| | By the end of Sunday, the yurt was up. But first... |
| | | Prior to the weekend, some other prep: we seamsealed the 65'x84" canvas wall. |
| | | Dave made the door and window frames and we tested out placement and views. |
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| | The edges of the lattice wall were rounded off to facilitate height adjusting. |
| | | Maime sews the inner liner. All of our materials are flame retardant. |
| | | The liner hides the insulation. It looks like a pacman to fit the conical roof. |
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| | Here is how the deck looked at the start of the weekend. |
| | | Our first task: laying the floorboards. Here we are marking the center line. |
| | | Nancy and Paul align the first floorboard to the center line. |
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| | Brian Abbott trims a board. Progress is slow as we seek a good fit. |
| | | The flooring is 10" pine. It is screwed onto the plywood deck. |
| | | Brian and Nathan work on one side. |
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| | Maime, Kristin and Paul work on the other. |
| | | Without Grimm to manage the project, some slacking was happening. |
| | | Jason puts a final coat on the roof ring. |
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| | The lattice needed some additional work as some of the 600 had come loose. |
| | | Lou and Brian Turner put the finishing touches on the rafters. |
| | | The edges were rounded off to prevent burrs from damaging the roof. |
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| | Holes were drilled for tension cables that stabilize the structure in high winds |
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| | Around 5 PM, the platform is nearly finished, BUT... OH... NO... |
| | | ... we end up a few boards short! Paul SAVES the day by finding spares at home! |
| | | At the end of the day, we BBQed. Joan making art out of scrap wood. |
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| | Sunday AM, a panorama of the yurt site. Still not much "raising"! |
| | | Grimm, project manager, arrives to make sure the job gets moving! |
| | | With Sourie as assistant... |
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| | ... they put Rachel to work protecting the edge of the deck... |
| | | ... just in advance of plavement of the skirt. |
| | | The skirt is 2" above the deck; it holds the lattice wall in place. |
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| | Meanwhile, another crew works on the insulation, called Reflectix. |
| | | It is essentially bubble wrap with tin foil on both sides. |
| | | They are joining rolls together to form a giant pacman. |
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| | With the skirt nearly finished, Maime holds the door frame in place. |
| | | Everyone pitches in to move the lattice wall! Its heavy. |
| | | ... now it is starting to get exciting! Watch your fingers as it expands. |
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| | We've got a 10 second video from the inside elsewhere on this site. |
| | | We saw the lattice and attach it to the door and window frames. |
| | Dana,Brain,Lou,Lee Rachel,Adam,Jason
Lize,Maime,Paul
Kristin,Nathan&Anna! |
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| | We could not have done this w/o your incredibe help!! |
| | | Lize and Maime putting grommets in the wall's canvas. |
| | | With the door and window frames in place, a cable is woven on top of the lattice |
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| | The cable is secured by a turnbuckle, everything relies on its strength. |
| | | The cable holds the roof rafters in place. Paul... |
| | | ... Maime, Lou and Jason each hold... |
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| | ... one of 4 rafters as the roof ring is raised into position. |
| | | Check out the Lord of the Roofring video to see the ring go up! |
| | | We like these shots of Adam very much... |
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| | ... the rafters are alternated to maintain balance around the ring... |
| | | Wow. So cool! The rafters are linked to the roofring by 3" pins. |
| | | It took some finessing, but all 42 rafters were successfully positioned. |
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| | It looks sunny here, but not for long! |
| | | As thunder rumbled across the valley, we hastily put up the roof! |
| | | We left the insulation and liner for another day. |
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| | The wall is hung from rope laced underneath the roof's valance. |
| | | Dave rigged a cover over the skylight. It held during that evening's huge storm. |
| | | Despite fears of collapse or leaks, it's held up just fine!! |
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