[TheForge] Chuck Robinson's yurt shop

Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer artgawk at thegrid.net
Thu Apr 16 16:58:04 EDT 2009


Steve;
I like curvilinear walls personally, but do consider that one looses 
useful space to the inward tilt of the walls and that standard 
furniture, appliances and shelving won't conform to the curves.
Also fitting and sealing windows and doors becomes a nuisance..pf

Stephen Viola wrote:
> You know something Chuck!? I happened across these pages a while ago!!
> They are wonderful!! Love the Japanese looking hammers and the
> demascus steel!!
> 
> Recently there was talk about changing my forge shed to a yurt.. but
> the deal we got from the Aussie Shed Company was too good to go past!!
> But the house will most definitely be a series of yurts! Still trying
> to decide on the outter walls.. the inner walls will be compressed
> straw like these http://www.ortech.com.au/index.html and the outer
> walls something a little ecologically messy... but the long termed
> benefits hard to argue with.. http://www.zego.com.au/ the area we are
> needs a high rating against hurricane winds etc.. these foam blocks
> might just blow away lol
> 
> Steve
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