I was recently contacted by a fellow named Roy who was looking
for something to do with 200 pallets. He couldn’t find any
buyers or even someone to haul them off free, so he’s decided
to build something out of them. To help him visualize how I’d
build a house from pallets I drew these 3D drawings with
Google SketchUp, the free 3D drafting software from Google.
I’ve been getting better at drawing with SketchUp and it only
took about 30 minutes to draw this up. I’ll eventually replace
the 2D plans on this website with a better 3D plans. In the mean
time I thought I’d share with you what I shared with Roy. The
tiny house pictured here would use about 50 to 70 pallets. I
left the roof off the design because I’m thinking more and more
that the roof should be conventionally framed. Pallets over head
just seems a little too risky, although I think Roy is going to
find a way to do it safely.
For those of you playing with Google SketchUp here is my
SketchUp file. Also note that the pallets in the drawing are an
odd size, 45″ by 40″. That may explain why Roy had such a hard
time getting rid of them. Standard 48″ by 40″ pallets tend to be
easy to sell and give away, odd sized pallets are a different
story.
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I was recently contacted by a fellow named Roy who was looking for something to do with 200 pallets. He couldn’t find any buyers or even someone to haul them off free, so he’s decided to build something out of them. To help him visualize how I’d build a house from pallets I drew these 3D drawings with Google SketchUp, the free 3D drafting software from Google.
I’ve been getting better at drawing with SketchUp and it only took about 30 minutes to draw this up. I’ll eventually replace the 2D plans on this website with a better 3D plans. In the mean time I thought I’d share with you what I shared with Roy. The tiny house pictured here would use about 50 to 70 pallets. I left the roof off the design because I’m thinking more and more that the roof should be conventionally framed. Pallets over head just seems a little too risky, although I think Roy is going to find a way to do it safely.
For those of you playing with Google SketchUp here is my SketchUp file. Also note that the pallets in the drawing are an odd size, 45″ by 40″. That may explain why Roy had such a hard time getting rid of them. Standard 48″ by 40″ pallets tend to be easy to sell and give away, odd sized pallets are a different story.