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In case anyone has missed it we have been looking at Yurts for a new command tent when the current one blows away. Below are a few ideas about what we are looking at.

http://www.woodlandyurts.co.uk/Yurt_Facts/ger.html
http://www.flickr.com/groups/yurtliving/

THe Yurt will be a 16ft model, made with Willow and heavy weight plastic ripstop canvas about 2-3 times as thick as what the current command tent. THe Yurt will be essentially weather proof, itll be waterproof and its really not gonna blow away. It will also gonna look completly in character. The complete shopping list is below. We figure its gonna cost about £400 for the yurt. Do people think this is doable?

72 25mm Wall Rods £43.20
45 25mm Roof Rods £31.50
Rod Delivery             £60.00
12mm Sisal (220m) £35.00
Rope Delivery            ?
Canvas Roof £50.00
Canvas Walls £40.00
Canvas Delivery Charge ?
Door(s)     ?

This is for next years project, we are not gonna be doing this before the gathering. It may be March until we can order the wood.

Me and Goeff have sat down and figured out how we are gonna complete the plans. I am happy to go through them with people.

Comment and criticisms?

Ian

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Other options are to rebuild the current tent. This can be made much stronger, but it will never been made weather proof as the Yurt will be. We could also buy a pavillion about £300, pre made but not as weather proof but better then what we have.

We are gonna spend a little time doing more work on the current tent anyway.

Ian

[Jimmy]

i say go for the yurt looks good will be good if done well

[Gileh]

LARPing in britain leads me to beleive that the most weatherproof option is best...do you take donations to a community fund for the costs-how doesthat work. I am always up for some fun buildy time.

leigh

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Cash is done on case by case basis. We will decide to go for it and I will put it on my card and everyone gives me the cash. Saves any messing around. The kit is then available for anyone to use for anything, providing they pay for repairs if it gets damaged. Most of the kit is currently stored in my spare room, if you have extra space (which I know you dont) I am gonna ask for people to start storing some of this stuff. I cant take everything.

It will be a group build over several weekends. The estimates I have read are 100 man hours with a fitted roof. About 14-15 days work for one person. Divide that between 6 people and its around 2 days work plus a bit. We are not doing a fitted roof to start with which is the most labour intensive part.

Tasks are essentially

Walls
1. Strip bark off poles(optional probably)
2. Drill 8 holes in each pole(72 of them) according to template/jig
3. stain/treat poles
4. tie poles together to form latice

Door
1. Cut wood for door
2. Stain wood for door
2. peg door together

Center ring(hardest bit) cant be bothered explaining. Probably have 2 people working on this while everyone else gets on with poles.

Roof
1. Strip bark off poles(optional probably)
2. Drill 4 holes in each pole(45 of them) according to template/jig
3. stain/treat poles

The walls and roof will be done by 1 or 2 teams with jigs and power tools. The ring and door done by another team(probably me and Geoff as we have the best understanding unless we have any woodworkers). I figure 1  to 2 days to drill and cut the poles to length. Couple of days to stain them(multiple coats probably) Then a day to tie them all together and we have a frame. The covers are a square tarp and a rectangular tarp cut in 2, probably a day for 2 people to sort and work out the best way to put them on the frame.

The only issue we have doing it this way is what if the group splits up? Who owns the kit?

Ian

[Gileh]

Cool- I'll always be happy to help so long as there's tea and good weather!
(I'll help without tea or good weather, I just won't be so happy :p)

[Jimmy]

out of interest how easy is it to put up/take down and time wise also. plus how easy is it to transport?

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Transport wise I may need a roofrack to carry the long poles, the rest will take up most of my boot.

We are gonna need to start looking at vans anyway in the near future so this wont really be an issue. A van will take 3 people and all the kit allowing another car to take 4-5 people. That will save us having to take 2 or 3 cars. Probably save us about £60 in petrol if its 3 cars plus wear and tear.

We can also sleep in this if we want to(probably worth it on the cold events as we can bring a braisure inside and get "cosy"

Putting up I have seen people say they can put one up in an hour when practiced, 2-3 for the first time. It takes us an hour to put the current one up.

Take a look at the pictures of the yurt at night and the amount of space it will give us which all looks ic. We are looking at lighting see the electrics thread.

Ian

[John]

Hire of a van for a wekend can cost around £60 - £90 I used to do that for the Vike group I was in. Also if you hire a minibus then 1 vehicle all the kit and all the people and at about the same price. total for the weekend is likely to be around £130, two cars are likely to come out at £120 anyway so not much in it.

[Haskeer]

if we do end up sleeping in it im sleeping with one eye open, i dont trust you lot!

[John]

not afraid of being T-bagged are you?

[Haskeer]

if a single testicle even brushed my face i would quiut!
For life!

[John]

Don't blame you....kinda makes me feel ill