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Forum: Building a Yurt 03-09-2018, 10:40 AM
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Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: building a yurt for the winter...

spaldon, I left comments on your other thread.
Forum: Building a Yurt 10-30-2017, 05:57 PM
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Views: 15,718
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: building a yurt for the winter...

Well...you have an audience. lol
Forum: Building a Yurt 10-25-2017, 11:23 PM
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Views: 15,718
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: building a yurt for the winter...

'bombproof' You and me could be brothers. lol
Forum: Building a Yurt 10-23-2017, 04:33 PM
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Views: 15,718
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: building a yurt for the winter...

This thread has become superb dude. I really like guys that do it all themselves.
Forum: Building a Yurt 10-22-2017, 07:55 AM
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Views: 15,718
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: building a yurt for the winter...

There are also photos and video of Mongolian yurts that are made with pole rafters, and shoot/ sapling walls. I'm no yurt scholar, but in my estimation, the first yurts were made with local...
Forum: Building a Yurt 10-22-2017, 07:31 AM
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Views: 15,718
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: building a yurt for the winter...

There are a few Youtube videos of Mongolians assembling their traditional nomadic-not Americanized- yurts. They aren't pulling wrenches to assemble anything. The entire tent is tied/lashed, including...
Forum: Building a Yurt 10-22-2017, 07:21 AM
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Views: 15,718
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: building a yurt for the winter...

Building the wall and assemblng hundreds of connectors takes patience. However what REALLY challenges that patience is finding out you screwed up and made them too tight, or that the washers rattle...
Forum: Building a Yurt 10-20-2017, 11:53 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 15,718
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: building a yurt for the winter...

Yurt is- by far- the most brilliant tent design of all time. You are doing good to build one. Good luck.
Forum: Building a Yurt 10-20-2017, 11:51 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 15,718
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: building a yurt for the winter...

Using cordage assures the wall won't be too tight. It will very easily expand to size, and easily fold up when you move. I've watched a number of vids of tied khana being opened. It looks like the...
Forum: Building a Yurt 10-20-2017, 11:47 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 15,718
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: building a yurt for the winter...

Well the deck looks good enough. As for nails in the lath, I'd have to be pretty desperate to do that. Looking at hundreds of nails dangling on the inside, nah I'll pass on that. I probably have a...
Forum: Building a Yurt 10-16-2017, 07:59 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 15,718
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: building a yurt for the winter...

OK last point. It is good design to angle the side jambs of the door frame so the follow the curve of your yurt wall. This is another mistake I made. I suggest NOT making the jambs square to the...
Forum: Building a Yurt 10-16-2017, 07:56 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 15,718
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: building a yurt for the winter...

By the way my laths are 5/16ths thick.

A couple other points. If you opt for cordage, do 'NOT' > DO NOT!< use the cheapjack 1/8th or 1/4" low grade cheap crap cordage from Home Depot or Lowes or...
Forum: Building a Yurt 10-16-2017, 07:47 PM
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Views: 15,718
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: building a yurt for the winter...

Also, nobody asked, but overlapping the lath sections and lashing them together top to bottom is ALSO the way to go. Similarly, if I built another trad yurt, I ABSOLUTELY would lash the door frame to...
Forum: Building a Yurt 10-16-2017, 07:36 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 15,718
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: building a yurt for the winter...

I used 1.25" 1/4-20 carriage bolts and nylok nuts on my laths. I had washers between the laths to keep the painted laths from sticking, but that was a BIG mistake. No matter where I torqued the nuts,...
Forum: Building a Yurt 10-06-2017, 10:00 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 15,718
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: building a yurt for the winter...

That's a nice clean anchorage, better then my ell brackets screwed to the interior.
Forum: Building a Yurt 09-28-2017, 04:38 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 15,718
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: building a yurt for thi winter...

Beams radiating from center -like rafters to ring- is one way. Post and beam atop piers is the usual platform framing. Los of photos online of the standard yurt platform framing. I built my platform...
Forum: Building a Yurt 09-27-2017, 07:00 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 15,718
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: building a yurt for thi winter...

Good job dude. Needless to say I am VERY impressed by your effort. Nicely done.

As for finish of laths, I painted mine with two coats of hunter green Rustoleum enamel. That paint is bulletproof....
Forum: Building a Yurt 09-18-2017, 10:08 AM
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Views: 15,718
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: building a yurt for thi winter...

Good idea. Let us know how that works.
Forum: Building a Yurt 09-10-2017, 11:47 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 15,718
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: building a yurt for thi winter...

Google: steam bend yurt laths youtube
Forum: Building a Yurt 09-08-2017, 06:34 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 15,718
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: building a yurt for thi winter...

a2 x b2 = c2 This formula will give you alot of unknown lengths.

Bending lath before assembly into wall is absolute essential, if you intend to bend them.

Laths on a 45 degree angle...
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