The vardo is always one roomed on four high wheels with door and movable steps in front the brush wagon the only exception sash windows a rack called the cratch and a pan box at the rear.
Vardo towable 3 roof.
For me a vardo is a romani inspired tiny house that s built to travel.
This allowed me to bolt the roof on.
Part 1 an overview of the vardo originally published january 2010 updated august 2015 jump to part 2 first iteration of the vardo.
First we had filled the spaces between the rafters with rigid styrofoam glueing it all down.
The thought of something flying off well let s just say that wasn t an option.
Towable on the highway this wagon combines the design of centuries past with mobility and economy required for modern life.
After reading just abou.
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For many years i have been interested in gypsy wagons or vardos and western sheepherder wagons.
The vardo is also attractive as a retirement home because utilities cost little to nothing depending on how you live.
The roof on our vardo for the past couple of weeks we ve been working off and on getting the roof on our little vardo.
Building a gypsy wagon.
This is before we added the foam insulation.
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The arched roof rib to wall attachment was critical as the wagon had to withstand cruising down the highway at 65 mph.
No kitchen box and plywood sides.
They were probably first used by traveling showmen and slowly came to replace the older benders tents made with a hazel frame covered by canvas.
This means a vardo has more limitations in space weight and balance than a tiny house that will only be moved on occasion.
A vardo wagon attested to the economic status of the family as well as supporting the age old nomadic way of life of the romani people.
Before you build anything.
The one we built here is two feet longer than paleotool s to accommodate an indoor kitchen and more.
It takes some living in and thought to figure out what.
As it isn t practical for me to have an authentic horse drawn lifestyle i decided to make a version towable at highway speeds.
The don vardo tiny house plans set does not include electrical and plumbing diagrams appliance specifications and interior sections to show cabinetry details and counter heights.
Things were still changing at this point but we were settling into some finality.
