Beginning the Yurt process

[VanIsle]

Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum and also new to yurts.

I am purchasing a property and originally had planned to live in a 16x20 wall tent on a platform, while building a timberframe house.

Looking at wall tents led me to yurts, and the level of build possibilities and the open feeling, and all of the other positive attributes you are all, already aware of.

So my plans have changed considerably. I am now planning on a 32 foot yurt, built on a platform, with full plumbing and electrical. (toilet will be roughed in, as I will be using a composting toilet for quite a while). I am now thinking that the yurt will be a long term solution, and instead of building a house, I will be able to focus on the timberframe barn/workshop.


A couple of questions I have for the group right of the bat..

Yurtz by Design

. Anyone have any experience with them? They are very close to me, just a ferry ride away, so it makes sense to use them if they are reputable. I have searched for reviews, however the only testimonials I have found are on their site.

Floor

insulation

: I see a lot of threads about SIP's, straw bale, wool, etc....Is there a reason that in an elevated platform application, people don't just insulate the same way floors are insulated in stick homes that have unheated crawl spaces? i.e. batt

insulation

stuffed between joists with a vapor barrier? This seems to me, the most versatile when planning to have multiple floor penetrations for plumbing and electrical.

Last question for now relates to windows.

I would like to use glass windows eventually, however to keep initial cost down, I probably will not put all glass in at the start. The question is, how do you establish a weathertight seal around the window frame? Is there a well proven cutting/flashing strategy that people use? Also, framing the opening for glass windows. I have seen a couple of pictures of the framing supported only by the lattice and snow load posts. This looks really nice as opposed to stick framing, however is it sturdy enough.

That is probably enough for a first post