This video is a timelapse of how to build a yurt. We bought our yurt from Pacific Yurts (located in Forest Grove, OR). — https://www.yurts.com/ — It is a 30 ft. yurt. When you buy a yurt from Pacific Yurts, you get the yurt kit but not the platform. We show you how to build a yurt from start to finish including the yurt platform.
We built our yurt almost completely on our own. Our kids helped here and there, but they are only 9 so they are limited to how much they can do. We also had one of our great friends, Emily, come and help us when we raised the roof ring, placed the roof rafters, and put on the top cover and side cover. Two people can definitely build a yurt on their own, but having the extra set of hands was a great help.
Our yurt will be our tiny house as we build our cabin in 2021. We will have it be off grid so we do not have to permit it. When a 30 ft yurt is complete, it is about 750 square feet of living space, but we also plan to build a loft in the yurt for additional living space.
And now a little back story on us, in case you just found us on YouTube. We’re Sara and Ryan. We are your average suburban family, but 8 years ago, we purchased a raw piece of land in the Hood Canal in Washington. We’ve been developing this piece of property slowly, and this year we knew it was time to go all in. So we purchased a log cabin kit home and decided that 2020 would be the year we built a house on our property. We plan to build this cabin (as much as we can) on our own.
Unfortunately, COVID-19 put a delay on our cabin kit being produced and delivered in the time frame we had originally planned. While we could have just waited it out and pushed back starting on the build of our home, we decided to shift gears and change our course for the time being. We purchased a 30 foot yurt, and will be setting it up as additional living space when we begin to build our cabin.
Follow along with us as we build our dream in the Hood Canal.
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