12-23-2016, 10:36 PM
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Yurt Forum Addict
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Washington/Oregon
Posts: 292
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Re: Cold Weather Report 2017
Winter hasn't been too bad here--mid/late November temps dropped into the 10s/20s F usually, with the occasional excursion below zero (we stayed in town those nights...). We've 1 1/2 ft or so of snow on the ground and it keeps going...
My 20 ft canvas yurt has two layers of wool blanket in the walls & just one layer on the roof poles with just the canvas over the crown ring. There's drafts all around the platform edge (bare feet feel it) & the door. With the masonry heater (5-10k btu) & the drafts, it gets down to 40-45 F when I wake up in the morning. With the unvented propane heater (usually 15k btu but up to 25k btu) going plus the masonry heater, we keep it 65+ F.
I'm working on a better platform seal. My first attempt at the chimney roof penetration (separate triangular piece of canvas) didn't sit very well with the main flap (ie, very drafty), so I just put the chimney through the original flap. Once I have the platform & door sealed up & the second insulation layer in the roof, the masonry heater will hopefully keep things nice & warm.
I've got some great yurtcicles going. The 2-5 inch thick ice columns that surround the ropes aren't all that easy to work around. But I'm actually glad the snow melts off the roof--I really don't like it accumulating. In fact, there was a nice looking pole barn/shed a few miles down the road that collapsed this last week from the snow!
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