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From time to time I post in this thread statements and reflections of a yurt manufacturer from the Central Asian region. I have subscribed to this content on another platform and translate it into English using DeepL from Kazakh or Russian languages.... Today I start with the following text...

Hello folks, after an long break again a posting from my side..... :D I am evaluating some stuff concerning "golden ratio" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio) and believe to remember, that anywhere it was mentioned, that Yurt proportions meet this ratio too. So I played a little...

Discussing this issue some days before in an other thread (about an metal ring in an Yurt....), the opinions about ran a little bit different. On this reason I´m starting this extra theme. Three quotes from the mentioned thread: I tried to find out more details and my searches brought me...

My work in planning my own yurt is progressing again, but now I am faced with a few puzzles as I consider cutting the inner liner for the roof: My yurt should have a diameter of 8 meters (= 2513 cm circumference), the outside diameter of the center ring is 160 cm. I thought of cutting strips...

Just want to read about the heights of your Yurt-walls and to collect the pros & cons for high/low walls (lattice) and ask you all to share your experiences.:) For me are the pros of a high wall (e.g. 250 cm) in the possibilities to build in an bathroom and to use the ceiling as additional bed...

Do anyone know the thicknesses of polyacrylic domes? Which thickness is recommended? I don´t expect, that it could stand an extreme hail like shown in this Video (it´s an exception, where we´ve to accept damages...), but it should be resistant against typical hail sizes.

Which fabrics and qualities are best for roofs and walls of Yurts, which are placed in rainy and cooler areas? The individual manufacturers are mostly telling only little details about the used fabrics - I would be interested into weight, density, water column, etc. As example: @Pacific...

I wonder if anyone, who constantly inhabits his yurt, has done anything about the effects of Radon? And if so, what was done?

At first a friendly "Hello" from Austria! :) Since a while I am playing with the imagination to have a yurt as permanent home. As experienced camper (former Boy-Scout.... :D ) I love yurts since I have spent a lot of nights inside them on a trip in Mongolia in 2000. Although I know it will...