05-26-2010, 05:26 PM
Opinions are nice to share here, but they're not facts. Oh... yeah, your gonna tell me that a tarp material is gonna out last a metal roof? Give it a rest. Pacific yurts has been in the business for a long time. The fabric comes with a 10 year warranty unless you spend more and get the heavy duty for 15 years. Uh, metal roof? 50 years and it comes with reflective paint...
But yeah whatever floats your boat. I thought about it myself. So, how big is your yurt? How much did you spend for it? how much was the shipping? How much for the material to make the base and get people to help out setting it up? Total cost?
Off gird? Where are you putting solar panels on a yurt? You'd never get solar hot water on yurt. Passive solar is too much weight. And it's not like your gonna drill holes in the fabric to secure it even if you could. That doesn't make sense at all. Sorry to burst your bubble but I've ran the numbers and it's much cheaper to build a cabin (traditional) with a nice deck for cheaper. Tho true you won't get the 'energy' feeling.
I suppose if you could put up a shell 30' yurt and get a quality yurt like pacific yurts or rainer all set up for a shell and include the shipping and labor for under 20K then that would be a doable option. Tho, I'm not sure what your idea is of seeking a mortgage to pay for it. What is the cut off rate for a mortgage? I mean, 40K? 60K? I know most people just don't have 40K let alone 20K just sitting around in the bank. One thing I have to give a yurt credit for is SPEED on how fast it typically goes up if you have all the help in place and all the parts are all good, nothing defective, a 30' yurt should go up in 3-4 days. So, you could be sleeping in your yurt very quickly.
But yeah whatever floats your boat. I thought about it myself. So, how big is your yurt? How much did you spend for it? how much was the shipping? How much for the material to make the base and get people to help out setting it up? Total cost?
Off gird? Where are you putting solar panels on a yurt? You'd never get solar hot water on yurt. Passive solar is too much weight. And it's not like your gonna drill holes in the fabric to secure it even if you could. That doesn't make sense at all. Sorry to burst your bubble but I've ran the numbers and it's much cheaper to build a cabin (traditional) with a nice deck for cheaper. Tho true you won't get the 'energy' feeling.
I suppose if you could put up a shell 30' yurt and get a quality yurt like pacific yurts or rainer all set up for a shell and include the shipping and labor for under 20K then that would be a doable option. Tho, I'm not sure what your idea is of seeking a mortgage to pay for it. What is the cut off rate for a mortgage? I mean, 40K? 60K? I know most people just don't have 40K let alone 20K just sitting around in the bank. One thing I have to give a yurt credit for is SPEED on how fast it typically goes up if you have all the help in place and all the parts are all good, nothing defective, a 30' yurt should go up in 3-4 days. So, you could be sleeping in your yurt very quickly.