A bit of dialogue I picked up on between Jafo and Blondie on "The Yurt Raising" piqued my interest, but I was a bit late in the thread to ask. Anyway, my question probably fits in better here. (I'm secretly changing the name of "Everything Else" to "Renovating a Screwed-Up Yurt").
As noted somewhere else, our SM Yurt came 11 rafters short of its full tale of 30, so I fabricated the missing ones. They're 2x4's, and my father-in-law commented that he didn't think that was really enough. The yurts he's looked at apparently all have 2x6's (I think they're Pacific's and Colorado Yurt Works').
Anyone have thoughts on the matter?
The long range upgrade will probably involve 1) making a new
, cause the SMY one doesn't have the handy bevel that the rafters butt up against, 2) putting studs under every third rafter or so, and 3) switching from 2x4 rafters to 2x6 rafters.
By the way, beautiful situation there, Blondie, if you've got the water!
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