Wind and yurt!

[chsunspirit]

I am trying to add a photo of my 4 Quadrant roof struts...in my 24 ft yurt.and no luck so far

[Bob Rowlands]

With no pics I'm gonna guess a simple solution to ring rotation. How about attaching t shaped 'Simpson Strong Tie' construction connectors to the rafter/ ring joints? (cheap and available at all Lowe's, Depot, lumberyards) They can be bent in a vise to fit your yurt geometry, and screwed into place. The connectors have holes punched in them for nails. But use drywall screws. Be sure you drill pilot holes or the wood will split or screws shear off.

Regarding roof flapping, I've had that on my 16' yurt. To cut down on the amount of flap, I took a 60' length of old 11mm climbing rope and knotted it into a large loop. Then I formed five small anchor loops equidistant around the perimeter of the big loop. I centered that big loop up on the roof cover, and anchored off the five loops with short ropes to my ground anchors. I sized it such that the loop is about halfway from ring to khana. That really cut down on the flapping.

I've seen pics of Mongolian yurts where they simply flip a few ropes over the cover and anchor those to the ground. That cuts down on flapping and also anchors the entire yurt.

Good luck.

[chsunspirit]

I re-iterate My actually much simpler TIMBERLOCK fastened "four corners"/4 Directions( - of a round yurt....no less.....) approach.....also visible....is My approach to the FLAP......I have used this with my 16 ft....and my 24 ft yurts...I splice a Polypro threestrand line....larger diameter on the larger yurt and with clove hitched bowlines I run 12 evenly spaced lines down to either the rafter ends( Larger yurt....) or to the cable around the flooring on the Chuck and laurel 16 footer....fastening with a truckers slipped hitch...that can be tightened...when needed.....My low-tech roof covering ( both are DYI yurts that I have been using for nearly 30 years on my smaller one....and over 10 years on the 24ft-er....This Rope ring tends to chafe the cover...after a coupla years...when it is usually time for me to sew/make another cover...($100 in materials) (oh ....for the $ for enough Sunbrella fabric to cover....and the time to sew it up!!!)