Insulation questions...Permanent yurt in Burleson County Texas...

[Lucy Ina Yurt]

Originally Posted by Albert Mongol Ail

It is a bit of a late reply, but nevertheless:

Firstly, you have already heard about the chimny effect of a yurt and how to use it. I have a slight improvement on it though which I am going to test next summer, hopefully.

If you build your yurt on an elevated wooden platform with a crawl space under, and install ventilation inlets in the floor inside the yurt all around the diameter of the wall, you can actually tap into the colder air under the platform, which shades the soil from the sun. Also, if you dig a deeper hole under the platform, you can use the chimney effect to get the cold air from the hole into the yurt. This needs some engineering planning though. But it is still way simpler and more natural than air conditioning. Also, it cannot break down.

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That's what I'm planning to do. I'll be interested to learn how you got on.