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Forum: Building a Yurt 12-03-2018, 07:52 PM
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Posted By Drunken hobbit
Re: Roof (and dome) vs. wind...the wind keeps winning!

That's exactly what I did too! Except instead of tying the 12 ropes to bolts, I tied each to a 30 liter water container, for a total of 360kg of holding-down weight. That's ... I don't, 750 pounds?...
Forum: Building a Yurt 11-29-2018, 02:52 PM
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Posted By Drunken hobbit
Re: Roof (and dome) vs. wind...the wind keeps winning!

Looking more closely at the pictures it seems like the roof cover has been designed very very badly. There's no way to tie it on! Is it still under warranty? Who designed it?
it wouldn't be too much...
Forum: Building a Yurt 11-29-2018, 02:48 PM
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Posted By Drunken hobbit
Re: Roof (and dome) vs. wind...the wind keeps winning!

Yes, as Jafo said, you need to anchor it somehow. The problem is not that the wind is getting under it and lifting it off, the problem is that the roof of the yurt is acting like a wing surface; fast...
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