Hello everyone! I've tried for a while to search for relevant topics but I'm starting to feel that it must be better to ask where the knowledge base is largest!
The thing is, I'm looking at building a new small holiday home, or possibly a tiny house, potentially on wheels if necessary, or at least movable. That's where the complication lies; the beam structure I build needs to be strong enough to be moved without turning the whole thing into a house of cards!
With that in mind, I want to build as strong as necessary. The dimensions are something like 12x4 meters (because it has to go on a truck/trailer), am I wrong to think that I need at least 2 whole beams of 12 meters, or should it rather be spliced in some way? If I'm wrong, how should it be built? The house will temporarily be built on piers/blocks and I assume that it must be moved within a couple of years, so a lift must be possible.
And if you go about it in that way, how should the wood lie? If it doesn't build too much in height, it feels like an advantage, but maybe it isn't? The image below is from träguiden.se, does this work for my dimensions?
I also looked a bit at this thread, https://www.byggahus.se/forum/threads/konstruktion-bjaelklag-pa-plintgrund.122694/ <- is there any info there that I can benefit from? Can I apply it to my build?
This picture was also interesting, also from träguiden
The picture above shows the 4.5 meters between pier rows, so my 4 meters in width should be fine. And then there's a girder that seems to be continuous. But since it's on that amount of piers, it's not a question of it holding any loads over "4 points". How do I make it as strong as possible?
I apologize if I'm asking the wrong questions, but you can't learn without asking... Thank you for me! Regards/ Robert
The thing is, I'm looking at building a new small holiday home, or possibly a tiny house, potentially on wheels if necessary, or at least movable. That's where the complication lies; the beam structure I build needs to be strong enough to be moved without turning the whole thing into a house of cards!
With that in mind, I want to build as strong as necessary. The dimensions are something like 12x4 meters (because it has to go on a truck/trailer), am I wrong to think that I need at least 2 whole beams of 12 meters, or should it rather be spliced in some way? If I'm wrong, how should it be built? The house will temporarily be built on piers/blocks and I assume that it must be moved within a couple of years, so a lift must be possible.
And if you go about it in that way, how should the wood lie? If it doesn't build too much in height, it feels like an advantage, but maybe it isn't? The image below is from träguiden.se, does this work for my dimensions?
I also looked a bit at this thread, https://www.byggahus.se/forum/threads/konstruktion-bjaelklag-pa-plintgrund.122694/ <- is there any info there that I can benefit from? Can I apply it to my build?
This picture was also interesting, also from träguiden
The picture above shows the 4.5 meters between pier rows, so my 4 meters in width should be fine. And then there's a girder that seems to be continuous. But since it's on that amount of piers, it's not a question of it holding any loads over "4 points". How do I make it as strong as possible?
I apologize if I'm asking the wrong questions, but you can't learn without asking... Thank you for me! Regards/ Robert
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Hello!
I'm wondering if you've made any progress on this issue, maybe even finished building?
I'm planning to do a similar build, a Tiny House measuring 10x3m that will first be built on stilts and then transported by truck after a year or so.
I would be very grateful for a response,
Mathilda Östman
I'm wondering if you've made any progress on this issue, maybe even finished building?
I'm planning to do a similar build, a Tiny House measuring 10x3m that will first be built on stilts and then transported by truck after a year or so.
I would be very grateful for a response,
Mathilda Östman