how to build a yurt (6 out of 10)

2 Responses to how to build a yurt (6 out of 10)

1. Lee says:

   August 11, 2009 at 11:18 am

   Yep. That’s the one thing the yurt salesman never tells you, isn’t it? Sure, it’s easy enough to raise the yurt. Takes a couple of days with three or four people.

   But building that platform is a huge pain in the butt. Took my brother-in-law and I six weekends, and we’ve both done framing before (he used to do it for a living). That and the numerous errors in the architectural plans from the yurt company made it a really frustrating experience.

   So if you’re thinking about putting up a yurt, know that building the round platform is going to be much more of a challenge than just raising the yurt. Especially if you’re on a patch of very unlevel ground, as we were.

   Even with experience building square and rectangle, know that it’s quite complicated and time consuming to build round. Afterwards, we estimated that (if we had the foundation poured and cured going in) we could have roughed out a small cabin in the amount of time it took the two of us to build the yurt platform.
2. maya says:

   August 12, 2009 at 9:31 am

   No kidding about the work involved in the platform. The yurt did go up in a day, but the prep to make that happen took several months. Still, a lovely space. No regrets here.