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All great comments, chaps. It gives me a lot to think about. Caulking - easy. Aluminum drip edges - easy. I like the awning idea but it's a step up in complexity, especially on a curved door and curved framing (headers and sills). I like flexibility and would love a retractable / removable...

I may not have explained myself well. Photos with notes might help. In my case, water is NOT come in under the door threshold. The door is outward opening and has a substantial overhange and seal. It's coming in at other points. Clear evidence of leak around door frame. I don't have a...

I’ve got some extra lattice wood in random, but short lengths. I could use that. However, due to the much wider door threshold, I think aluminum sheet cut to length and depth then screwed and glued would look nicer. It’s quite ugly at the moment and aluminum might dress it up somewhat.

This diagram is intended to clarify what I discussed in my previous post.

No attempt at trickery. It’s a pretty standard construction technique. The installers wanted to cut 2 rafters but I insisted only 1 needed to be cut. In any case, I’m very happy with result. The only thing I don’t love is that the stove is about a metre from the wall. That wastes some floor...

No, the rafter is cut and then the cut piece is used as a cross brace to support the cut end to the two neighbour rafters. You can see the cut piece (now a brace) at the top of the metal collar(?). It also gives something for the metal to be screwed to. There’s another piece of scrap wood at the...

Wood burning stoves installed and operational. Just in time as night time temps are already just around or below freezing. We plan to add a larger hearth of something non-combustible next week but we love the Mongolian style mini hearth pedestals. Each German wood burning stove cost about...

Our yurts are an interesting non-traditional design. The walls are curved vertically and horizontally, whereas traditional designs have vertical walls. Think of an igloo shape and you'll get the idea. So this makes shelves even more challenging because the radius changes depending on the height...

Electricity costs about US$0.04 per kWh normally but might be free at night in winter or we might get a free allowance of 350kWh per month. Depending on what the government decides. The free night time electricity would be better for us. Unfortunately, 350kWh is hardly anything for electric...

Our current solution is minimal. An open air squat trench for defecation and 50m in any direction outside for urine in the day. At night we have a bucket with a lid for urine. When it’s full, I throw it in a wide, horizontal circle downwind. However, winter is coming and we live in a very...

I’m not a fan of posts. I looked into it and it turned out to be more expensive. We’ve done 2 types. Rock and gravel with a wooden floor. Rocks were free on our land, gravel about $150 for 10 tons which we used for this and 2 other yurts. The wooden floor was also about $100. We’ve had a very...

We added underfloor heating and laminate floor. Total cost was about $1700 installed for 2 x 7m diameter gers. We paid professionals to do it. I’m not comfortable making this my first such project. I’ve installed hardwood floors in rectangular houses but never a circular one. Just to refresh...

Our LPS (lightning protection system) is operational but not quite finished. The hardest part and still not 100% satisfactory was driving the 1 metre long grounding rods into the ground. I was able to get one of them 80-90cm into the earth. We live on clay and rock soil. Loads of rocks. You're...

Well, the nomad design of ger/yurt is designed to transported, erected and dismantled in a few hours. Several times per year. The transportation part requires the lowest possible bulk and weight. Low cost too is a factor. I think a traditional ger costs about $1000-2000 new, depending on size...

Thanks for the reply. I’ll post the photos of the actual finished project later this week. I added a link to the diagram of the theory. It only shows 2 connections but I may have 3 roof rods and 3 air terminals (copper wire between) so it’s not exactly the same. We don’t have our wood stoves...

I think there's a limit on attached images, I'll add more here. This is how one of the gers looks inside. We specified 2 windows but we like them so much we'll probably get a 3rd. There's also a 3 panel aluminum and glass door. We'll also have a side door of aluminum and glass. Eventually...

This is my first post so I'll introduce myself too. I'm a British expat, now in early retirement, who has lived in the UK, USA and finally Asia since roughly 2007. I'm in a 7 year relationship with a Mongolian woman and after years of wandering and not being settled, we decided to settle down...