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       Charlie Wing

      This book is printed on acid-free paper.

      Copyright © 2021 by Charlie Wing. All rights reserved

      Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey

      Published simultaneously in Canada

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       Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

      Names: Wing, Charles, 1939- author.

      Title: The tiny house handbook / Charlie Wing.

      Description: Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, [2020] | Includes index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2020031687 (print) | LCCN 2020031688 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119581871 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119581895 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119581864 (epub)

      Subjects: LCSH: Small houses—Design and construction—Handbooks, manuals, etc. | House construction—Handbooks, manuals, etc. | House construction—Pictorial works.

      Classification: LCC NA7533 .W56 2020 (print) | LCC NA7533 (ebook) | DDC 728/.37—dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020031687

      LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020031688

      Cover Design: Wiley

      Cover Illustrations: Courtesy of Charlie Wing

      The idea of living in a tiny house is not new. Outside of the developed world, most of the world’s people live in shelters no larger than those now defined in the US as “tiny” (less than 400 square feet). We have all read of and seen photographs of the Eskimo igloo, Native American teepee, Bedouin Arab tent, Gypsy vardo, Mongolian yurt, and Aboriginal dome. These are not temporary shelters, nor are they what Americans call “starter homes.” Rather, they are, and have been for millennia, the standard homes for their cultures.

      For reasons this book does not address, the average new home in the US has grown to 2,400 square feet of living space, four bedrooms, three bathrooms, and a two-car garage. While many, and probably most, Americans aspire to ownership of these McMansions, an increasing number are questioning, “What if a person gets everything and it’s not enough?”

      The

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