Sounded like a history lesson to me. Personally, I love hearing about the history and evolution of the Ger/Yurt. Won't get my hackles up that way. By the way,...
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eginden2
Aug 1, 2009 8:02 pm
So what kind of climate do you live in? Do anything special to cope with the climate? How do you heat it? What is the material for the roof? How much land are...
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Timothy Dawes
timd02806
Aug 3, 2009 1:23 pm
Tahiya, I'm so happy to see your yurt up and to know that you have been living in it! I'm also delighted to see the walls from my previous yurt up again....
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Mike Finity
mchlflngn
Aug 4, 2009 2:56 pm
Haven't posted anythng in a long time because I've been too busy with all the various and sundry little details and projects involved in yurt living... so an...
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Timothy Dawes
timd02806
Aug 4, 2009 3:42 pm
I haven't done this, mIke, but I've been thinking how I would do it in my yurt at some point in the future. My thought was to take 2 straight 2X4's the length...
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Kenneth
whitephoenix_69
Aug 4, 2009 3:47 pm
custom cut the foam and be done with it...geez little extra work lol  ken ... From: Mike Finity <mchlflngn@...> Subject: [The_Yurt_Community] Ceiling...
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woulf
emeraldlonew...
Aug 5, 2009 1:06 am
just search wikipedia color photography, that will give you lots of avenues of research. Apparently, the first actual color photograph was in 1861, by James...
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woulf
emeraldlonew...
Aug 5, 2009 1:09 am
also, to clarify, it states that "digital color rendering" was done, too, so i am still not sure which way that particular photo was taken. --Julia ... From:...
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froit1
Aug 5, 2009 1:31 am
uhh, why so complicated? just take the roof off, put layer of felt, put roof back on, no? Should take no more than half a day's work, expenses 300-600US,...
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Michael Finity
mchlflngn
Aug 5, 2009 4:54 am
okaaay... there's one in the "Get Your Sorry Butt To Work" Column... um, but why do you suppose I've had so little time for posting, in the first place, hmmmm?...
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Michael Finity
mchlflngn
Aug 5, 2009 5:02 am
Yeah you're right, what are we thinking, trying to live in such a climate - 4 seasons, makes everything too complicated - wind, rain, heat, cold, snow (98...
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froit1
Aug 5, 2009 1:13 pm
Sorry, insult-warning; In the central-Asian steppes we get 4 seasons, cold heat wet and dry, all of that, and a fifth season as well:, late spring, dust...
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eginden2
Aug 5, 2009 5:59 pm
Woulf, I'm inclined to think the current color state of this photo is due to it being added to, remixed, or altered by computer i.e. "digital photo...
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Kenneth
whitephoenix_69
Aug 5, 2009 8:10 pm
OK, for the first time ever I am going to blow up a soap box. FROIT, where can you get felt that will pass in the U.S. for $600.00  say it's a 30 foot yurt...
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Kenneth
whitephoenix_69
Aug 5, 2009 8:11 pm
colors added or not, still a great photo. Â ken ... From: eginden2 <eginden2@...> Subject: [The_Yurt_Community] Re: Straw Yurt To:...
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e ginden
eginden2
Aug 5, 2009 8:27 pm
I fully agree I'm also like photo techiques. ... From: Kenneth <whitephoenix_69@...> Subject: Re: [The_Yurt_Community] Re: Straw Yurt To:...
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e ginden
eginden2
Aug 5, 2009 10:39 pm
In case I need to clarify, I wasn't being argumentative,Just being couriouse about the photo techniques involved as well well as thinking "out loud so to...
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Chris Fuhr
instructorha...
Aug 6, 2009 1:03 am
This gives me an Idea of how engineering inclinded you are Froit. No matter how much air curculation you have minus a really high R factor and a low U factor...
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e ginden
eginden2
Aug 6, 2009 1:08 am
Chris, I think Froit said something about the stove being in the middle of the Ger? I suspect elsewhere the prefrence is heat souce on the edge to open up the...
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froit1
Aug 6, 2009 2:49 am
yes, sorry, I suppose there is a heater in the centre. Am I wrong there? And as for cooling in the summer: I had an interesting conversation with PA Andrews...
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Jamie
jamiemcwn
Aug 7, 2009 5:41 am
I'm thinking of making my yurt cover out of old billboard vinyl, as it's really cheap, only a quarter the cost of proper waterproof canvas. But I'm concerned...
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froit1
Aug 7, 2009 2:04 pm
did you try typing 'Billboard' into the 'search-box' above this message? grtF...
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Chris Fuhr
instructorha...
Aug 7, 2009 11:01 pm
I've lived in some non breath ables. not a yurt per say but in the Seattle area you get to know your way around damp.  1: no precious books. Keep them...
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Jamie
jamiemcwn
Aug 8, 2009 7:43 am
Aha! I did do a search for "condensation" but "billboard" did not occur to me. I shall search now....
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froit1
Aug 8, 2009 8:00 am
So, in other words: first you try to solve the problems caused by plastics with more plastics, and then, when this doesn' really work, give in to the damp, and...
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eginden2
Aug 8, 2009 7:22 pm
Pictures I've seen of yurts out side of the far east often include kitchenettes w/ electric, heat source on the edge vented through a wall, "windows",and even...
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eginden2
Aug 8, 2009 7:29 pm
Yes, Froit humans are full of contradictory behaviors like this. Somehow we manage to detroy and thrive at the same time. And perhaps we, US Americans, are...
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froit1
Aug 9, 2009 9:04 am
... From my point of view (I can see a part the outskirts of Ulan Bataar as I type), I can see many non-yurt-like stuctures: Wooden fences, small 6 ft...
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Chris Fuhr
instructorha...
Aug 9, 2009 10:43 pm
once again you don't know what your talking about. You try living in the Pacific Northwest I'm sure after two days here your an old salt. And Mongolian felt (A...
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Chris Fuhr
instructorha...
Aug 9, 2009 10:58 pm
Buckies DDU 1936-1945structure worked because it was corrugated steel and there was an edge at the bottom that was exposed for the coolest air to enter.  ...
