written by René K. Müller, last updated November 25, 2007
I live in a 6.4m yurt I built in fall 2005, and since then dwell exclusivly in my yurt:
 6.4m Yurt |
- diameter 6.40m (19.4')
- circumference 20m (67')
- 64 roof poles
- wall height 1.50m (4.5')
- wall geometry
- roof poles/junction width 31.4cm
- hole distance 21.2cm, first hole 6cm below top
- 10 holes/junctions
- roof tilt αroof aprx 26°
- total height aprx. 2.77m (9.2')
- crown-wheel diameter 1.22m (8 segment polygon)
- area roof 38m2
- area wall 30m2
- door width 94.2cm (3 poles wide, 3 x 31.4cm), 150cm height
- wall/khana: 2 sections each 30 1/2 twin laths
Calculation done via yurt notes I collected.
3 pictures
2006/11/26 16:01 | | 
2006/11/26 16:00 | | 
2006/11/26 16:02 | |
The thermal insulation was first only 4 layers of bubblewrap, which wasn't really sufficent for the winter 2006, wich was long and cold.
For the winter 2006/2007 I upgraded the yurt with straw filled jute blankets, which worked very well:
3 pictures
All straw filled blankets done (1)
2006/11/04 15:52 | | 
All 13 segments put up ...
2006/11/25 12:59 | | 
Finished straw insulation with new PE rain cover
2006/11/26 13:59 | |
And the interior (kitchen, bathroom, bed, office desk, lab desk):
6 pictures
Development desk (south west)
2007/01/02 14:14 | | 
Kitchen section (east)
2007/01/02 14:16 | | 
Bed (north)
2007/01/02 14:17 | | 
Bed, crown-wheel, skylight & fan (north)
2007/01/02 14:19 | | 
Office desk (west)
2007/01/02 14:20 | | 
Door / construction desk (south)
2007/01/02 14:20 | |
And a couple of photos of pitching the yurt in fall 2006:
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2006/10/11 16:44 | | 
2006/10/12 15:36 | | 
2006/10/12 17:49 | | 
And so on ...
2006/10/17 14:47 | | 
Even more interior on the floor
2006/10/17 17:30 | | 
Extending lattice wall / khana
2006/10/17 17:58 | | 
Adding single layer of double layered bubble-wrap
2006/10/18 16:55 | | 
Putting up wall rain cover
2006/10/18 17:38 | | 
Wall rain cover put up (2)
2006/10/18 18:24 | |
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