We have a 30' Nesting Bird Yurt that has only been up for about 3 months. In that time, we have had wind gusts lift the roof off 3 times, twice damaging the
. We now have a new
from Rainier. Today was the third time the roof lifted off. With each roof incident, we have added additional reinforcement.
After the first one, I added four DIY wind kit pieces (wire rope through the wire rope on the roof attached to the bottom. After the second one, I added 8 more DIY wind kit pieces and put a ratchet strap around the circumference of the roof. I added 4 more DIY wind kit pieces and reattached the ratchet strap.
With this particular design, I do not know how to get the roof airtight so that the wind won't get under it. I don't see any way for the roof to fly off with the wind kit pieces but at the same time I don't feel like our wind battle is over.
We expect much bigger gusts than what have done damage so far as the winter progresses. Our current yurt-busting gusts have been between 30 & 40 mph. I have not seen any posts regarding others with similar difficulties and would love suggestions to secure the roof further. This roof has been difficult to pull over the wall to my satisfaction. It is honestly hard to see how this particular roof was intended to stay on outside of tension.
Any recommendations, suggestions, and experiences others have had are appreciated.
Roof (and dome) vs. wind...the wind keeps winning!
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