Forum: Building a Yurt
03-24-2014, 03:28 PM
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Re: feedback on a 30' yurt
Lemme tell yuz, when I was in my early 20s and single, I lived in a couple different apartments smaller than a 24' yurt. Guys don't need space. The women they live with want it. Then they get...
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Forum: Building a Yurt
03-19-2014, 06:15 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 7,877
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Forum: Building a Yurt
03-19-2014, 07:45 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 7,877
Re: feedback on a 30' yurt
I lost the first yurt I built in a winter storm. Wind literally got under it, picked it up, tossed it twenty five yards, and blew it to smithereens.
When I finished building my second and was...
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Forum: Building a Yurt
03-18-2014, 07:26 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 7,877
Re: feedback on a 30' yurt
I agree 100% about installing a stud under the rafter at the wall.
In addition I would tie the rafter to the stud with a Simpson Strong Tie plate on both sides. It would be near impossible for...
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Forum: Building a Yurt
03-18-2014, 08:06 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 7,877
Re: feedback on a 30' yurt
FWIW. 30' minus 5' for roof ring width, equals 25'. Divided by 2 is 12.5'. Add a half foot for hypotenuse length on a low pitch roof, or a foot for a medium pitch, or even two feet for a second story...
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