08-19-2021, 10:43 AM
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Yurt Forum Youngin
Join Date: May 2018
Posts: 11
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Re: Real Walls in a Pacific Yurt?
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Originally Posted by pablo
I don't think vents in the walls would be necessary. At least not in our climate where it is very windy. The wall fabric is loose enough that air moves through the walls quite well. A little too well. We went around and caulked the bottom of the drywall where it meets the floor, because it was too drafty in the winter. We also did some caulking around the windows. As I mentioned before, we have seen some spotty condensation here and there in the wall , but none that has spread or moved into the drywall and our air quality seems good. Caveat: we live in a low humidity climate east of the Cascades. Make sure you have an exhaust fan for the kitchen and bathroom and/or crack the . We still plan to replace our wall fabric with hardy board, but have been delayed in that part of the project because of COVID prices, etc... In the mean time we have a very thorough fire break built around the yurt!
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I saw your pics and it looks great ! Do you have a way to check behind there easily for mold ? I would worry it's growing where I can't see. We live next to a large year round creek in a shady area of Oregon . It gets dry in summer but winters are rainy and mild..
With the fireboard...is that rain proof ? I would think the rain would mess it up. We plan to put cedar board and batten siding on. Not very fireproof though.
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