Permitting a yurt

[Nicole74]

Originally Posted by Dan R-M

Our yurt isn't permitted, 'cause it's a temporary structure the county is ok with, but we've been exploring the prospects of cob and straw bale. The former is as far off the zoning board's radar as yurts, I'm sure.
The best advice we've gotten is to learn as much as one can about the zoning board and building inspectors (talking to folks who have built in the area recently) and to remember that most are not out to get you, but are more than willing to work with someone who is trying to do things the right way (the safe way). They won't automatically be antagonistic to new ideas if those ideas can be proven to be sound, but they're not going to do the work to establish the proof.
In some cases, the board or inspectors will actually be excited about working with you, because they want to encourage safe new ideas.
You can comment, Melissa, on the reality of that situation. We haven't acted on the advice yet ourselves, but it sounds reasonable and jives with our experience when informally asking a member of our zoning board about our yurt "summer home" by the garden.

Hi. I had thought of using cob or straw covered with limestone on the outside of the walls of the yurt. Using the material that normally covers your house especially for winter as installation. But I don't know if it would work. I'm thinking the limestone provides a harder wall. But considering that you may have to replace your yurt structure at some point, you may not want too.