Erin & Bill started at 8:30 on Yurt Raising Day 1, getting doors and lattice in place, as well as the scaffolding.
It was great to see the lattice go up - instant walls!
Lattice laid inside the benderboard around the circle.
Next we set the doors in place and bolted the lattice to them.
The doors were still movable and a bit wobbly at this point.
Mom and Maia working on doors.
We did NOT plan to wear the same thing - it just keeps happening to us.
It was a foggy, damp day, but it didn't rain!
The cable was strung around the top, weaving in and out of the Vs at the top of the lattice.
The cable was a bit short at first, but easily corrected by taking up some slack around the french doors.
The lattice was then secured in a few places around the benderboard for stability.
Here you can see Erin's "I" brackets that are modified "L" brackets. His system used three bolts and some spacers, and works perfectly.
Bill working on the brackets.
Maia spent the day wondering how she could help without opposable thumbs.
The compression ring went up next. We detached it from the dome and hoisted it up to the top of the scaffolding.
Erin hoola hooping with the compression ring.
Ready for rafters.
We started to unpack the rafters.
Bolts at the end of each rafter had to be backed out a bit before they could attach to the cable.
The rafters went up fairly quickly after that.
I carried the rafters to the scaffold, 2 at a time, while Bill and Erin attached them.
Not easy work.
It was at this point that Mom took a walk with the camera to get some shots from all different angles.
With all the rafters up, we rearranged the placement on the cable of a few of them, trying to space them equally.
We ended up with one rafter placed on the cable between every-other space in the lattice.
Maia, still trying to be helpful.
Bill reading ahead in the instruction booklet. Our next step was installing the inner roof liner, which was hard.
David arrived to help with the next couple roofing steps, which we anticipated to be difficult. You can see the roof liner in the background.
Bill and Erin preparing for roof insulation and outer roof.
The roof liner cinches around the perimeter of the yurt with a drawstring.
More help! Charles and Emily pulled up just at the right time.
I believe Charles had no idea what he was getting into at this point.
Emily and I carrying roof insulation to the deck.
The roof insulation came in two halves, which we fed up to Bill and Erin.
Half the insulation on.
The two halves are taped together with foil tape, and extra long arms are needed to press it down. We used a pole.
The last layer of roof is the waterproof layer which weighs about 200 pounds. Our grand plans to hoist the folded roof up through the roof hole was impossible, so we unfolded it and fed it, little by little, up to Erin and Bill.
Charles' height came in handy with the roofing.
Feeding the roof up through the hole.
Yeah! Finally a respectable roof over our yurt's head!
We wrapped the walls in clear plastic for the night and went home to rest up for Day 2.
Day 2 ~ Sunny!
The remaining brackets were bolted to the lattice and the benderboard.
The hardware for the dome was installed.
Maia sat in a gigantic sea of blue for most of the day while we dried out the tarp.
The rope of the wall canvas is crocheted on to grommets in the roof.
David came to help again, and was in charge of holding that one piece of rope. If he let go, the whole wall canvas would unravel and fall.
The walls went up in a couple of hours.
I guess the inside is the same color as the outside, unless you have wall insulation, which is lined with white canvas.
Dad and Maddie showed up to see the yurt, & to help with the next step.
Mom practiced opening and closing her dome with the pole.
This, as you can imagine, resulted in a sore neck.
We decided to get a move on and install the wall insulation before the sun went down.
Unpacking the insulation panels.
This was definitely a four person job.
Which way is up?
Dad and Erin stayed inside to catch the panel that Maddie & I slid up underneath the canvas.
They tied the panels to the cable.
Half way round the room!
Everyone's arms were pretty tired after this.
Insulation completed.
The insulation is supposed to fall between the lattice and the benderboard. But Erin's "I" brackets got in the way, so a quick slit up the insulation made room for the bolts.
All is well and looking great!
Maddie practicing her newfound hammering skills.
Dad and Maddie fooling around the disc golf course after helping out.
A satisfied customer.
This is the gutter system that Erin finished installing.
After seeing the amount of water we collected on the tarp during the last two weeks of rain, this seems like an excellent idea.
