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Planning to build a yurt in Czech Republic

The first go round I anchored the roof cover to the ground cable with a zig zag rope pattern as Knecht mentioned. 'Twas a goofy look for sure. So, I redid the cover anchor by passing rope through all the roof cover loops, and cinching that rope down to the ground level anchor cable with six vertical ropes. Somewhat less dorky, but hardly Mongolian looking. I'll tell you what it sure holds the cover down tight.
 
I ran ropes down through the kahana and tied it to 6 of those screw in anchors for dog runs. i tied the top to the tension band. the anchors were right at the base of the wall on the inside out of sight out of mind.
 
We hoped to finish the inner layer of insulation today, but snow comes and leaves unpredictable, so we can't remove the wall cover completely. We tucked it up somewhat and placed the complete circle of carpets around the floor edge, so at least that's done. It looks weird with the camo now, but imagine there will be latte-brown felt above the carpets then.


 
Looks warm to me. Nice wall anchor brackets. I have one at every cross. That yurt may sway a bit in high wind but they'll never be lift off. lol
 
When we built it, we've first placed about ten brackets around, then added several more on spots where khana tended to travel over the floor edge. Seems like enough, but more can always be added anytime.
 
Big progress today! Finally had a nice day without rain, snow, windstorm or other presents from above. So, we could start the wall insulation at last!
First, we took off the camo tarps.


Then we added the wool felt






Here's a trick to hold the felt on the tension cable before it can be stitched to it:



And here's a trick how to install the hemp fiber stripes. They are 10m long but only 60cm wide, so it's not easy to hold such a piece of material to the khana before it can be tied and secured. We've solved this by tying a long piece of wide rubber band around the yurt. The insulation stripes are easily tucked under the rubber and you have enough time to tie it. Then just move the rubber up and go on.

First hemp stripe added:


...continued


and almost done:


Lower cover tarp added. It's not perfect, but we'll take the tarp off once again in a while, so it's no big deal.


Interier look, don't mind the roof insulation, it's still somewhat messy after the windstorm. It will be all straightened and fixed during the final completion.


As usual, too dark to take pics when we've finished. Both outer tarps are in place.
 
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Hoped to adjust the roof today, but it was too windy. At least I've finished the chimney top piece that I'll put through the crown hole when we finally finish the roof.
Was too lazy to make the top hat, so I bought one. Couldn't find one that would fit my pipe, so I bolted it to the pipe, using spacers made of scrap copper tube. Guess that will work nicely. The hat was made of zinc-coated sheet, so I just put two layers of black paint on the outer side to further protect it against rain and rust. The stove pipe got a layer of zinc spray and maybe I'll wipe some graphite powder on it once it's in place. That stuff lasts for surprisingly long time.



 
We've touched up the roof layers today and put the chimney pipe through. Looks and fits pretty well. Will post pix later.
 
Sorry, still no photos nor much progress in the last two days, I've been busy planting a bunch of new fruit trees. Improving our little homestead and trying to make it more sustainable. Most of our trees are very old and I wanted to start a new generation to replace them in the future. Also planted some things we never tried before (such as medlars).
 
Finally bringing you a photo of the chimney. Can go higher if needed.


Today we've finally solved out the upper wall tarps edge and tied it to the floor deck. Used woodscrew hooks and nylon cord. The lower tarp has its edge tied as well, plus it's overlaid by the zig-zag cord of the upper tarp. I think it should hold well enough, but may add another cord around the whole thing if needed.
 
Our yurt is electrified! Thanks to my BIL for doing the electro stuff for me.
 
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Right now it's just the main input cable coming in. I'll post photo of a socket board I made, it's attached to the khana easily. The rest of the cables will be plugged to this and placed once we know where we need them - depends on furniture and such.
 
Just regular grid. May add a solar panel someday. Since the grid is often down in this remote area, I'm well equipped and used to live off it as well. In the yurt it will mainly power up our laptops and some lights, not much more needed.
 
Here's the electro board. It has another wooden square on the back side, that fits between khana laths and keeps the thing from sliding, plus there's a third piece that's placed on the other side of khana and is bolted to the socket board to keep everything in place.



 
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