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Forum: Yurt Living 04-26-2019, 07:23 PM
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Views: 17,664
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: confused, do most ppl just forego insurance?

If you want to see a few photos of my yurt, the deck and some details I mentioned above, copy and paste this in the google search box:

Bob Rowlands home made yurt.

Click on images at the top...
Forum: Yurt Living 04-26-2019, 08:53 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 17,664
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: confused, do most ppl just forego insurance?

I know zip about yurt rafter blocks. One of the fine yurt manufacturers here might answer that.
Forum: Yurt Living 04-25-2019, 08:06 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 17,664
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: confused, do most ppl just forego insurance?

OK one last point lol.

When I built my platform, I located one of the concrete support pads under the deck framing, directly under the focal point of the yurt platform. I embedded one of those...
Forum: Yurt Living 04-25-2019, 07:46 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 17,664
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: confused, do most ppl just forego insurance?

Anchoring the lattice to the pad is good in milder winds. In an area that gets real wind it's absolutely necessary to anchor the roof to the ground, via bridle or other. In addition to a roof bridle...
Forum: Yurt Living 04-25-2019, 07:28 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 17,664
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: confused, do most ppl just forego insurance?

About exterior tie downs.

My yurt platform is 16' dia. I dug ten equally spaced holes in the ground around the outside of the platform. No hole is in front of the door. I filled each hole with a...
Forum: Yurt Living 03-14-2019, 05:40 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 17,664
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: confused, do most ppl just forego insurance?

OK so I promise this is my last post on someone else's thread. lol

A day and a half after the storm started it has passed. The yurt was likely close to collapse if the storm hadn't abated when it...
Forum: Yurt Living 03-14-2019, 08:10 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 17,664
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: confused, do most ppl just forego insurance?

Thanks Jafo. Yurt is fine just checked it this AM. Yurts ARE king of tents no doubt. For mine to have survived this record breaking storm is absolute proof of that.

Hopefully all our highways...
Forum: Yurt Living 03-13-2019, 09:08 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 17,664
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: confused, do most ppl just forego insurance?

Update at 8PM mountain time. Yurts still up! Truly amazing what that yurt has withstood.

Winds have died down somewhat, supposedly will continue to blow hard into Thursday and abate in the...
Forum: Yurt Living 03-13-2019, 03:18 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 17,664
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: confused, do most ppl just forego insurance?

OK here's an 'inside the yurt during high wind' update for you. We are having a major blizzard here in CO as I type this. I was in my yurt just a short time ago starting a fire just to see how the...
Forum: Yurt Living 03-12-2019, 09:34 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 17,664
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: confused, do most ppl just forego insurance?

Sorry, I can't give advice about wood or wood sided yurts since I have no experience with them. My wife and I always lived in small sub 800 sq ft dwellings until I built our home in 1999, so I am...
Forum: Yurt Living 03-12-2019, 04:04 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 17,664
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: confused, do most ppl just forego insurance?

fwiw my first yurt was totally destroyed in a heavy snow storm. It wasn't anchored to a platform or the ground and the wind picked it up and pitched it 25 yards. I kid you not.

My next two yurts...
Forum: Yurt Living 03-12-2019, 03:55 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 17,664
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: confused, do most ppl just forego insurance?

I know zilch about insuring yurts. I do know something abouts yurts though having built three. Without any doubt, a yurt will 'NOT' survive a full on hurricane. No ifs ands or buts, a yurt is a...
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