The Unveiling....sort of..... Finally! We've taken down the big tarps and it's possible to see the shapes of the roofs and the walls -- the blending together. We've had great weather and we took advantage of it. |
I took these images with a disposable camera that has been sitting in the cab of my truck for about a year -- hot and cold..... The lens plays a few tricks. |
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Here they all are. The connectors have "Ice and Water" adhesive roof covering on them. The bathroom Yurt has the first spire. Is it a spire? Is it a cupola? Jack says a spire is architectural and a cupola is functional. These are both. The roofs will vent out underneath the the cupola and it's visually architectural. Maybe it's an a-spiring cupola... |
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I'll take you around the building. |
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From right to left, the "living area" windows of the concentric Yurt, the back of the oval office, and the bathroom Yurt. |
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A view from the concentric Yurt (left to right) showing the kitchen windows, the oval office windows, the gallery, and the studio Yurt. |
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The Yurts and connectors from the road. The spire is peaking over the right end of the oval office. |
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Looking back to the concentric Yurt from the studio, right to left: studio, gallery, office, concentric Yurt. |
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John Davies coming to advise and consent. John was introduces to this project by our mutual friend, Tom Weakley John is a retired contractor, who has taken an interest in this project and frequently stops by with ideas, suggestions, and encouragement. His contributions have been invaluable. |
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John immediately went up the ladder and scoped out the roof. He had been concerned for months about how these roofs should all join together. He and Jack are discussing the effort that went into these roofs and the next steps. John approved. Whew! |
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It's Jack's turn on the roof, explaining to John some issue of valleys and water flow. Note the yellow lanyard on the bathroom Yurt roof. Two guys on the ground lifted the spire up to two guys, who were harnessed to these lanyards, standing on the roof. The roof guys carried the spire up the roof and set it on the top. The spire isn't all that heavy. It's made from six 2 X 12's and 3/8 inch plywood. |
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Here we're looking up the roof of the bathroom Yurt to the underside of the spire. The bathroom Yurt is twelve sided. The spire is six sided. The bottom panels on the spire will be scalloped in an upside down "U" fashion to reveal six small, rectangular windows that will be constructed in the ring beam onto which the spire fastened. |
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This is the inside underside of the spire on the bathroom Yurt. At about "7 o'clock" on the top ring beam at the wide edge of the spire you should be able to see a light rectangle -- one of the windows I mentioned above. |
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We did do much other than the roofs last week. Rick spent a lot of time wiring and insulating. Rick and Jack mounted the 140,000 BTU on-demand water heater (I'll have an image later) and installed the vent. Heat is on it's way -- we hope! |
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| Posted on February 6, 2006 | -Stanley |
