Yurt platform

Every yurt requires a sturdy platform. Read our step by step guide on how to build your yurts platform and ensure it is secure!

Do you dream of yurt living? Learn why we decided to buy a yurt for our off the grid homestead in Vermont, and how we built this 25 foot yurt.

insulated floor

Now that I’ve made a raised wooden platform for the play yurt,a beaten earth platform with dry-stone retaining wall for our 18-foot yurt,an 18-foot beaten earth platform with woven chestnut r…

With the posts in place, it was time to install joists. My carpenter was feeling better, but I decided to continue on our own. I was annoyed about some decisions he made that made a lot of trouble for me. I think that putting the pier blocks on the ground would have been fine. Perhaps with a little digging & filling in the soft spots, but I ended up with 5 yards of gravel packed in to holes. Also, the 12 marking strings parallel to the centerline (and their 24 batter boards) were unecessary…

I am building the floor/platform for a 30' yurt. It's basically a deck. 30' diameter circle pre-cast concrete pier blocks 4" x 6" pressure treated joists, 4' o.c. 1 1/8" tongue-and-groove plywood ...

Now that I’ve made a raised wooden platform for the play yurt,a beaten earth platform with dry-stone retaining wall for our 18-foot yurt,an 18-foot beaten earth platform with woven chestnut r…

We bought a 20' yurt to live in in southeastern Vermont. This is how we built the platform for our yurt, specifically leveling and building the frame.