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Mongolian Yurt Style Structures | 36 comments (36 topical, editorial)
Re: Mongolian Yurt Style Structures (3.00 / 0) (#3)
by hvirtane (hannu_markus_virtanen(at)yahoo(dot)com) on Sun Jul 10th, 2005 at 03:48:39 PM MST
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Hello,

your story about your Mongolian jurt
is very interesting.

Could you, please post some pictures
here, inside and outside.  

I wanted to ask many questions,
but maybe some pictures would
answer to some of my questions.

- Hannu



Re: Mongolian Yurt Style Structures (3.00 / 0) (#6)
by ghurd on Sun Jul 10th, 2005 at 10:37:43 PM MST
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I stayed in one at a state campground.
A couple photos on their site,
http://www.ohiodnr.com/parks/parks/pymatuning.htm
G-

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Re: Mongolian Yurt Style Structures (3.00 / 0) (#8)
by BCborn (kylecarrington (@) hotmail.com) on Mon Jul 11th, 2005 at 05:19:01 PM MST
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Sure -

I will work on that. I used to have a digi-cam but someone stole it from my car - so it may take a little while. You may also like to see: www.yurts.com. Commercial prices for a 24' Yurt, range from $3000 - $12,500 from what I've seen, but that was way out of my budget - in fact, for under $3000 I will have built, plumbed, furnished, and heated my Yurt. As far as I know, many commercial models don't include reflectics, either, for that price! I can't imagine living in a Yurt without reflectics - however I live in the Canadian Rockies - an extreme area to be tenting 24/7 hehe. I will mention however, this is and always be a learning experience. To keep things in perspective our requirements were:

  1. Structure had to have enough living space to be comfortable, so 24' (450+ sq ft.) was our minimum size, unless your talking a bedroom addon Yurt.
  2. Structure should cost less than $1500 to build.
  3. Structure should withstand highwinds (100 mph +) and cold temperature (-30 c)
  4. Structure should be portable, and be able to build in about a week.
My Yurt meets these criteria - although I may end up paying for a few mistakes - we will see. An interesting thing about Yurts is, whenever you step away from the original Mogolian design - there are Pro's and Cons - Always - if only expense.
We have actually built a 16 ft Yurt from scratch for less than $100. It is however, more of shed than anything - but, it has followed the traditional Mongolian Design - using tree branches, and inexpensive canvass. The simpler the Yurt, the more portable - another consideration.

Thats it for now!
~~ Create Your Own Future
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