Building Yurts

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Building a yurt might sound complicated, but there are several techniques and tools that will make the process easier for everyone. As was previously stated, the first step to build a yurt is deciding where to place it. The area should be analyzed. The moisture and sun exposure of the region should be analyzed as well. The team decided to locate the yurt in Costa Rica because of the neutral weather and the sunny and hot days. Also, in Costa Rica will be easier to get through the building codes rather than in the United States. However, the first step to build it consists of making a list of all the tools, materials, workers, and equipment needed in order to build the yurt. The tools needed to build a yurt include measuring tapes, squares, a circular saw, rip and crosscut handsaws, hammers, a 5-pound sledgehammer, adjustable wrench, sawhorses, a 6-foot or more ladder, heavy-duty stapler, hacksaw, a …show more content…

This step is known to be the most complicated and complex of all of them. For this step, the carpenter will use the measuring tapes, the handsaw, the lumber, the one-inch bolts, the driller, and the pencil and paper in order to mark where does he need to make the holes. However, experienced carpenters stated that each wood lathe board for the khana needs to be drilled every foot, with a space of three inches between each little hole in order to build a lattice-like wall. Once having numerous lathe boards drilled, they need to be joined together with one inch bolts. Any interlacing or weaving should be avoided at any costs. An interlacing of the lathe boards will prevent to fold the khana back together or it might even make the lathe boards break while transporting the khana to the desired location. This is important because the khana needs to be build under a roof or on a closed space to prevent excess of moisture on the lathe boards or sun burns on the skin of the person building

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