Real Walls in a Pacific Yurt?

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Originally Posted by Pixiemoss

I saw your pics and it looks great ! Do you have a way to check behind there easily for mold ? I would worry it's growing where I can't see. We live next to a large year round creek in a shady area of Oregon . It gets dry in summer but winters are rainy and mild..

With the fireboard...is that rain proof ? I would think the rain would mess it up. We plan to put cedar board and batten siding on. Not very fireproof though.

We do spot inspections by unscrewing the sidewall and poking around. It IS possible that we have missed something. We always run an air purifier regardless because of the usual indoor air pollution issues in any home. So that gives us a safety factor. Is it below freezing much in your area? That's a factor for condensation. We have very cold weather every winter down into the single digits and we do get condensation running down the ceiling between the insulation and the top fabric in the morning after things thaw out.. It then runs into the walls where it seems to dry up pretty quickly because the walls are so well ventilated. Sorry I forgot to mention this before!



As for they hardy board, we will install just like on a house with a layer of plywood, then

moisture

barrier and then the siding and it will be water proof if we install it correctly. For the yurt's skirt, we have used galvanized metal to create a barrier to fire.