Yurt Roof Wheel

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Yurt roof wheel.

Wall lath 72 various sizes roof wall door canvas 10oz natural untreated. The end of the poles you usually saw a. You attach various lanes until you reach the center that part of the canvas is laid unto the yurt skeleton and the next lanes are individually matched to that form and step by step added. Roof height 8ft 36 roof wheel roof poles 34.

Tension band loop buckle straps fixings options. The roof wheel or tono is the most integral part of the yurt. You can keep snug and warm in winter by simply adding a wood stove perfect for those winter hunting trips. The roof lath is slightly wrought so it fits into with the α roof roof tilt.

Traditional methods of manufacture are stream bending a single piece of wood to create a wheel or made using blocks to create a strong but heavy wheel that often required two supporting poles bagana. Internal area 153 sq ft. This is the hub of the wheel that is the roof. From 2 5 20m c circumference of the yurt w distance between roof poles 20 35cm α khana angle between khana laths 90 w khana holes distance of khana holes w door door width apprx.

80 120cm n poles amount of roof poles α poles angle between roof poles l pole length of root poles α roof angle of roof poles from crown wheel 20 40. Traditional yurts are round tent like structures engineered to collapse pack and assemble quickly for easy transport. You stay cool in the summer by raising the bottom of the wall canvas which draws in cool air and the warm air rises and exits through the roof wheel in the center. D diameter of the yurt e g.

The rim has 32 holes drilled at an angle in the outside edge to take the roof poles. In a nutshell a yurt is the original tiny house on wheels minus the tires. What is a yurt kit. It s a time consuming procedure and the roof canvas fits closely but becomes more inflexible.

If your roof poles or rather laths are rectangular the wheel could be composed by two flat rings and 2 times n poles small pole spacers which force the roof lath to remain in a particular angle and tilt. The yurts structural form and strength depends on the tono. The basic yurt kit the basic yurt kit is designed for those of you who have some woodworking skills and would like to do most of the work yourself but lack the specialist equipment to make the hard to make parts such as the roof wheel tono and canvas. 14ft yurt 2 600 00.

It consists of a wooden wheel approximately 75cm in diameter with hub held 25cm above the height of the rim by eight spokes. Traditional roof canvas is sewed lane wise e g.