Forum: Building a Yurt
01-10-2022, 02:55 PM
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Replies: 26
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Forum: Building a Yurt
01-06-2022, 11:59 PM
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Replies: 26
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Re: Wind and the Yurt
HA! How about that! And here I thought I had the only yurt in Colorado Springs. :D
If you are sw of the Academy are you below Blodgett Peak up in Peregrine 1 or 2? Mountain Shadows? By flying w...
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Forum: Building a Yurt
12-26-2021, 12:31 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 27,296
Re: Wind and the Yurt
We had 101 mph wind here about 1.5 weeks ago. That's the new record at the AFA, about a mile west of us. We've lived here for 21 years and had many heavy winds, but nothing as strong or sustained as...
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Forum: Building a Yurt
12-13-2021, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 27,296
Re: Wind and the Yurt
I lost my first 14' yurt in a blizzard due to not anchoring it. Wind picked the yurt up and pitched it 25 yards. Eight full days of work blown to smithereens.
Next yurt, the 16'er, was solidly...
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Forum: Building a Yurt
10-15-2021, 09:20 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 27,296
Re: Wind and the Yurt
That's good to hear.
You could build a 90 degree ell shaped wall to the windward side of your yurt. Face the 'point' of the ell into the prevailing wind, and run the walls out far enough to form a...
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