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Here are some photos from our yurt build, beginning last June and running up to this October. It's a 27 foot Colorado Yurt tall boy with a 30' by 32' deck/platform.

We are finally getting to the point of raising our yurt after some permitting struggles. At this point we have a 30' by 32' platform with our 24' round yurt platform built on top of that. I'm struggling with the question of putting in our floating floor before or after we raise the yurt. I'll...

My site is in the high desert of the western US, where it gets really warm in the summer. I'm a little worried about radiant heat gain inside the yurt in the summer months. The dome is smoked so it should cut down on some of the direct sun entering there. But the sun is going to be...

I'm getting ready to do the framing for the circular part of my platform. I have a 30'x32' deck and putting the circular platform on top of the deck. See attached image. So far all I have is a basic framing layout for the 2"x4" part of the platform. I plan to fill in with blocking every 3-4...

I'm about to build my yurt platform and I'm following the suggested plans from Colorado yurts, about platform framing, insulation and subfloor. My question is about the insulation layer. I'm planning to put OSB on top of the joists, under the yurt platform, to tie the joists together. On top...

I'm in the process of building a 24' Colorado Yurt and thinking about interior spaces. Specifically, I'm wondering if anyone has built either partition walls and/or a loft in a 24 footer? Colorado Yurts has a 7' 2" sidewall standard for all sizes, so it seems like there'd be good height at the...