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Planning to build a yurt in Czech Republic

Here it is folded:

 
Ok, the insulation is ordered and should be here soon. Also got couple carpets to help covering the inner layer. Still need to do some work on the ring: I glued on another (4th) layer, creating wider edge on top, which will overlay the roof canvas upper edge. Now I need to build the crown on the ring and still not sure what to do. Need to make it waterproof enough, but also need to have at least one of the 1/4s able to open and allow securing the roof canvas from the inside. Need to put the stove pipe through. Also would be nice to have it at least partially transparent, as the yurt has no windows now (may get some later, also thinking about a small door window). So I need to combine all those needs into something usable, which I'll be able to make. And now I was away for three days, just came back tonight.
Here's the ring with 4th layer, just trimmed the outer edge. Will sand it, fill all the gaps with waterproof epoxy and likely give it a base paint layer, except the upper surface which will get the crown construction yet.
(the ring is upside down in this picture)
 
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The rim is sanded and shaped, now just need to make the crown assembly.
It's getting cold, I hope they will deliver the insulation before Christmas.

 
Well, the crown assembly is roughly made, tomorrow I'll cut and sand away all the excess PU glue, fill some minor cracks in the grain (unfortunately, I had to use not very well aged wood for this job) and attach the whole thing to the ring.
 
The ring looks really good knecht. It will indeed crack if the wood wasn't dry. But, that's that. Just fill the cracks. You can also squirt super glue (cyanoacrylate) in the fine cracks. I've found it will wick deep into the crack.

If I were you I'd paint it and the upper framework with two coats of heavy duty oil based enamel. The paint I used on my entire yurt was hunter green Rustoleum industrial enamel. That stuff is bombproof paint.

You COULD add some sweet Mongolian paint details to the ring and the baganas later after you're moved in. I painted my entry door with a nice Mongolian 'nomadic' line detail last spring. :D
 
Thanks, I will surely paint the ring well. Guess I'll use the same red I have on baganas for the bottom part that will be visible from inside, then use likely brown or green (to go with the green roof) outdoor grade paint for the outer parts.
I hope I'll post pics of the finished crown tonight.
 
Sorry, no pics tonight, I had some other things to do today and now I'm waiting for another filling to dry. Once the crown is attached to the ring, the portions I'm filling would be hard to reach for sanding, so I'm keeping the two parts separate till they are completely done.
 
Since I can hardly find a moment when there's no unsadned or drying filling or glue on this thing, I've decided to take the picture now, as the next time it's dry and sanded, I may have the painting started.
Took several pics and the thing still looks highly assymetrical on them. I guess it's caused by the wide, downwards facing corner on each of the four beams of the crown. Once there's one of them hidden behind the other one, it all starts looking weird. The whole thing is actualy pretty symmetrical in real.
Anyhow, here's my wooden UFO. You can see wet spots of fresh filling over the attaching woodscrew heads. Once I do the final last sanding, I'll paint the whole thing and start covering the four slots between the center star beams. One gets metal sheet with hole for the stove pipe, others are getting transparent plastic.

 
I've worked a little bit with clear sheet plastic. The stuff I'm talkin about is about 3 mm thick, and covered both sides with a protective plastic wrap that needs to be peeled off-AFTER- being cut. It might not be the same material as you are using, but here's what I found making windows out of the stuff.

Go VERY slow cutting the edges. Tablesaw skilsaw scrollsaw jigsaw. Use a VERY fine sawblade, like those for cutting veneer. You'll need to have support right at the edge you'll be cutting so the chatter and vibration don't crack your material. I lost a fair amount of plastic during cutting.

Once the edges are cut there will be very tiny cracks all along the cut edge. Sand those out (or melt them?) so they don't take off on you when you start bending the sheet. I'm thinking you'll need to really soften up the plastic to pull off making any curved surface.

There are likely other better ways to do the work. I'd check youtube. A red hot piece of strap metal might work for cutting and eliminate the cracking problem. I don't know just a guess. Anyway, there you go. Have fun and good luck. If anyone can pull this off, you can.
 
Thanks Bob.
What I'm planning to use will be 2-layer polycarbonate plastic with cells inside, like this:
komurkovypolykarbonat.jpg


I saw it on a yurt ring already:


Funny story. I went to the builder's supplies today to get the plastic (been there and talked to the guy about this material a day ago, told him I'll be back when I do the measuring, as he said it's cut and sold by meter). So, I came in and said I wanted 2m of it.
"Sorry, I'll have to bring the jigsaw first." So I was standing there couple seconds, expecting he's gonna get his saw from somewhere. He seemed surprised.
"We don't have a saw here. I'll have to bring my own."
"So...you're selling this material and cutting it, but you don't have the tool here?"
"Right. The boss said it's not sold often enough to justify buying a saw for it. So I bring my own when someone asks for it."
"Eeeh, ok, so...would you bring it tomorrow?"
"Yeah I hope I'll keep that in mind. Wish me luck."
"You know, you could have mentioned this yesterday when I was here. I would bring my own saw."
"Well it can't hurt if you take it tomorrow, anyway. In case I forgot."
 
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Regular Johnny on the spots, huh? lol

Keep us posted on your cap progress. The sheet tin with stove hole will be a snap for you. Looks like you sized the top cap supports so you'll need very little bend in the plastic to clear the inner hole. You'll get it I'm sure.

BTW my door paint detail is kinda similar to the red one on the roof cover above. I really ought to have my computer literate wife load a few photos of it on here.

Enjoy the work. Bob
 
I hope they have thin enough polycarbone in stock. It seems to be made as thin as 4mm, which would be good for the bends. Yes, I made the supports that way to minimize the needed curve in the covering material. Now we shall see if it works.
 
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