Yurt Buildng Here is a free copy of my book Build your own yurt, written in 1995, It has been used by a great many people who have built their own yurts. Our designs have progressed enormously since 1995. For a much more comprehensive guide see The Complete Yurt Handbook or see the rest of our website A complete guide to making a Mongolian Ger by P.R. Third Edition Fully revised and expanded for 1998 Internet Edition Jan 2000 The Yurt The English word Yurt comes from the Russian Yurta describing a circular trellis walled framed tent. The Kirgiz yurt with bent-wood roof poles and crown and a domed overall shape. The two tiered yurt with a pointed roof and two layers of wall section placed one on top of the other. The Mongol or Kalmuk ger with straight roof poles, a heavy timber crown, often supported by two upright poles, and fitted with a wooden door. This proven design is equally well suited to the many uses for moveable dwellings in this country. Figure 1.
How about a yurt, dome or tipi as a spare room? -Low impact living info, training, products & services Here’s an interview with David Field of World Tents about how a tipi, yurt or dome could be used as a spare room in the garden. Lowimpact.org: Hi David – so who might this type of ‘spare room’ be for? DF: People who want their own little private haven that they can retreat to and feel at peace – to be in their own space, undisturbed, to do their own thing. Lowimpact.org: For example? DF: An art space, some kind of studio or workshop, or for meditation, yoga etc. Lowimpact.org: Why especially teenagers? DF: How can I put this? Lowimpact.org: What about neighbours? DF: Well, artists, meditators and yoga practitioners probably won’t make much noise – but teenagers might. Lowimpact.org: How would you provide power? DF: There are several options. Lowimpact.org: What about bathroom facilities? DF: If you were really keen you could have a separate yurt/dome/tipi as a compost loo / solar shower – but it may be easier to let the occupants use the facilities in the house.
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Want a Cozy, Affordable Home? Build A Yurt In 1996, I bought 10 acres in Saranac Lake, N.Y. At the time, I was living in Pennsylvania, but I had visited small town New York several years before while visiting Paul Smith Forestry College, and I had always wanted to return. Following the death of my father and getting divorced, it seemed a good time to start on my dream. Until I was able to move to Saranac Lake permanently, I worked many hours at a utility company and spent my vacations camping on the land with my two kids. Getting Started In 2009, when the company I was working for scaled down, I accepted a good severance package and decided to cash out and move to my land. I laid out plans for the deck and base for my yurt. To grade part of the property and pull out some tree stumps, I rented a track hoe. That July, I laid out my lines for the yurt and started digging post holes. The Community Chips In After I figured out how to stabilize the first post, I continued digging away a little each day. Learning Along the Way
Building A Yurt From Scratch: Resources Yurts (and more interestingly to us, Gers) are front and center on the Milkwood research table currently. We’ve identified these structures as a likely cost-effective, climate-appropriate solution for our coming need for weatherproof, windproof, cosy crew-space come Spring at the Farm. While there’s many solutions to easily yurt oneself if you have a reasonable budget ($8-$10,000), we need to find a solution more in the DIY realm. So we have searched far and wide, and here’s what we’ve come up with in terms of build-it-yourself-from-scratch Yurt and Ger resources. Firstly I should clarify that I do mean a Yurt. A really truly, portable, cosy, weatherproof structure that, once the pieces are fully assembled, can be set up or pulled down in a couple of hours. More precisely, we’re looking at resources to aid us to build a Ger. Lower roof means easier heating, and warm crew quicker, with less wood burned, on a windy rainy night. Online Build-Your-Own yurt / ger resources:
How to Build a Low-Cost DIY Yurt from Sticks, String and Mud – Green Homes – MOTHER EARTH NEWS In 2007, I visited Bill Coperthwaite at his home in northern Maine and fell in love with the only round house I've ever been in that really works. The beauty of it grew directly from the circle itself; Bill didn't try to make it fit a squared-off floorplan: no right angles, and the big spaces (the main living space is about 30 feet in diameter) were simply divided in half or in thirds. People in one portion had privacy but could reach any other part of the building easily via a generous circular "room" that was open all the way around the perimeter. Bill's designs would make a wonderful book (in addition to his classic, A Handmade Life), but I went home wondering how I could combine his ideas with my own favorite material: mud. Creating a Structure from Basket-Woven Willow My first attempt was a hybrid stud frame building with wattle and daub infill. Folks were delighted to learn the sophisticated carpentry required to cut all the compound angles with hand saws.
Who built this yurt? | The Yurt Is Born We did : ) The site is tinkered on by me – Sarah Lecouffe Axtell – but we (Jedidiah Wiebe and I) both created and live the yurt year round in Salmon Arm, BC. <><><> o0o <><><> What did we make the yurt out of? We created a 22ft/7m beautiful, affordable (4,000$), natural dwellings using wood, wool and other abundant/salvaged materials. So do you dream of living in a yurt? We’re so pleased to be sharing with you what we have learned and hope to hear back from anyone who has found this site useful, inspiring or just enjoyed the browse around. <><><>o0o<><><> Click here to: Watch us erect the yurt in 2 minutes bam!! yurt frame, August 2013 Snow yurt, January 2014 <><><>o0o<><><> How did we know the measurements for the yurt?
How to Make a Junk Mail Yurt First Gen American First Gen American.com I live on a odd little homestead, kind of. It’s getting there, at any rate. My husband, kids and I raise chickens, bees, and this Spring will be adding ducks, pigs or maybe goats (god, I hope the goats don’t win out!). Around here things are always changing. Chez M&M What’s a yurt, you ask? It’s a round tent like structure- ours is about 300 sq ft. You say you ‘had’ a yurt? After standing for 5 years the mice got into it, along with the rain and it wasn’t the romantic hide-out it once was. What the hey is ‘papercrete’? It’s a building material that contains concrete and can be formed to make blocks. Here comes the junk mail! You need 65lbs of paper to make about 45 blocks. Paper crete mixer How much does a papercrete yurt cost? Paper (junk mail)= free Water= free (we’re on a well- pennies for the electricity to run the pump to get the water out of the well!) Concrete= $11 to make 45 blocks Have we finished building our papercrete hideaway? No. Junkmail yurt that is going to be a guest house
I Love Papercrete Papercrete was originally patented in the 20's. The patent lapsed because it was too easy to make on your own and the patent holder wasn't able to make any money off it. It really came into it's own as a building material in the 80's. Eric Patterson and Mike McCain are widely credited with independently inventing (rediscovering) it and actively developing techniques and machinery for working with it. I discovered papercrete in the late nineties. It was especially appealing to me because of all the waste involved in magazine distribution. My biggest obstacle was the mixer.
The Mongolian Yurt | Larry D Gray The Survival Pod CastOff Grid Net What is a yurt? Is it a tent? Is it a hut? Is it a shack? Is it a cabin? You may want to read a related article Green? Yurts were known to withstand hurricane strength or blizzard winds of around 90mph(144kph). 11.33 foot (3.45 m) radius. 22.66 foot (6.9 m) diameter. 403.2 square(37.43 m2) foot floor space. 71.18 foot (21.69 m) circumference. Wall Lattice Roof Lattice Parts list 140-1″x2″x8′ (2.5cm x 5cm x 2.43m) sticks for wall lattice.70-1″x2″x12′ (2.5cm x 5cm x 3.65m) sticks for roof lattice.70-1″x3″x12′ (2.5cm x 7.5cm x 3.65m) sticks for roof lattice.3/8″ (9.5mm) steel cable 75 feet(22.86m) long (for the 70 foot (21.33m) perimeter)Rope for guying. Parts list for the floor. 6, 6″x6″x11.33 feet in length beams size (can be larger than 6×6 such as 6×9). Main Floor Frame Beams. Floor with 2x6 joist on top and 2x8 joist on bottom. An insulated floor might need these parts.. Other ideas.. Fly Screen might be needed on top and sides to keep insects out. Like this:
YurtInfo.org :: Yurt Plans This section is intended for those who chose to handcraft or build their own yurts. For information on platform plans, go to our FAQs section and visit the yurt company websites. To learn more about yurt assembly, peruse the Yurt Assembly section on the Photo Links page. Here are some slideshows of hand-built yurts to get your creative juices flowing: Community Provided Yurt Plans Building a Mongolian yurt “Yurt without Steel” A yurt built for Burning Man Traditional Yurts The Basics There are four basic texts and a website that every yurt crafter should check out: The Complete Yurt Handbook by Paul King, Ecologic Books, 2001. Yurt builder Paul King provides detailed instructions on how to make both Mongolian and Turkic yurts. Mongolian Cloud Houses: How to Make a Yurt and Live Comfortably by Dan Kuehn, Shelter Publications, 2006. A re-issue and update of Dan Kuehn’s 1980 plans for making a 13-foot diameter Mongolian yurt from bamboo or willow with a canvas cover. Yurt/Ger Notes In 2005 Rene K.
Building a Yurt from Scratch: Resources - Milkwood: permaculture courses, skills + stories Yurts (and more interestingly to us, Gers) are front and center on the Milkwood research table currently. We’ve identified these structures as a likely cost-effective, climate-appropriate solution for our coming need for weatherproof, windproof, cosy crew-space come Spring at the Farm. While there’s many solutions to easily yurt oneself if you have a reasonable budget ($8-$10,000), we need to find a solution more in the DIY realm. So we have searched far and wide, and here’s what we’ve come up with in terms of build-it-yourself-from-scratch Yurt and Ger resources. Firstly I should clarify that I do mean a Yurt. More precisely, we’re looking at resources to aid us to build a Ger. Lower roof means easier heating, and warm crew quicker, with less wood burned, on a windy rainy night. This is all coming out of us being really impressed with Dave and Phoebe’s DIY yurt which came to Milkwood last Easter. Online Build-Your-Own yurt / ger resources: Yurt Forum – lots of owner-yurters here