My Chemical-Free House
A Guide to Creating a Healthy Home
This post will look at non-toxic pipe options for the home: PEX, Copper, PP, PVC, and ABS. Houses built after the year 2000 have plastic pipes. Houses built before the 70s (or so) often had galvanized pipes. After about 20 years, the galvanizing corrodes, and you can end up with a rusty odor and taste …
This article will discuss preventing mold in tiny homes that are custom-built. Usually on wheels, but much of this could apply to lane houses and other tiny homes not on wheels (though I don’t discuss foundations here). This will apply to some prefab but not all types. This post contains affiliate links to products that …
Here is the tiny house being built for my client right now by Tiny Green Cabins. The house is made with no wood whatsoever, including plywood and OSB! This is made for someone who cannot tolerate wood of any kind. She is also extremely sensitive to offgassing and mold. This post contains affiliate links to products …
I am now certified as a Building Biologist Practitioner with the International Institute for Building Biology and Ecology! The Institute’s mission is “to help create healthy homes, schools, and workplaces, free of toxins in the indoor air and tap water, and electromagnetic pollutants.” I hold a number of other certifications that can be found here. …
Here is my chemical-free new sofa! I will go over in detail the material options for a DIY non-toxic sofa as well as the costs. This post contains affiliate links to products I used. Upon purchase, I earn a small commission through affiliate links at no extra cost to you. The non-toxic materials The frame: We …
Alex who worked on my house used natural milk paint pigments from Homestead House to stain the poplar floors and stairs in my tiny house. These pigments were extremely difficult to work with and I did not end up liking the result. But I have a few tips on how to get a better result. This …
Tiny House Systems: Power, Water, and Wastewater as well as basic reduction of EMFs. Type of Power My tiny house is 100% electric. I could have gone with a propane on-demand hot water heater and possibly with a propane-powered fridge. Since these vent fully to the outside, they should be safe. I decided not to …
I made a short video tour of my tiny house and will follow with some Q&As below! What are the dimensions The whole trailer is 20 x 8, the washroom is 30 inches x 8 feet and the kitchen is 7 feet long. Therefore, the living room is around 10 x 8 feet. What kind …
Some preliminary considerations if building a tiny home with healthy materials: 1. Choosing Plans Because I wanted a more modern style, I bought conventional plans from Leaf House. I wanted to change the layout to make the living room bigger, which entailed changing almost every other aspect of the design. In a tiny house, one …
This post contains affiliate links. Upon purchase, I earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Non-Toxic Shower Options that I Considered Tiles My first plan when designing my tiny house was to use tiles. But because grout without additives (plain Portland Cement) may not hold up in the long run to mold …
I used clay plaster throughout my tiny house on wheels, including the kitchen, over MgO walls, with oiled wood on the trim but there are a few things I would have done differently. This post contains affiliate links. Upon purchase, I earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Should you use Clay …
While I waited patiently for my own tiny home to be ready, I thought I would check out natural builder, Pat Hennebery’s teardrop trailer. Pat, of Cobworks (B.C., Canada) has built over 25 cob houses. This post contains affiliate links. Upon purchase, I earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Lately, Pat has become …
I spent weeks and weeks searching for a chemical-free trailer suitable for people with MCS. I finally came across a trailer made almost entirely of aluminum. I had it made based on the suggestions in this EI Wellspring article. This post is an update on that article and I will add some suggestions for improvements. …
