Yurt on the Ground

[tboulden]

Originally Posted by Bob Rowlands

I've had a couple rabbits under there.

We've got some rabbits on pasture, but who will retire from breeding soon, and they've got really good personalities and will likely become house/yurt rabbits. Only issues we've had with anything under our current yurt was a skunk very briefly being chased by a feral dog. Thankfully it wasn't injured and did not die under there, I would hate to have to burn the whole thing!

Originally Posted by Bob Rowlands

You could set it on the ground sure but really a simple platform is so much better than the earth. Even Mongolians have their large yurts on platforms.

To a large degree, if I do set it up "on the ground" I intend engineer the ground below it to function as much like a platform as possible. Perhaps I should've developed that thought more initially to avoid any confusion. I've looked at maybe doing something similar to an earthbag foundation ala Owen Geiger's outline, but my intention is to have something elevating the yurt itself, have it as flat as possible while still disallowing water pooling underneath, and using the EPDM/etc. to prevent any moisture wicking into the interior.

As always, thanks Bob!