11-29-2012, 06:17 AM
Correct, Hunt. There are many ways to build the platform, post and pier is typically ideal here, gives extra height to catch more cross breezes, and it's a straightforward build. We typically do a girder with 2x6 T&G to eliminate the need for joists. This keeps the costs down and you can sand and varnish with a spar varnish for a gorgeous finished floor.
You can do partial walls, walls to the ceiling, or partial walls with a dropped ceiling. For a family of more than three I would definitely recommend utilizing a multiple yurt design or going two story, which incorporates more stick building with the yurt building.
The yurt philosophy is what you make it. The space is a blank canvas. The only hard and fast rules are not to attach interior walls to the yurt infrastructure, so you allow the strength and flexibility of a yurt in high winds or quakes; and get the advice of people who are experienced in yurts, not just building, when trying new things with them. A great book is Becky Kemery's, "Yurts: Living in the Round". She looks at all kinds of yurts, from very traditional, to modern traditional (soft sided but engineered and using contemporary materials), to hard sided yurts, etc. Great pictures throughout the book. A great forum about yurts is www.yurtforum.com
Melissa Fletcher
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"Make yurts, not war" Bill Coperthwaite, 1973
You can do partial walls, walls to the ceiling, or partial walls with a dropped ceiling. For a family of more than three I would definitely recommend utilizing a multiple yurt design or going two story, which incorporates more stick building with the yurt building.
The yurt philosophy is what you make it. The space is a blank canvas. The only hard and fast rules are not to attach interior walls to the yurt infrastructure, so you allow the strength and flexibility of a yurt in high winds or quakes; and get the advice of people who are experienced in yurts, not just building, when trying new things with them. A great book is Becky Kemery's, "Yurts: Living in the Round". She looks at all kinds of yurts, from very traditional, to modern traditional (soft sided but engineered and using contemporary materials), to hard sided yurts, etc. Great pictures throughout the book. A great forum about yurts is www.yurtforum.com
Melissa Fletcher
___________________________
"Make yurts, not war" Bill Coperthwaite, 1973
Melissa Fletcher
___________________________
"Make yurts, not war" Bill Coperthwaite, 1973
___________________________
"Make yurts, not war" Bill Coperthwaite, 1973