Build ItBuild Yourself a Portable Home - A Mongolian Yurt

Build Yourself a Portable Home – A Mongolian Yurt

A yurt is a portable dwelling and can be set up fairly quickly. You could have one in your backyard. You would first want to build a wooden deck for it to sit on to get it off the ground. The yurt is composed of rafters that have a compression rig around them at the top. This makes the bottom of the rafters where they meet the wall push outwards and so a rope or other material is tied around the yurt to keep the rafters in place and the compression ring keeps it all in place by ,,,well by compressing the rafters.

Build Yourself a Portable Home - A Mongolian Yurt
photo credit davidbuzz

The walls are made of a lattice work and then covered with felt. Once the felt is on the outer walls are covered with canvas. There are variations in style and materials but that is the basics of a yurt.   David Buzz shows us how to make a portable Mongolian Yurt. This would be neat for back yard camping or even to go out in the woods with.Check it out on Instructables.

Read more>>>>>

http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-yourself-a-portable-home—a-mongolian-yurt/?ALLSTEPS

Visit us on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Google + or send an email to [email protected] to join our single daily email that contains all of that day’s articles.

Paige Raymond
Paige Raymond
Raised in rural Montana and educated in Mechanical Engineering and Sustainable Development, Paige Raymond combines a practical mindset with a passion for self-reliance and sustainability. With expertise ranging from mechanical solutions and food preservation to emergency preparedness and renewable energy, Paige is a proud author with more than 5000 published articles.

Subscribe Today

GET EXCLUSIVE FULL ACCESS TO PREMIUM CONTENT

Get unlimited access to our EXCLUSIVE Content and our archive of subscriber stories.

Exclusive content

Latest articles

Popular Articles

More articles