Comments on: Building the Fencl http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/build-it-yourself/building-the-fencl/ here's a tagline Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:38:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Amos http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/build-it-yourself/building-the-fencl/comment-page-1/#comment-7342 Amos Fri, 20 May 2011 19:35:38 +0000 http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/?p=2200#comment-7342 I also like the Fencl. However, I wouldn't put that sloped roof over the porch and the bump-out. Too much storage space is wasted. Why not just bring the end on out to a gable like the other side of the house, where the kitchen and bath are? I also like the Fencl.

However, I wouldn’t put that sloped roof over the porch and the bump-out. Too much storage space is wasted.

Why not just bring the end on out to a gable like the other side of the house, where the kitchen and bath are?

]]> By: Leila http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/build-it-yourself/building-the-fencl/comment-page-1/#comment-6922 Leila Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:19:29 +0000 http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/?p=2200#comment-6922 Hi Paul, How did you get on with your Fencl build? I'm in Scotland too, and loving the tiny houses. I'm thinking about purchasing land in the next year or so, and I'm researching the logistics of having a tiny home on it. I was hoping you might share with me any planning permission issues or info resources you've come across, with regards to where you'd site your home? Regards, Leila Hi Paul,

How did you get on with your Fencl build?

I’m in Scotland too, and loving the tiny houses. I’m thinking about purchasing land in the next year or so, and I’m researching the logistics of having a tiny home on it.
I was hoping you might share with me any planning permission issues or info resources you’ve come across, with regards to where you’d site your home?
Regards, Leila

]]> By: Harasho Puck http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/build-it-yourself/building-the-fencl/comment-page-2/#comment-6739 Harasho Puck Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:52:51 +0000 http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/?p=2200#comment-6739 Brendan, Your "Internet barn raising" sounds interesting. How comfortable would you be as the electrician / wifi wiring guy on a team of commonwealth builders? Back on the subject, I have been seeing an interesting lady for the past few months. She has this fetish for destroying blackberries. And I have 5 acres with about a third in blackberries. On top of that, she is good at eradicating them. Before she came to ply her fetish, I had already shared the Tumbleweed House web site with her; and when she got here to see the trailers, her first statement was, "I want to help build one of these!" I think this can become infectious with many people. And if the many who are interested are willing to pull their share on all projects, then everyone could come out ahead. I am also a realist. In my 56 years, I have come across people who would work themselves to death for the common good knowing they were a part of it. I have also met those who are leaches, and would work just enough to get their project done then leave everyone else in the lurch. I think the first Tumbleweed I want to tackle will be the Vardo. Simplistic and functional. And it would not be as labor intensive as the other designs, as well as instructive on how to build them. Then I can take on the larger units with more confidence. Like I said, I have a plethora of trailers that I can use and two or three of them would work well for the Vardo. If energy and good friends hold out, I may start that early next Spring. Thanks, Puck Brendan,
Your “Internet barn raising” sounds interesting. How comfortable would you be as the electrician / wifi wiring guy on a team of commonwealth builders?

Back on the subject, I have been seeing an interesting lady for the past few months. She has this fetish for destroying blackberries. And I have 5 acres with about a third in blackberries. On top of that, she is good at eradicating them.

Before she came to ply her fetish, I had already shared the Tumbleweed House web site with her; and when she got here to see the trailers, her first statement was, “I want to help build one of these!” I think this can become infectious with many people. And if the many who are interested are willing to pull their share on all projects, then everyone could come out ahead.

I am also a realist. In my 56 years, I have come across people who would work themselves to death for the common good knowing they were a part of it. I have also met those who are leaches, and would work just enough to get their project done then leave everyone else in the lurch.

I think the first Tumbleweed I want to tackle will be the Vardo. Simplistic and functional. And it would not be as labor intensive as the other designs, as well as instructive on how to build them. Then I can take on the larger units with more confidence.

Like I said, I have a plethora of trailers that I can use and two or three of them would work well for the Vardo.

If energy and good friends hold out, I may start that early next Spring.

Thanks,
Puck

]]> By: Brendan Howley http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/build-it-yourself/building-the-fencl/comment-page-2/#comment-6710 Brendan Howley Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:19:44 +0000 http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/?p=2200#comment-6710 Hi Puck. Thanks for another great note: in my other life, I'm building a software ecosystem with Canadian government investment that's essentially a barnraising online: a suite of collaboration tools. Interesting to see how our values intersect. I will stay in touch, for sure. I've worked construction but am not a finish carpenter, so I'll monitor your progress for sure. We're moving house here and my plan is to build a Fencl as a mobile work/live space that we can also use as a lakeside retreat. cheers/brendan Hi Puck. Thanks for another great note: in my other life, I’m building a software ecosystem with Canadian government investment that’s essentially a barnraising online: a suite of collaboration tools. Interesting to see how our values intersect. I will stay in touch, for sure. I’ve worked construction but am not a finish carpenter, so I’ll monitor your progress for sure. We’re moving house here and my plan is to build a Fencl as a mobile work/live space that we can also use as a lakeside retreat. cheers/brendan

]]> By: Harasho Puck http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/build-it-yourself/building-the-fencl/comment-page-2/#comment-6704 Harasho Puck Sun, 19 Dec 2010 17:30:24 +0000 http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/?p=2200#comment-6704 Brendan, I grew up in Texas, in a small community. When people had tough times, the community would pull together and help. I learned that lesson, among others, when I was very young. It has been a staple in the way I deal with people and situation. The Tumbleweed House "Community" can be much like that. Where one person has an excess of material or energy; it can help another member to achieve their goals and dreams. In the midwest, where I went to college, they still had barn raisings where the community of farmers and others would gather to put together ad raise a barn for a newly wed farmer or where a farmer's barn had met calamity. If enough people, who want to build a Tumble weed House, find themselves in the same area and have the skills, time, energy and materials to share; they could make some deep progress on building quite a few of these. I have not heard from Shane. I do hope he is still pursuing his dream to build one of these, with or without my trailer. I just received the book in the mail. As a skilled remodeler, carpenter and engineer, I hope to take one of my trailers and build one of these myself. Keep an eye out here for updates and photos as I get started and progress. Thanks, Puck Brendan,
I grew up in Texas, in a small community. When people had tough times, the community would pull together and help. I learned that lesson, among others, when I was very young. It has been a staple in the way I deal with people and situation.

The Tumbleweed House “Community” can be much like that. Where one person has an excess of material or energy; it can help another member to achieve their goals and dreams.

In the midwest, where I went to college, they still had barn raisings where the community of farmers and others would gather to put together ad raise a barn for a newly wed farmer or where a farmer’s barn had met calamity. If enough people, who want to build a Tumble weed House, find themselves in the same area and have the skills, time, energy and materials to share; they could make some deep progress on building quite a few of these.

I have not heard from Shane. I do hope he is still pursuing his dream to build one of these, with or without my trailer.

I just received the book in the mail. As a skilled remodeler, carpenter and engineer, I hope to take one of my trailers and build one of these myself. Keep an eye out here for updates and photos as I get started and progress.

Thanks,
Puck

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