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Forum: Building a Yurt 07-01-2014, 08:39 PM
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Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: Building a yurt from begining to end

Lol it's a lot of jibber jabber for sure. :D
Forum: Building a Yurt 06-30-2014, 10:04 PM
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Views: 21,433
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: Building a yurt from begining to end

Mongolian nomadic gers have walls about 4' tall.

My yurt has 90" long laths, and an 8 cross pattern on 12" centers. Come in three inches from either end for the starting hole on that particular...
Forum: Building a Yurt 06-26-2014, 09:56 PM
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Views: 21,433
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: Building a yurt from begining to end

A very good 'trad looking' yurt roof angle is 22.5 degrees, which is a 5/12 pitch. That's 5" of rafter rise for every 12" of horizontal rafter run. So, to get this angle laid out on the garage floor,...
Forum: Building a Yurt 06-26-2014, 08:40 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 21,433
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: Building a yurt from begining to end

You'll need a garage floor or equivalent. To determine how to make a precision cut of your 'master rafter' you need to lay out a full size cross section from the yurt wall through the roof ring...
Forum: Building a Yurt 06-25-2014, 11:03 PM
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Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: Building a yurt from begining to end

My yurt is not insulated. Canvas cover only. I've gone through one winter here in CO with it, and if I were living in it through winter, it would be insulated. Period. If you are living in it through...
Forum: Building a Yurt 06-25-2014, 08:31 PM
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Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: Building a yurt from begining to end

BTW, If you do EVERYTHING yourself, including making the cover from canvas tarps, as I did, you could likely build the whole 21' yurt for <1.5K, and that would include a really nice canvas wall and...
Forum: Building a Yurt 06-25-2014, 08:21 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 21,433
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: Building a yurt from begining to end

There are pics of my scratch built (<1K) 16' yurt on this site. Type 'Homemade yurt' in the searchbox.

Find the basic plan I used online here:

clan yama kaminari yurt

A 16'er is great...
Forum: Building a Yurt 03-18-2014, 07:38 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 21,433
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: Building a yurt from begining to end

Staying within your budget is VERY smart, especially in these flaky economic times. Good use of billboard material. You can always paint it white or whatever. Those that think, and try hard to get by...
Forum: Building a Yurt 01-15-2014, 08:31 PM
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Views: 21,433
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: Building a yurt from begining to end

I'm a carpenter and scratch built my 16' yurt. I opted to not do a clear dome over my roof ring. I notice nomadic Mongolians don't have them over their smoke holes either. I merely exit the 6" wood...
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