how to build a yurt (9 of 10)

The top photos show the roof going on. This huge, cone-shaped piece of heavy-duty vinyl stuff weighed a ton. The first pic on the top left shows the crew raising it up, one grueling inch at a time, to get it through the skylight. The picture on the middle right shows three strong guys popping their muscles to pull half of it into place. Aside from following the scant instruction manual, getting the roof fabric on was probably the hardest part.

The lower left pictures show Paul installing the five foot wide acrylic dome. We were getting on the afternoon by now and people were getting tired. But only the walls were left at this point….