methodist Church and Executive Director of Cass Community Social Services (CCSS), a Detroit nonprofit that is in the process of building 25 different Tiny Homes for the homeless in Detroit. Photo by Diane Weiss.

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Mike Garofalo lives the #vanlife and is the former Tesla Lead Solar Installer. We'll chat sizing your solar system, batteries, charge controllers, and more nerdy but important things.

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What are the benefits of building a tiny house with SIPs? How should you approach designing for SIPs? Are SIPs a safe material for chemically sensitive people? These questions and more in my interview with Patrick Sughrue from Artisan Tiny House. 

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