Permanent Yurt (Styled-Home) Foundation Help

[Techniix]

This may or may not be relevant here, but I figured that at least somebody would have some experience for guidance. I will soon begin my journey in building my own home. I have decided on a rather large 40ft yurt-style home with non-traditional walls. I will not have a lattice structure so that is why I'm not sure if this really counts as a yurt or not, but my plan is to build the home very similarly to a yurt. My walls will be 4ft sections at around 11.5 degree offsets to make the circular yurt-like structure. They will be 12ft tall and each wall section will be double studs with the outside-most stud mitered at an angle to make sure there aren't any gaps. I'm pretty confident in most of the building process, but need opinions and guidance on the foundation. It will be a pier and beam foundation but I am having a hard time getting the calculations right. I was considering 6x6 piers with 4x10 beams or 2 x 2x10 boards joined together. Then with 2x8 floor joists. The exterior walls will be covered with OSB and house wrap before being finished out. Any opinions, suggestions, or recommendations would be appreciated.

[Jafo]

I will leave this main question on this for people like Bob, but you might want to check out some of the hard sided yurt manufacturers like Freedom Yurts or Smiling Wood Yurts.. They have a lot of info on their sites.

[yurtgurl]

Yes, sounds like a Smiling Woods Yurt!

Just curious, how will you make your roof?

[Bob Rowlands]

Techniix you need engineering. I'm not a licensed engineer.

Jafo offered good advice. Consult a yurt manufacturer that sponsors this site and ask them for foundation help. Or other yurt manufacturer. Possibly discuss this with your regional bldg dept? They might direct you to an engineering firm? Or look up engineers in the yellow pages?

Good luck.