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Forum: Building a Yurt 02-15-2015, 12:40 PM
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Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: Help figuring out if I can build a yurt in Brooklyn

My 16' yurt is a simple nomadic style camping yurt designed by SCA participants for traveling to various events. It is lightweight and easily movable, just like the Mongolian yurts I have seen in YT...
Forum: Building a Yurt 02-14-2015, 08:05 PM
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Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: Help figuring out if I can build a yurt in Brooklyn

If interested in details of a strong roof ring design featuring 1x3 rafters on edge, the ring I built is online.

Google here: Clan Yama Kaminari

Click on yurt build and scroll through the...
Forum: Building a Yurt 02-13-2015, 07:42 PM
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Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: Help figuring out if I can build a yurt in Brooklyn

FWIW, I've had moderate snow depth to probably about 10"? or so my 16' yurt. I've definitely had 5" -6" of very wet snow up there as well. I have 1x3 rafters, and no baganas. Yes that is one heck of...
Forum: Building a Yurt 02-13-2015, 11:50 AM
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Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: Help figuring out if I can build a yurt in Brooklyn

Buy a basic yurt whose diameter matches the short side of your deck. No simple unimproved yurt 16' in dia. or less will be anywhere near 1000 lbs. in weight. My 16'er is maybe 500 lbs, excluding wood...
Forum: Building a Yurt 02-01-2015, 02:02 PM
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Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: Help figuring out if I can build a yurt in Brooklyn

The best way to anchor your yurt would certainly be to screw the lath to the deck with 'ell' brackets, like I did mine.

But, my guess is in Brooklyn that would make what is in essence merely a...
Forum: Building a Yurt 02-01-2015, 01:20 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 5,742
Posted By Bob Rowlands
Re: Help figuring out if I can build a yurt in Brooklyn

I suggest buying a small yurt instead of building one, unless you have carpentry tools and the chops to use them. To get around the plethora of code issues likely in Brooklyn, the yurt can be...
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