History and how to erect Mongolian yurt

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Brilliant video about the Mongolian yurt or 'ger'.

"Pop-Up Yurt Camper" | Laurel Nest Yurts

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Oh my, yurts go camping in style! They call it a 'yurtle' and it's fantastic. Who'd have thought there were so many different yurts for sale

The wrong kind of yurts

I made the yurt about 11 years ago as my first prototype.winds that day were between 120 and 160 KMPH If my insurance covers it i will rebuild asap but if not i am out 20G and it will take a while to build it up again. as for wind kits, that would not have been period but my problem was it was built as per khazak dimensions not mongol so the roof pitch was more for snow and not as much wind.. a lower pitch may have saved it??

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EEK This is what happens when you choose the wrong kind of yurts for your conditions!

Mongolian Ger Yurt Tent eBay

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Someone is going to get a bargain! You don't often see Yurts for Sale at this price. This yurt is on for under $4000. Ok so it's 5 years old & need a bit of TLC but even so - it's a great price. Act fast if you want it only 1 day left!

Hemp yurt canas

This is pretty cool not sure how waterproof it would be though. Hemp is an amazing fabric. 

Just breathe: a great way to use yurts

Next time you are looking at Yurts for Sale just think what you could do with a yurt! I am always blown away by the different uses people find for their yurts. This one is hyper-cool.  

NORTH COVENTRY — Barbara Kosciewicz's massage therapy business literally transports clients into a different world.The licensed massage therapist built a yurt, or circular domed Mongolian-style tent, to house her new business, Exhale Retreat.

"The structure is a traditional Mongolian hut. This is the Americanized version," Kosciewicz said of the unusual tent-like building accessed via a path through the woods behind her rural Evans Road home.Her yurt has a hardwood floor and walls of ecru-colored canvas stretched over a collapsible lattice framework. The entrance is accessed via a small wood deck, where massage clients can sit and relax pre- or post-massage.

Inside the surprisingly roomy structure is a massage table and not much else."

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This yurt is being used as a massage/therapy consulting room. I think yurts make amazing spaces for this sort of therapeutic business.

Here's a great time lapse video of a yurt being put up just to show how easy it is:

 

Fortress yurt

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Nice place to live perhaps but is it still a yurt? I'm not so sure..thoughts?

Yurt Renting in Oregon State Parks

What is a yurt

• August 23rd, 2009 8:39 pm

Skylight in Tumalo yurt photo copyright K Sweeney

A campground yurt is a tent with a wooden structure, locking door and skylight. They are similar to the yurts used by "nomads in the Steppes of Central Asia".  (See Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yurt for a full history.)  The yurts at the Oregon State Parks also have a bunk bed, a futon couch that folds down, a kitchen table with chairs, electricity and a small heater. Many of the Oregon State Parks have yurts and having a chance to peer inside before reserving one might give you a clue about whether or not you would like to make a reservation.  If you have spent many nights in a tent, being able to stretch out without a rock for a pillow or mid-ribcage backrest might be a delightful change. It's also nice not to wind up with everyone and their dogs in a pile on one side of the tent when you wake up in the morning.  (The ground looked flat when you got there, didn't it?!)  Ever wonder whether the midnight foray down to the water just outside your tent was made by a deer or a bear?  Well, in a yurt it doesn't really matter.  Deer, bear, whatever; at least they're not in your tent with you or bumping into your tent stakes.  

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Lots of reasons why yurt renting is better than putting up a tent. I don't mind sleeping on the ground. It's the bear that really clinches it for me!
Just a thought if glamourous camping is 'glamping' shouldn't yurt renting be 'yenting'?

Luxury Yurts - Travel Channel

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Three great luxury yurt hotels for really glamping it up. Now that what I call a yurt holiday! The one in Spain looks amazing. I can dream can't I? :-)
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Yurt living article

In a yurt, you’ll hear every raindrop, every breeze, every bird call and coyote howl. In high winds your yurt will rock and creak like a wooden sailing ship in a gale. Yet, while reacting strongly to every weather change, yurts handle weather brilliantly. I was inside one day when a 100-mph wind gust hit. The lattice wall swayed. My desk rolled backward, books tumbled from atop a filing cabinet. But when I checked for damage later, I found only that the drip-edge of the roof had harmlessly flipped up—something I could have avoided by using the built-in tiedown loops. The roof and walls have never leaked, even in the worst rainstorm. The roof has never bowed under snow. And I’ve had only minor, fixable problems with cold and moisture penetrating around the bottom. If you’re living in areas of truly extreme conditions, wind and snow reinforcing kits are available.

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I guess it will be fine then. I was a bit worried about high winds!
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