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Beowulf makes them: https://www.beowulfsewing.com/yurt-covers You might also give Steve a shout over at Grandma Shirley Yurts (formerly Surely Yurts): https://grandmashirleysyurt.co/services/ He makes custom covers for yurts.

Tanya, any luck?

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Pacific Yurts has announced their spring sale off of 16' - 30' yurts. You can save up to $1,200 and get free perimeter blocking with purchase of a snow and wind kit. This sale ends on April 16th, 2026! https://www.yurts.com/

This is how I generally do it every year. The only difference this year was that I finally remembered to record it. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu_UEvJ4Ydo There was a little over 2 feet of snow up there at the time, very compressed.

Looks like Pacific Yurts is having a sale. 10% off on all yurts shipped by January 31st, 2025 and 7% off all shipped by March 31st 2025. https://www.yurts.com/

Yes, an inside camping stove is against code in any structure just about anywhere. My stove is a typical gas range with a pilot light. It looks similar to this.

Just a heads up before winter arrives, that if you need any fabric work done, now is probably the time. One of our sponsors here Beowulf Industrial Sewing offers a lot of related services for this kind of work. I wanted to give them a little nod here. :)

Pacific Yurts started their Spring sale where you can get up to $900 off on a new yurt: https://www.yurts.com/yurt-builder-3d/

So I had a similar situation. I had the semi deliver it to my home and a buddy with a bobcat with pallet forks put it in my garage. I broke those pallets down into pieces and moved the thing, truck load by truck load with my little Nissan pickup at the time, to my property. IIRC it took about...

I have a catalytic wood stove, that works well and allows you to use far less wood than your normally would. However, it requires a strong draft. Recently I put this tape on the pipe seams and it really improved the long burns. I was skeptical but for $13, it was worth a try. I figured I...

Beowulf is having a sale where they are knocking off 10% on their covers 10/16/23-10/27/23. https://www.beowulfsewing.com/yurts

Oh, you should be good then as far as clearing the ground. What usually is done, is that a skirt of bended plywood is put around the edge of the platform and the lattice bumps up against it. It keeps the lattice from sliding off. You wouldn't want the felt between the lattice and the skirt...

My brother and a friend stopped up to give me a hand on finally wiring up the yurt proper. For years I have simply used extension cords to my inverter. It worked; it was cheap, but it worked. The only real thing that ever held me back is just my gaping ignorance when it comes to electrical...

I'll start. Last night, just relaxing at the yurt. Share yours!