The Bath Yurt

[Jafo]

As you know, we built a new yurt up at my yurt camp to house the shower and bath tub. I decided a long time ago, to go with Surely Yurts for a small 10 footer custom made by Steve Reed. He and Ray (pictured below) constructed it by hand. We started building on August 22nd and here was the location:







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[Jafo]

With a little help from Cooper the dog, we got started on the platform. I say "we", when I actually mean Ray and Steve. I didn't really help all that much in the building other than carry a few things and making sure we had enough supplies and hops to get the job done:











At this point, I started building beer brats because we all know you can't build a yurt without them.

 

[Jafo]

The platform work went pretty quick actually. They leveled everything off of a big slab of granite in the center. Unfortunately for us, it was right near a yellowjackets nest, but we didn't bother them and they didn't bother us, at least for a while:

 

[Jafo]

Here Steve explains the install so far:

 

[Jafo]

Here they are finishing off the platform and ending the day.

 

[Jafo]

On day two, after a well needed breakfast and gallons of water, we got started on actually putting up the yurt.

 

[Jafo]

Now we have the frame up:

 

[Jafo]

The roof and the wall fabric:

 

[Jafo]

Wrapup video.

 

[Jafo]

Here is what we had at the end:





Followed by chicken grilled on the campfire.

 

[Jafo]

By the way, I do have the tub in there

 

[Surely Yurts - Steve]

Wow, we had a great time at the camp over the weekend! Love what you've done with that bath tub and the rainwater catch.

Thanks for everything Jeff. See you soon.

-Cheers

 

[Bob Rowlands]

Very nice indeed.

 

[ljamies1]

Jafo,

- really like the roof/ crown! I have been looking for ways to put the stove in the center/ piped through the crown, without loosing light intake from above. I think you solved my problem. Any thoughts on the structural change compared to normal straight raters. Ie.- How would this translate to a 20 or 30 foot yurt?

- what's the subfloor? Kind of looks like Advantek but looking at it on my phone isnt the best.

 

[Jafo]

I can't speak to the design as I didn't build it. There wasn't anything special on the subfloor, just some strand and then a layer of insulation (see video) and then larch flooring on top.