Testing

Lift Test

The houses are meant to be modular and moveable. Most tiny homes are moved by crane which can be extremely expensive. We are able to lift our houses by forklift without a counterweight, eliminating the need for a crane and allowing simplified installation.

Crane Test

We are in the process of performing a crane test. This test will lift the house by a crane and turn it 90 degrees, showing that the walls can withstand 1G of force. Half of the house's weight(3,500lbs) will be added to the inside, showing that it can withstand 1.5G of force, simulating the affect of an earthquake on the walls.

Load Test

The allowable uniform load for the roof is 40 psf. To test if the roof can withstand that load with no deformation, we stacked sheet metal onto each side of the roof until it reached double the allowable load, which is equal to 12,000 pounds on each side of the roof, which is 1.5 times the weight of the house.