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Forum: Building a Yurt 07-31-2017, 02:41 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 9,871
Posted By Andy_in_Germany
Re: Building the Aroura

So, after making a list of the parts needed I found that in Germany it is surprisingly difficult to get wood, and very hard to get it in the dimensions needed for a 5m diameter Yurt.

After...
Forum: Building a Yurt 06-15-2017, 05:07 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 9,871
Posted By Andy_in_Germany
Re: Building the Aroura

o, I've started to put a parts list together, and I'm immediately finding things I don't know:

People are saying to make the floor before the walls. This makes a lot of sense, but I was hoping to...
Forum: Building a Yurt 06-13-2017, 02:00 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 9,871
Posted By Andy_in_Germany
Re: Building the Aroura

It's been while. Soon after I wrote the last post I was unable to work on the Yurt or indeed anything else due to health issues. The are fortunately now improving,and so are several other things:
...
Forum: Building a Yurt 10-20-2013, 05:05 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 9,871
Posted By Andy_in_Germany
Re: Building the Aroura

Making slow and probably not obvious progress.

This doesn't help either:
http://www.yurtforum.com/forums/members/404-albums51-picture563.jpg

This tree inconsiderately fell over on the bit of...
Forum: Building a Yurt 08-14-2013, 05:05 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 9,871
Posted By Andy_in_Germany
Re: Building the Aroura

Hello Jafo, thanks for asking...

Hehe. Nowhere fast, mainly due to me being stuck in Japan visiting inlaws at the moment, but my 3 year carpentry apprenticeship is taking a lot of time and energy....
Forum: Building a Yurt 05-12-2013, 06:46 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 9,871
Posted By Andy_in_Germany
Re: Building the Aroura

I'm still putting together the materials list, but I'm 90% happy with the wood frame and parts, so it is time to move on to the fabric.

I'm a lot less sure of myself here.

I've found a german...
Forum: Building a Yurt 05-12-2013, 03:50 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 9,871
Posted By Andy_in_Germany
Re: Building the Aroura

Hehe. I guess Monty Python is part of my cultural heritage, for better or worse...
Forum: Building a Yurt 05-12-2013, 03:48 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 9,871
Posted By Andy_in_Germany
Re: Building the Aroura

Hi Jafo. T thought I was, but it seems it was working. When I went through the motions of upoading the image didn't display on my post, so I thought the techno-gremlins were not cooperating. It seems...
Forum: Building a Yurt 05-11-2013, 03:04 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 9,871
Posted By Andy_in_Germany
Re: Building the Aroura

Software changed its mind apparently...
Forum: Building a Yurt 05-10-2013, 03:39 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 9,871
Posted By Andy_in_Germany
Re: Building the Aroura

I'm currenty signed off sick from work with gammy elbows: I'm not allowed to lift anything, which is a pain for a cabinet maker.

A pain for Yurt making too, come to that.

Research doesn't...
Forum: Building a Yurt 04-24-2013, 02:38 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 9,871
Posted By Andy_in_Germany
Re: Building the Aroura

Alas, not unless I spend Euro 10 000 fitting a sewage line I don't need, and even then it is unlikely: no-one here has heard of Yurts, so they won't like the idea, and the local authority is in a big...
Forum: Building a Yurt 04-24-2013, 02:30 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 9,871
Posted By Andy_in_Germany
Re: Building the Aroura

Sounds more realistic. Many thanks.

Because the yurt is made partly of canvas it is considered to be a 'tent' or 'temporary structure' and thus not subject to as many planning laws, although I'm...
Forum: Building a Yurt 04-24-2013, 02:13 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 9,871
Posted By Andy_in_Germany
Re: Building the Aroura

Usually we have about two feet max, but in a hard winter we could have up to twice that if it falls faster than it melts.

Buildings locally have to be made to withstand about nine feet of snow on...
Forum: Building a Yurt 04-24-2013, 12:36 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 9,871
Posted By Andy_in_Germany
Building the Aroura

Thanks to the help I'm getting here and books by the like of Paul King and Dan Frank Kuehn, I'm able to start making sketches of our Yurt. Because I'm a romantic old softie I've taken to calling it...
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