Mudsills Up

Got the mudsill mounted. Quite a project 20 pieces lined up in sync.
I used 4X6 PT, this will allow the floors to sit easily lay on the mudsill without hitting the anchor bolts. You can see from the picture how they are notched down to allow clearance. Hopefully this will help with the setup.

Work Schedule

I'm reposting this because the schedule has changed slightly. We need to get the decking setup before the roof pieces go up. This is to allow us to put the roof rafter continuously from the center to the edge of the deck.

Wednesday, Sept. 2 Delivery and unpack
Hopefully won't need more than 1 person this day.
I'll be getting a forklift delivered and the pallets will be coming. It will probably take all day to get the pallets unloaded and moved to the house and then inventory taken.

Thursday, Sept. 3 Install Floors
Floor pieces way about 200 lbs each. There are ten of them. They are set between a center pier and the stemwall. They are then nailed together and to the mudsill. The more help the better.

Friday, Sept. 4 Install Walls
Wall pieces are between 100 and 150 lbs. There are 20 of them. They are rested on the floor edge, then nailed to the top of the floor and the sides of both the floor and mudsill through the siding.
Once all pieces are in place, the top sections are toe nailed together and a wire and turnbuckle are placed and tightened.

Saturday, Sept. 5 Decks
There are 5 12' deck sections and 2 4' Deck sections. Each of these must be built from precut pieces. They are then bolted to the house and rested on piers. Boards are then face nailed and trimmed per section. This needs to be finished before the roof pieces. We will work on getting the joists set but hold off on the decking until the end of the project.

Sunday, Sept. 6. Roof
Roof pieces way about 200lbs each. There are twenty of them. First 20 beams are placed between a central circle supported by a temporary post and the exterior wall sections.
All walls are plumbed and the beams secured with Simpson brackets.
Next each roof piece is set in place using a forklift with cables attached to the top of the roof and dropped onto the beam sections. They are secured then secured.
When all pieces are placed a second wire and turnbuckle is placed that secures the full roof.

Monday, Sept. 7 Roof Deck
Roof decks are set similar to the normal roofing, except the roof sections are rested on posts from the deck edges.

This is the plan, we may move quicker or slower per day.

Demo of Smaller Yurt Setup

This is a 14' round yurt. The complete setup was done by five men working 13 hours over two days. Ours will be a little less than twice the size. But the set up will be exactly the same, only the pieces bigger. Also, the Rafter beams and ceiling pieces will be set with a forklift not by hand.

Foundation Poured

Got a picture from my contractor on the poured foundation. Passed inspection and all set.
The gaps are for the vents and crawlspace. The pieces will set on a center platform under the pier and extend out to the stem wall perimeter.

Progress on Yurt pieces

Got an email from Mindful Living with pictures of the yurt being built.
So far everything looks great.
Here are the floor panels with insullation and sheathing.


And Stacked, Ready for the truck.


And Here's the roofing panels:


And The Wall sections.


Also stacked ready to ship.

Another Demo Day

Finished with getting the main demo completed. Just need to get the floor ripped out.
Plenty of room now for construction.


Also checked out the progress on the foundation.
All formed, we should get inspection and pour sometime next week.

Yurt Building Schedule

Here is the tentative schedule on what we will be doing each day to get the yurt up.
I will be providing more info on each task later on. Wanted to get this out there.

Wednesday Delivery and unpack
Thursday Install Floors
Friday Install Walls
Saturday Roof
Sunday Decks
Monday Roof Deck

Raise High The Yurt Carpenters

Wednesday, Sept. 2 -Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009
This is the starting date for getting the yurt materials and putting it together.
I am hoping to get it finished in five days over the labor day weekend.
If you can come, please sign the comments for this blog and let me know what days you will be there.
I will update this page with info on food and lodging and how everything will get set up.
For now, I'd just like to know your coming.

Set Backs or just back in general

I tried pushing the demo too quickly. Went up the week after 4 of July. My body was still pretty soar from the week before. I ended up trying to move a cast iron, wood burning stove. It was just too heavy for my back. Ended up with a strain, and no work done. Took two hours to load my truck back up and go home battered and bruised.
Here's the evil stove. I guess it will be there for the remainder of the project.