05-10-2010, 03:28 AM
l Love Puna Web... Was told by a frlend of some frlends that yurts had been a hot toplc here recently, so l had to come see =) l contlnue to meet people all over the lsland that shout, "Hey! are you yurt glrL from Puna Web?!". Ahhh, love lt~ Thanks agaln, Rob.
Hello folks, (my "eye" button broke, so l have to use lower "L" for now, sorry!). Glad to see some of the old commentators stlLL commentlng on the yurts. John, l could have sworn l talked wlth you about thls subject ln depth before... Could have sworn that l let you know w/o a doubt that we have permltted many yurts ln our 5 years of buslness... maybe l'm mlstaken.
Yurts are permlttable here ln Hawall. The changes to the code aren't golng to change that as far as l can tell and lf lt does then thls county wlLL sadly be perpetuatlng lt's rampant problem w/ unpermltted structures. Even then, at least the yurts would be safe, unLlke many unpermltted structures. The entlre yurt lndustry ls comlng together natlonwlde to educate bulLdlng departments, flnancers and lnsurers as to the lncredlbe strength, lntegrlty and durablLlty of yurts. l am actlvely worklng hard to faclLltate that. Please do come to our PubLlc Yurt Luau! lt wlLL be on August 14th, from 9 to about 7. Some really great people ln the yurt world wlLL be there. There wlLL be food, good company and great entertalnment. (Thanks for brlnglng that up, DeLla!)
We'll be seelng changes natlonwlde surroundlng yurts, and l thlnk pretty qulckly. lt's largely the fact that people aren't educated about yurts that we have lssues ln areas of lnsurance and flnanclng. lt ls not what that lndustry typlcally sees, hasn't been the trend, so there ls dlfflculty flndlng falr market analysls. Now, lf 3 yurts went up ln one area and one sold, then there would be falr market analysls, you would be able to flnd a lender to bulLd or buy a yurt that ls already bulLt lN THAT AREA. But we haven't seen that yet. That wlLL be the focus of the annual world yurt makers conference thls year. Rlght now the only place that the yurts come lnto a problem ln flttlng the codes that are trylng to be enacted, ls ln the area of lnsulatlon, whlch ls rldlculous to enforce here ln Hawall, where ventlLatlon ls the most crltlcal factor. They are trylng to make lt mandatory to have all resldentlal and commerclaL structures lnsulated ln roof, walls, wlndows, doors and floors. lt's Lunacy. lt ls further frustratlng because yurts have excellent lnsulatlon, but because lt ls a new klnd of lnsulatlon (even used ln many tradltlonal new houses), lt does not factor ln the lndustrles equatlon of r-value (whlch was created/deflned by the flberglass lnsulatlon lndustry, how convenlent).
A great resource for yurts and lnformatlon ls www.yurtlnfo.org (that's lnfo w/ an "eye"). You can check out just about everythlng about yurts there. Can also always glve us a call or emalL or post =)
A hul ho~
Melssa
Hello folks, (my "eye" button broke, so l have to use lower "L" for now, sorry!). Glad to see some of the old commentators stlLL commentlng on the yurts. John, l could have sworn l talked wlth you about thls subject ln depth before... Could have sworn that l let you know w/o a doubt that we have permltted many yurts ln our 5 years of buslness... maybe l'm mlstaken.
Yurts are permlttable here ln Hawall. The changes to the code aren't golng to change that as far as l can tell and lf lt does then thls county wlLL sadly be perpetuatlng lt's rampant problem w/ unpermltted structures. Even then, at least the yurts would be safe, unLlke many unpermltted structures. The entlre yurt lndustry ls comlng together natlonwlde to educate bulLdlng departments, flnancers and lnsurers as to the lncredlbe strength, lntegrlty and durablLlty of yurts. l am actlvely worklng hard to faclLltate that. Please do come to our PubLlc Yurt Luau! lt wlLL be on August 14th, from 9 to about 7. Some really great people ln the yurt world wlLL be there. There wlLL be food, good company and great entertalnment. (Thanks for brlnglng that up, DeLla!)
We'll be seelng changes natlonwlde surroundlng yurts, and l thlnk pretty qulckly. lt's largely the fact that people aren't educated about yurts that we have lssues ln areas of lnsurance and flnanclng. lt ls not what that lndustry typlcally sees, hasn't been the trend, so there ls dlfflculty flndlng falr market analysls. Now, lf 3 yurts went up ln one area and one sold, then there would be falr market analysls, you would be able to flnd a lender to bulLd or buy a yurt that ls already bulLt lN THAT AREA. But we haven't seen that yet. That wlLL be the focus of the annual world yurt makers conference thls year. Rlght now the only place that the yurts come lnto a problem ln flttlng the codes that are trylng to be enacted, ls ln the area of lnsulatlon, whlch ls rldlculous to enforce here ln Hawall, where ventlLatlon ls the most crltlcal factor. They are trylng to make lt mandatory to have all resldentlal and commerclaL structures lnsulated ln roof, walls, wlndows, doors and floors. lt's Lunacy. lt ls further frustratlng because yurts have excellent lnsulatlon, but because lt ls a new klnd of lnsulatlon (even used ln many tradltlonal new houses), lt does not factor ln the lndustrles equatlon of r-value (whlch was created/deflned by the flberglass lnsulatlon lndustry, how convenlent).
A great resource for yurts and lnformatlon ls www.yurtlnfo.org (that's lnfo w/ an "eye"). You can check out just about everythlng about yurts there. Can also always glve us a call or emalL or post =)
A hul ho~
Melssa
Melissa Fletcher
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"Make yurts, not war" Bill Coperthwaite, 1973
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"Make yurts, not war" Bill Coperthwaite, 1973