bob golding [ Parent ]
bob golding[ Parent ]
There are lot of "hippy" appeals that apply more to Larry and Vicky my landlords who got me into this. To some they are very real, to others they are silly - to me they are interesting, but not essential. For example - when you live in a conventional home, you are segregating yourself from the earth - what I mean by that is, you are putting concrete slabs and such between you and the earth below. Many, many people, especially native respect Earth's energies. Modern homes, simply do not - they fight the earth and energies and block them. Not being a hippy myself, it really doesnt matter a whole bunch to me - but I will honestly say, I do get a damn get sleep in my Yurt, and have lived in long enough to honestly say there is at least something to it. It is about vibrational energies, both yours a human, and the earths. I'm not going to go into it deeper than that.
The tradeoff is working with shifting levels of humidity and temperature. Keep in mind my Yurt is actually not insulated, yet it functions in -30c! That is pretty bizarre, but it's possible due to radiant heat energy. That isn't to say when I come home the Yurt is stone cold, cause I dont have the heat on. My sun roof panels actually let in heat, the walls bounce it around and it is trapped. It takes about -10 to -15 before my Yurt is below freezing, with NO HEAT. Upon firing my small airtight stove it heats up very fast. Here in the property there folks that have actually snuck over from their conventional 2x6 insulated wood frame cabins, in -30 to sleep in the Yurts, cause they are warmer! That isnt to say we don't burn a lot of wood, but we live in the forest. Much can be done to amplifify a Yurts solar heating capabilites as well. Think of it this way, you stand inside the thing and its basically an inverted solar cook oven. Containing trapped heated via black water barrels filled with antifreeze, is one method I plan on employing so my Yurt is self heating in the winter, while Im NOT there to burn wood. There are many methods. I once saw a guy with a Yurt, and the whole based was skirted in panels, filled with old decommisioned flourescent tubes, painted black in and out, creating a passive heat exchanger! His calculations were that he had 4ft x 35ft of the south side in this system, and on a sunny day his heat exchanges captured over 12,000 BTU hour. He'd get home in the winter and open up a hatch, voila, tons of heat escaping into his living space. He'd then cover the tubes for night time.~~ Create Your Own Future[ Parent ]
HOWEVER
if you wanna things further, build a Wood Frame Yurt. I highly recommend these over geodesic domes, they are cheapier and better in wind. It follows a similiar design concept but is usually an octogan shape of wood walls.~~ Create Your Own Future[ Parent ]
So in summary - think of your yurt as a 3, 5, or 15 year building, depending on your choices in materials, budget.
Having said that, the guy we learned this from has been living in his Yurt for 12 years now and its a cheapie. He throws and afternoon or three of his time and a few hundred bucks at it, per year and has never changed his khanas or rafters, or hub. Only his wall and roof coverings have been replaced and he started with used materials to begin with! (As did I)~~ Create Your Own Future[ Parent ]
