Can you live in a tiny house year-round in Ontario?

The free guide: “Insulating your tiny house in Ontario: the required RSI and R values”. The minimums of Ontario's Building Code and its Supplementary Standard SB-12 for each assembly of your timber frame tiny house, with their R equivalent, and what to check before buying your materials.

3D rendering of the timber frame of a tiny house, taken from a Biobâtir plan — 3D rendering of the timber frame of a Biobâtir plan (the frame's real geometry; wood, site and sky staged).

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Insulating your tiny house in Ontario: the required RSI and R values

Why a national table, or a table for a gas furnace, misleads you in Ontario
RSI and R: the conversion
Your zone: Zone 1 or Zone 2 — under or over 5000 degree-days
Ceiling, walls, floor: the minimums
Slab, foundations and radon
Windows, doors and access hatch
The envelope goes outside the frame
The mistakes that make the envelope fail and the questions before buying

The table of minimums in Ontario in RSI and in R: ceiling, walls, floor, slab, windows and doors, according to your zone (Zone 1 or Zone 2 — under or over 5000 degree-days).
Why the insulated envelope goes outside the timber frame, and when Ontario requires continuous insulation — it depends on your zone and your heating.
Two checklists: the questions to ask your building official and those to ask your supplier, product by product.