Yurt Companies. Modern Fabric Yurts Blue Mountain Yurts: Yurt sales and support services throughout Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region, with standard yurts in a range of sizes and custom options. www.bluemountainyurts.com Blue Ridge Yurts: Custom fabric yurts adapted to east coast and southern climates; made in Floyd, Virginia.
Tel. 540.745.7458 www.blueridgeyurts.com / kathy@blueridgeyurts.com Blue Spruce Enterprise: Authorized Yurtco dealer for Eastern Canada, also sells alt. energy systems. Located in Ontario. Buffalo Mountain Yurts: A family owned business located in the mountains of Virginia. Colorado Yurt Company: Building yurts, tipis and cabin tents since 1976 with generous standard features, durable construction and fully engineered designs. Laurel Nest Yurts: Providing canvas covered yurts, support services, and assistance for do-it-yourself yurt builders.
Freedom Yurt Cabins: The first designers of solid walled yurts that are competitively priced with fabric yurts. Camping Yurts. Yurt Living in Upstate New York. I discovered Louis Johnson’s yurt on facebook and contacted him and he agreed to let me share some of his photos of his home.
Louis will tell you a little bit about living in a yurt in upstate New York. Their yurt is built by the Colorado Yurt Company. This winter has proved to be a cold one as well, but we had a better handle on our wood harvesting this year and are in good shape. We estimate that we will use between 3 and 4 cord this year… only one more really cold month to go. Our PV system is small and has a generator plug in to supplement power when needed.
This past year we have made a couple of low tec improvements to the yurt. This year we are going to try to tackle a passive solar hot water heater and maybe a solar oven. We continue to have the time of our lives living the way we do, and hope that others will realize the joy that comes with living a smaller, simpler way of life. Our loft design was inspired by pictures we saw online. Notice the heat shield behind the wood stove. Yurt Buildng. Here is a free copy of my book Build your own yurt, written in 1995, It has been used by a great many people who have built their own yurts.
Our designs have progressed enormously since 1995. For a much more comprehensive guide see The Complete Yurt Handbook or see the rest of our website A complete guide to making a Mongolian Ger by P.R. King First edition 1995, Second edition 1997. Third edition, revised, updated, and expanded. 1997. Third Edition Fully revised and expanded for 1998 Internet Edition Jan 2000 The Yurt The English word Yurt comes from the Russian Yurta describing a circular trellis walled framed tent. The Kirgiz yurt with bent-wood roof poles and crown and a domed overall shape. The two tiered yurt with a pointed roof and two layers of wall section placed one on top of the other. The Mongol or Kalmuk ger with straight roof poles, a heavy timber crown, often supported by two upright poles, and fitted with a wooden door. Handvervaardigde traditionele yurten. Pacific Yurts-Original Modern Yurt Manufacturer.