Yurt Living

Yurt design orginates in Mongolia, where these tent-like structures were the year-round homes of Mongols living high in the mountains. This blog tracks our journey from designing, to building, to living in a modern yurt in rural Canada.

Friday, March 5, 2021

Yurt Design: Rigid Insulation and Steel Channel Construction Part 1

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  The basic design and structural integrity of the steel channel system is similar to the yurt design described at the beginning of the book...
Sunday, February 28, 2021

New Rigid Wall Design

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 Visit my web page at www.robertflee.com and follow the link to the How To Build A Yurt page. Every week, I am describing how to build a st...
Thursday, March 20, 2014

Yurt Chimney Vents

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While most yurt skins are treated with fire retardant, this does not mean they are fireproof, nor that they will resist sparks that are win...
Sunday, February 16, 2014

Solid-wall Yurts Easier to Move

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The original premise of the Mongolian yurt was that it was to be somewhat portable.  While the Mongols lived in their yurts for a substanti...
Friday, June 7, 2013

Yurt Skin Options

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Flexible wall yurts use two basic tarpaulin skins: a canvas treated skin or a poly vinyl weave tarpaulin.  Each has advantages and disadvan...
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