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Forum: Yurt Repair 06-13-2014, 12:14 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 11,124
Posted By Dan R-M
Re: Spirit mountain yurt scam/plea

I second Jake's words. I replaced a whole section of lathe wall on my SMY, only to have it collapse for me just as it had for the previous owner. If you're going to rebuild, I would definitely go...
Forum: Yurt Living 06-13-2014, 12:06 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 4,665
Posted By Dan R-M
Re: Cooking Stove Size

Hey Ineffable- welcome to the site!
We are hoping to get into wood cookstoves eventually, but it's baby steps for us right now, trying not to bite off more than we can chew. That looks like a...
Forum: Yurt Plans 06-03-2014, 12:18 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 6,620
Posted By Dan R-M
Re: Yurt complex

Hey Cloe - It's always possible!
Entire houses can be built sitting on wood platforms, to a degree. All you have to consider is the load and the supports. It sounds like you are thinking about...
Forum: Yurt Living 06-03-2014, 12:05 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 4,665
Posted By Dan R-M
Re: Cooking Stove Size

Well, strictly from a product and materials perspective I don't have trouble making "smaller than normal" work. I'm more concerned with use. The two potential issues there are 1) as you noted, Bob,...
Forum: Yurt Living 06-02-2014, 08:54 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 4,665
Posted By Dan R-M
Cooking Stove Size

Plenty of talk about woodstoves here, and well warranted, but how about [electric or gas] cooking stoves?
In trying to make the most of our space, and use fewer resources, we've been thinking about...
Forum: Yurt Living 06-02-2014, 11:44 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 2,283
Posted By Dan R-M
Only a Yurt in Spirit

After abandoning our immediate hopes for a yurt I have been going whole hog into renovating the beat-up house on our property. In the process of envisioning our ideal living space, my wife and I are...
Forum: Yurt Living 11-27-2013, 10:02 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 10,214
Posted By Dan R-M
Re: Bill Coperthwaite Passes Away

I knew next to nothing about Bill 'till I checked out Circle In's blog earlier this year and read about her family's visit to his place. That small vignette of his life made a big impact on me - here...
Forum: Buying A Yurt 10-29-2013, 03:12 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 3,008
Posted By Dan R-M
Yurts of America query

A friend is looking at Yurts of America as a prospective local supplier. Anyone here had any experience with them?
Forum: Building a Yurt 10-25-2013, 12:04 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 7,691
Posted By Dan R-M
Re: Path to Yurtizenship

Thanks for the suggestions, friends. We tried the detached bedroom idea with the building fellow, but it was not on his radar of possibilities. Anywhere someone sleeps, that's a dwelling, he says. ...
Forum: Building a Yurt 10-24-2013, 12:10 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 7,691
Posted By Dan R-M
Re: Path to Yurtizenship

Well, we've come to the point where we need to hang up our yurt hopes for the time being.
We got approval from zoning, which was great. The building administrator was willing to work with us, and...
Forum: Building a Yurt 09-27-2013, 10:13 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,072
Posted By Dan R-M
Re: Article about permitting a yurt

And I was thinking, "I would really love to be able to pass this article on to our city officials for basic info, but some of the facts seem to be a bit squirrely."
I was also thinking "damn. 225...
Forum: Building a Yurt 09-25-2013, 09:15 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,809
Posted By Dan R-M
Re: Finishing a Weathered Platform

Thanks PY and Robo. My father-in-law gave me the advice that a belt sander would be tediously slow, so a floor sander rental is definitely in my future.
The deck sits on some heavy-duty treated...
Forum: Powering the Yurt 09-24-2013, 09:43 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 10,579
Posted By Dan R-M
Re: Lighting The Outhouse With a 9 Volt Battery and LED's

It would probably be good to use one of those for every bathroom. At least, every one that has reading material in it :)
Forum: Building a Yurt 09-24-2013, 09:36 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,809
Posted By Dan R-M
Finishing a Weathered Platform

After reading Jeff's post on his platform (http://www.yurtforum.com/forums/building-a-yurt-f3/the-platform-6.html#post2241) I'm inspired to solicit some opinions on platform finishing.
We've got a...
Forum: Yurt Living 09-24-2013, 09:20 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 2,660
Posted By Dan R-M
Talking Re: Some more visitors

You know, some folks who live in beautiful places do need a good relative-deterrent like this :D
Forum: Building a Yurt 09-18-2013, 11:59 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 7,691
Posted By Dan R-M
Re: Path to Yurtizenship

I took in the permit app's to the city building today. I told the woman at the front desk I was dropping off a zoning and a building permit application, and flopped them down. Her eyebrows raised...
Forum: Building a Yurt 09-14-2013, 08:58 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 7,691
Posted By Dan R-M
Re: Path to Yurtizenship

Got the architect's letter of affirmation to clip onto PY's engineering specs. Now I just have to navigate the permit applications... Simple enough if you know the language, but I don't want to...
Forum: Yurt Living 09-09-2013, 11:44 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 17,658
Posted By Dan R-M
Re: Sizing a wood stove for a 20' yurt ?

Along the lines of wood stove size, I wonder if anyone who has put one on a raised platform felt it necessary to take into account weight in the location. I figure it would be somewhere around...
Forum: Building a Yurt 09-05-2013, 01:15 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 7,691
Posted By Dan R-M
Re: Path to Yurtizenship

So we've come a long way around since the last update. We felt great about the relationships we forged in our meeting with the city, but were getting the impression that all the expense we'd need to...
Forum: Building a Yurt 09-04-2013, 08:21 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 13,399
Posted By Dan R-M
Re: Gutters on the Yurt Skirt

Woah, you guys are blowing my mind... I hadn't thought about rigging a gutter on the drip edge, but it makes a lot of sense to someone who is a lot more comfortable with screws than H-66 (so far,...
Forum: Building a Yurt 09-04-2013, 07:48 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,781
Posted By Dan R-M
Re: After many months my yurt is finally up!!

Congratulations, and kudos - now you have some construction experience :)
How did you take that slick photo at the bottom? Makes it look like a 600 sq ft giant!
Forum: Building a Yurt 08-21-2013, 12:07 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 7,691
Posted By Dan R-M
Re: Path to Yurtizenship

Well, we met last week with the building codes fellow and the zoning fellow, and it was a very positive experience. The meeting started with them laying out their concerns and the statement that...
Forum: Building a Yurt 08-13-2013, 12:21 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 7,691
Posted By Dan R-M
Re: Path to Yurtizenship

The first step we took was to have a conversation with a friend on the zoning appeals board. I told him all about our plan, and his reaction was basically "I don't think anyone in the city has heard...
Forum: Building a Yurt 08-13-2013, 12:04 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 7,691
Posted By Dan R-M
Path to Yurtizenship

We were just assuming we'd put our yurt up on the old yurt's site, not worry too much about any official status, and fly under that radar. Then an attorney friend told us he was worrying for us,...
Forum: Yurt Living 07-31-2013, 12:15 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 15,216
Posted By Dan R-M
Re: What is going on in your yurtiverse?

Well, we've decided to take the plunge. Again. Only this time the pool has accurate depth markers, and we know people who have enjoyed the swim.
We have ordered from Pacific Yurts, gotten the snow...
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