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A yurt is a free-standing portable dwelling with a distinctive circular footprint and cone-shaped roof. While they can be used as permanent dwellings in many climates, doing so presents unique home improvement challenges.

A yurt is a free-standing portable dwelling with a distinctive circular footprint and cone-shaped roof ('crown'). Walls are generally lattice frame covered in felt, fabric, or fur. The structure can be broken down for transport.

While they can be used as permanent dwellings in many climates, doing so presents unique home improvement challenges. For example, walls are non-rigid and cannot support in-wall amenities such as electricity, plumbing, or heating.

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What's a good way to support a freestanding chimney?

I'm working on adding a woodstove to a yurt. The chimney will go out a sidewall and then head up. There is not a good way to brace the chimney to the yurt itself. Here are some options I've read about, but don't know how to judge: Use a pair of…
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How do I properly paint a wood floor made of plywood?

I have built a yurt platform, which is basically a deck with 1 1/8" tongue-and-groove plywood as the decking. Usually that stuff is used as a subfloor, but in this case it's the floor itself. Call it rustic. I bought this deck (and yurt!) standing…
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Recommended footings for deck built on rock with 5-10% grade?

I'm looking to install a 30' decking platform (for a yurt), 3' above grade, on a plot of land I own. The site has a mild grade (5-10%), made up of metasedimentary rock, with ~1" of organic matter at the surface (not enough to dig into). What…
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What's the appropriate cable type along exposed rafters?

This is a followup to my previous, more general question. I installed (exposed) 2"x4" studs at strategic locations. These provide a mounting point for metal boxes, and EMT carries the wire up from the crawlspace, through the metal boxes, and up to…
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How should I wire up a yurt?

This yurt 30 ft. diameter; area is 700 sq. ft. ; circumference is 90 ft. The walls are lath lattice covered with canvas. There's no interior wall space to run Romex like a regular house. You can't attach electrical boxes to the walls, either. Some…
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How high should I make my yurt platform?

I am building the floor/platform for a 30' yurt. It's basically a deck. 30' diameter circle pre-cast concrete pier blocks 4" x 6" pressure treated joists, 4' o.c. 1 1/8" tongue-and-groove plywood floor 2" rigid foam insulation panels between the…
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How do I build a deck that is easy to take apart?

I spent the day taking apart the platform for a yurt. It was a real pain, and I want to make it easier to take apart next time. Old deck construction details: Decking was 1 1/8" tongue-and-groove plywood, fastened with 3" Robertson (square-drive)…
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Can a yurt be a dwelling?

Yurts are beautiful, charming, quirky, easy to build, portable, and cheap. I bought a 30' yurt from Pacific Yurts. It includes the insulation kit. Can I use it as a dwelling?
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Do I really need screw piles for a Yurt platform?

I am evaluating different options for a 24 foot diameter Yurt platform. This will be a round platform elevated between 5 and 6 feet, with 18 anchorage points. I am hesitating between options for my "foundation". The options: Concrete deck…
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