Yurts_Connecting_Roofs_ and

The framing of these buildings, because of their physical sizes, catches the eye. But as we've moved along, there's much happening inside. There's a lot of organizing of the interior space so that we can work. Tools need to have homes so that we can find them. Construction material needs to be organized. The trash needs to be picked up.

And there's the work that goes on inside. As Jack is completing the work on the roof, Rick has been working on wiring (with great initial help from Bob Endee). It's great to be able to flip a switch and be able to see; to plug in a tool without stringing long extension cords around; to see wiring in place on the walls. I find this all quite dramatic -- but at a slightly different scale than framing.

Jack has been spending a lot of time working on the roofs of the gallery and office and on the point that they join at the bathroom Yurt.	Yurt Home Page
	This roof framing is that of the connecting roof that joins the bathroom Yurt (the shingled roof on the right) to the oval office roof (the left end of the ridge beam of the connecting roof terminates on the roof of the oval office) and the gallery roof (lower left). The bright post in the foreground is framing that holds up the blue plastic tarp.
	A bit of a closer look at how Jack fit the rafters of the connecting roof to the curve of the gallery roof. Again, the wood in the foreground is part of frame for the blue tarp.
	The ridge beam of the connecting roof joins that of the oval office. Note the roll of short rafters that join at the top near the end of the ridge beam and that fan out at the bottom. Actually this is necessary to eliminate a flat valley at the join of the oval office and the gallery roofs. The blue tint comes from the sun shining on the blue canvas.
	This shows a little more clearly the little roll of roof. Jack has extended the bottom so that it joins the sheathing of the gallery roof.
	The ridge beam at the oval office end. Note the roll of the roof on the gallery (foreground) and that of the office (background) where the rafters are attached. The rafters are full dimension 4 X 4's and the ridge beam is a full dimension 4 X 6.
	Here the ridge beam connects to the roof of the bathroom Yurt. Again, there's quite a curve to manage at the roof ends of the rafters.
	There have been few days this winter when the tarp could be rolled back. Saturday, the 28th, was a beautiful day. From right to left you see the concentric Yurt, the oval office, and the bathroom Yurt. The roof of the oval office needs to have "ice and water" glued to it (that's like the old "tar paper" or felt paper -- but better). You can see the framework of the connecting roof (from the opposite side from that of the pictures above). The framework of the tarp is above it all (we're eager to see that disappear!).
	Okay! Enough with this connecting roof! Well, it was quite complex to construct. You can see the necessity for it right here, as it covers up a virtually flat valley at the join of the oval office roof and the bathroom Yurt. The tarp superstructure is something in itself!
The framing of these buildings, because of their physical sizes, catches the eye. But as we've moved along, there's much happening inside. There's a lot of organizing of the interior space so that we can work. Tools need to have homes so that we can find them. Construction material needs to be organized. The trash needs to be picked up. And there's the work that goes on inside. As Jack is completing the work on the roof, Rick has been working on wiring (with great initial help from Bob Endee). It's great to be able to flip a switch and be able to see; to plug in a tool without stringing long extension cords around; to see wiring in place on the walls. I find this all quite dramatic -- but at a slightly different scale than framing.
	And then there's my desk, on which sits a coconut cut to the shape of a Yurt. It's dried and quite light with the faint tracing of windows and doors in its sides. Thanks, Ann.
	This is a building with three power panels. The main power comes into the bathroom Yurt utility area. The mail panel is in the background.
	There's a sub panel in the studio Yurt, and....
	...another in the concentric Yurt. We're just beginning the wiring. These switches aren't installed in their permanent location. Rick likes things neat, and his wiring shows it - well, it will.....
	What's a Yurt without a network connection? That's sawdust all over the posts to the left and right.
	The beginnings of the controls and distribution plumbing (supply and return manifolds) for the radiant floor heating system.
	Compressor hoses and coils of electrical wire hanging in the bathroom Yurt.
	A light fixture will be at the top and the switch and an outlet at the bottom over a small work bench (to be built) in the bathroom Yurt (it's also a utility Yurt).
	Levels hang on a stud at the end of a shelf that holds many of the hand and power tools we use.
	Cable holders and a dust mask hanging at the ready.
	Clamps where they can be found.
	Tools.....
	The heat gun, a necessary tool, to heat the "ice and water" paper so that it will stick to the roof.
	We've installed some electrical heating units that work at keeping a little heat around. We also use the kerosene heater on the left. The logs are left over from the posts. We'll probably find a way to use them.
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Posted on January 30, 2006	More to come........ -Stanley