Build a Yurt Workshop
Local Living Ventures group in Canton, New York
The group has brought me in to teach a 3-day workshop where we will install a 20′ yurt for the members of the group whilst concurrently building a 10′ yurt from scratch to encourage students to build their own. Yurt building, camping, food, art projects, and long term off-grid living discussion will all be present for this weekend of camaraderie!
Steve
802-730-4519
Come help make this thing happen! You will learn about the history, uses and realistic expectations for yurt living, and “how-to” build one yourself!
There are lots of projects that need helping hands – planning, building, decorating (beautiful arts project for Mongolian designs!) and much more.
Join us to create beautiful, sustainable, and move-able housing we can all love!
A full weekend of camaraderie, Date To Be Announced. It will be late in May
Construction Supervisor is master yurt builder Steve Reed of Surely Yurts
- Two levels of participation:
- Camping on site, meals provided: Amount to be determined
- Day Tripper rate: Amount to be determined
Please indicate your particular skill level with construction, arts, etc. (all levels welcome!) and your dietary and camping preferences.
Go to this link to register and scroll down.
http://www.sustainablelivingproject.net/workshops-groups
Oh man this is gonna be a good time! I got to get in on this action.
Love that stone foundation.
Sounds like a great time.
Cant wait to hear more about details.
Where will this be held?
As nice as the Yurt maybe, I prefer something a little more on the traditional look when it comes to the tiny house movement.
Any Idea where this workshop will take place?
Best guess would be Potsdam NY. Good news for Ontario Canada.
Interesting…where?
Whoaaa man ……..
Has anyone built a yurt on a trailer yet ?
little joke….never mind.
A yurt on a trailer is not such a crazy idea as it first sounds.
Start with a 16 foot platform on a 16 foot trailer. Cut two 4 foot sections off each side and hinge them to fold up. Now your yurt platform is easily moveable and is only 5 feet tall.
LMAO, How about floor plan.
Have a great day.
Actually we featured one here once, here is the link: http://tinyhouseblog.com/yurts/laurel-nests-yurtle/
Thanks for the quick response. I also was just joking.
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I really like the idea of a yurt workshop. I think that would be pretty helpful for a lot of people. I know this was posted a few years back but I’m wondering if it’s something that happens regularly.
I bought a yurt kit a couple of years ago from simpleterra.com/yurt-kits/ for my mountain property. Best investment. I added a snow insulation kit to it for the winter months as we go up there year round. It took me a bit to setup, a workshop would have been helpful as there were a lot of things that I didn’t think about at first.
I found out about the pros of a wooden deck after I’d already set it up. I ended up building one and reassembled the kit on top of the deck. I found out about insulation kits after the fact, so I also added that to it. I added a wood burning stove for warmth and to cook on. I’m almost to the point where it has all the modern conveniences added to it.
A yurt workshop isn’t something you see around too often. And I think this will be a great idea to introduce and communicate to the people how yurts don’t just serve the purpose of what it has served in the past. People are very innovative and creative and have discovered a lot of ways to use a yurt. Check it out here: https://www.simpleterra.com/yurt-kits/