ourt 20ft yurt is over 6 yrs old standing in the same spot through several seasons before we actually decided to test for the winter, living in it.

Greetings everyone!
I have returned to add more to my blog of living in a 20ft yurt for the winter. 

   Well looks like ol' man winter isn't done with us yet in the Southwest Va.  Like I said this has been the coldest and harsh winter I have seen in this area for over 26 yrs.  This was the perfect winter to choose to experiment with our yurt for winter durability.

   I want to mention that this 20ft yurt is over 6 yrs old and has been placed on the ground with a layer of reg 14 oz fabric as used to build the yurt for the floor cup.  No other source of flooring other than a few throw rugs to walk on.  Throughout the years this has been working pretty good, with some exceptions of an occasional hole working its way through from large rocks on the ground surface, which should have been dealt with before we placed it down.  Next yurt will have all rocks cleared away and a thin layer of small pea gravel and sand packed before laying the floor cup on it. Actually, if I can raise the money I think a deck would be much more appropriate for the yurt or some kind of platform under it.  Then the floor cup will hold up a lot better and look better as well.

Picture below of our yurt directly on the ground with only the floor cup separating the bare ground and our feet inside. Note: the green floor surface in the bottom picture is the fabric floor cup. throw rugs throughout the yurt for more cozy and warmer feel to walk on.