How to make a yurt in 3 days? 

There is something so amazing about making something by hand. You have not only the sense of accomplishment, but you experience the hard work and love that goes into the project.

Finally a video of someone actually building a yurt and not putting a kit together. Well done thank you

Some thoughts: 1) The music appears to be an effort to regionally link the project and the music; if that's true, then it adds to the authenticity. If one finds it bothersome, then turn the sound down -- there is no audible instruction to miss. 2) Yurts are temporary nomadic structures, similar to Teepees, and the original creators were clever enough to design them to be REUSED as they followed/moved their herds. The yurt originated on the Asian steppes, where resources are quite scarce, so the structure is created from many small pieces of wood cut from willow thickets or similar shrub-like small trees -- timbers do not exist in that environment. This project was completed in Scotland w/ local materials, which might well have been considerably more robust and therefore in need of process with much more vigorous tools and methods. 3) This is an educational event, so that's why there's an army of volunteers. Obviously, the process could be completed w/ only about 3 men and 3 women in a similar time frame, and I find it fascinating how the work can be neatly divided in half for two teams: the frame and then the tent. It also appears that a yurt might be completed over a long period of time, allowing a family to acquire the wood components as they moved from pasture to pasture, and gradually filling in sticks that were omitted from the initial build, during gentler weather for example. Thank you for the interesting video!

Hi Mr Pigsticker, yes its called a rounding plane in the UK . Our yurts are made of oak or coppiced ash from the estate here, (fresh cut green wood as know free as possible ). The spars in the crown are willow or hazel, whichever you have. either way Hal recommends a borax treatment to protect against worm. cheers aaron Cass

yurt means house or country in turkish languages.and this is very traditional turkish yurt ( tent ) on the video.still in Anatolia or central asia Turks and mongols are using that .and the music on the video represents some turkish clans (yörük meaning walking turks ) still using this tent ( yurt )

Awesome video, I want to make a yurt so bad... My mate makes yurts (but at the moment he's on the other side of the world) He can make a 16ftr in a month, with a handful of basic tools and second hand stuff. He sells them for £5000 each (the canvas alone costs him £1500 to have made) but they are amazing and beautiful, and great to live in, even in the winter with a small wood burner, so cosy people even complain they are too warm. You can have chimneys and windows put in too. Excellent piece of human engineering

Great video! This is what I would call an advanced yurt build with some very knowledgeable builders and lots of hands but the basics are there

Fantastic workmanship. The bowing of the wood done traditionally like that is very difficult as the wood tends to snap. I love how everything was done with out the use of modern machinery (with the exception of the 1950's Singer sewing machine). Great work guys!!

I did the course a few years ago. Brilliant! A great way to spend a few days outdoors whilst acquiring some knowledge and skills.

It is a miracle of engineering. This one of a kind sample of ingenuity, as well documented as it is, is a fine sample of the mongolian contribution to human race. along with the rest beautiful things the mongols have blessed us with.

Thanks for sharing, as a woodworker, I enjoyed the steam box used in your vid, lot of patience involved, hopefully when they move around the Tibetian mountains they can tear these down and reuse.

I have a tent this size. It goes up in fifteen minutes with no hippies or Turkish music.

Well, when I built my yurt with the guidance of Hal Wynne Jones, there were no power tools used... no sandpaper, nothing like that. It was pure joy.. nothing work or drudge or noise about it. This is a fest by comparison. Time will return us to more sane things ,

Locally sourced Green Oak for all the trellis, roof spars and crown ring - and willow spars in the crown. The oak is treated with Linseed oil (3 coats Minimum) and the willow is treated with Borax to keep woodworm out. cheers Aaron Cass

although I'm more in the geo dome and hexiyurt crowd I really enjoyed the craftsmanship and the "what ever the heck works best" methodology you use. old school brace and bit to table saw running on generator to a draw knife and mortice making "branding iron" ... this was truly an amazing vicarious experience for me. I would gladly spend 3 days of my life just to build that yurt for someone else. I would love to see some instructional or descriptive dialogue as to overall construction and how you decided on your modern and old school wood working techniques.

The music yurts my ears.

This was very educational. I am looking to make temporary buildings, and this is a wonderful project.

i think the best pART OF THIS VIDEO IS THE COMMENTS talking shit on the army of helpers and outrageous tools. Then someone called them hippies and I just loved it. I had no idea what a yurt was....but it sure looked like a fuking teepee that could be made in 10 minutes without the fucking huge baking ovens and truck load of weirdoes. They all looked pretty skilled though....but hey, editing does wonders. Good work.

What a great team of artists... Love the music.

Great montage but where's the unedited part where you show us how to build a yurt?

I have learned much from this video. Still don't know how to make a yurt, but I now know that I hate the horrible music that was hurting my ears.

That bloody music was enough to drive me over the edge...!

This came from the eastern cultures. Im from Hungary and our ancestors lived in this kind of "houses". There is also a camp not far from here where I live and there are 2 big rentable yurts (jurta) with an archery yard so it's not a forgotten techique but pretty rare and kind of unique also in this country.

This is a Turkish house. also known as "lumps from home" is ". Afyonkarahisar / EMiRDAg'da county region, are still used, the mounting for 1 hour, 15 minutes disassembly .. Felt very cool on the type covered will be very hot in the winter .. potratif is ideal for life. Turks still uses. Used by the Turks for 15 thousand years. This is only the "Builder cuts" and is made with a knife !

Loved what you did, but have to say f I had all those handy tools and all those wonderful people maybe I too could build one in 3days. lol I love it when people come together to work like this, such a wonderful part of human nature. Thanks for this very very good instructional video, now all I need is to get me some good folks to help.

the steam box is made of plywood with 3 or 4 inch insulation sheet on the outside. A pipe goes in one end which is attached to a a pair of old radiators arranged in an 'A' shape so a fire can be built between them. The important thing is to have the water at the right level so steam comes out and not boiling water. it takes some setting up. The radiators are fed by a water butt. i hope that helps... Sorry I can't give you more info right now.

A yurt is a transportable form of accommodation common to the steppes of southern, western, and central asia. They're easy to build, comfortable, and quite durable for temporary or long-term living!

Interesting video, but I might make one suggestion, which is to add in the title, "when you have en entire village of people to help you build it". Most of us are probably building this on our own and don't have a team of helpers, turning this into more of a two week project for soloists.

True... it helps to have many hands and hearts. Good luck with your project and come and visit us sometime. Hopefully in 2012 we will be running some more courses possibly week- long etc All the best

i liked the music, had turkish friends, bring back good memories of sitting in their restaurant.

"YURT" is a Turkish word. The first song is Turkish Folk Song: Pazarda Bal Var Gelinim

For anyone interested we will hopefully be running similar courses but longer and more detailed in 2012 Also check out the Foundations of Natural Intelligence courses which take place entirely in the very Yurts we have made...and the video on this channel...

Biggest understatement I've seen this week.

Hi, rounding planes (various sizes), surform, drawknife, spokeshave, cabinet scraper, cordless drill, all well honed and very sharp...

Ah thats cool. All you need is a 50 person crew and tonnes of expensive equipment...

The yurt is a much more sturdy structure. You can literally live in one instead of a house, and people often did, and sometimes still do. The tent wouldn't withstand constant use.

If you don't want to experience mold in your yurt, I highly suggest you put it on a platform! Had many problems with humid-tight shelters sitting on the ground, even with a groundsheet!

The secret to building a yurt in 3 days is apparently having a ton of people helping you. Which also happens to be the secret to building a regular 3,000 sq ft stick house in 3 days. This would have taken months for 1 to 2 people. cool process though.

i like the music

Pretty cool - though it should be called HOW TO BUILD A YURT 'WITH 20 PEOPLE IN 3 DAYS'

It is Turkish music style. It is cool. The reason I say this not because I'm Turkish. I love Turkey...

yeah an actual yurt will hold temps above 70 degrees in in minus 40 degree weather it`s not meant for a weekend outing it was for long term survival.

They could have done it in one day but they couldn't concentrate due to the horrific music.

sewing the canvas will be amazingly slow without that great old singer machine

Mesmerizing. Good work all you dedicated workers.

I dont even smoke weed but I had to chuckle at the 4:20 mark when hes heating that string and it looks like hes on a joint break.

@ARTESPAQUIME1 Hi it sits either on the ground with a grpundsheet or on a wooden platform . The roof canvas is pegged to the ground but the yurt isn't as it is very stable even in high winds. Ours are also not permanently up so... I know the yurt wasn't finished that's why the title has question mark . The sewing takes a few more days to complete. We did try to get it done but it is actually a huge amount of work. We now have completed 6 over a few weeks.

no electric tools when making yurts with Hal in the '90's.... Beautiful groupwork there.

The name of the songs are - pazarda bal var gelinim (there is honey in the bazaar, my bride) - kara üzüm habbesi (seed of black grape)

I think it's amazing how those cultures invented the steaming chamber and power tools. It's a good piece of work, but my deeper respect aligns with the cruder but more traditional skills-driven variety

"Yurt" is Turkish word meaning is (home, homeland, country) so Turkish Use this word 1000's of year for home, see also turkish leader Ataturk's word "yurtta sulh, cihanda sulh, meaning (peace for homeland and peace for whole world) you can check all this in google translate

yurt means home or homeland in turkish we still use this tents in here but we usually called them otağ if you interest in this yurts you should visit turkey

we had an old army tent that was shaped like this. two layers of canvas. We camped out in dead of winter.

Music is a Turkish folk song. It is about blessings for a bride. Pazarda bal var gelinim pazarda bal var Sende bir hal var gelinim sende bir hal var Ağana yalvar gelinim paşana yalvar gelinim Ah deyle gelin gelmeye kıymetli gelin Gelinim gözelim de kınan kutl'olsun Hem orda hem burda dilin tatl'olsun Pazarın üstü gelinim pazarın üstü Yar yara küstü gelinim yar yara küstü Güveyim uslu gelinim güveyim uslu Ah deyle gelin gelmeye kıymetli gelin Gelinim gözelim de kınan kutl'olsun Hem etc etc..

true .. but these aren't hired - just volunteers and students learning the process.

All that brilliant craftsmanship only to cover it up with some kinda tarp....only if there were a better way....all in all great job!!!

turkish music on a scotty video ? XD

@deathtroy123 Hi the the dowel is made with a rounding plane. They are a specialist tool but available from a couple of sources on the internet.... cheers

What is the tool used to sharpen roof dowels? Why burn through roof mortises? Pretty cool use of materials and techniques. Complicated , i'd would need the expanded video, but very cool all around video.

ula bu muzik bizim yörenin müzigi başarılı bi çalışma olmus ......

who else watched this to figured out what the hell a yurt was?

Lovely video with lovely Turkish musics... This is from Ottomans or some other country? Thanks for posting...

It seems a lot of work but if it’s going to be permanent then it needs to be robust. But lovely when finished

It would be interesting to see how the Mongolians did it in the past, or how they construct one today.

Hi, and sorry for the late reply... Hal is very busy this year so we will not be running a teaching workshop as such . We will, however be finishing off a coppiced ash yurt started last year and Hal will be leading the team if you are interested... This should be happening early to mid aApril for around five days. Contact me at aaron@beshara.org if this appeals. There is also a forestry fortnight starting mid -march...

It's a anshient qazaq (kazakh) yurts. At keast 2-4 thousands years in this technology. :)

Киргизы на своих пастбищах, юрту ставят за 3-4 часа, делов-то, правда все привозят с собой, на полу кошма, стены и потолок тоже кошмой укрывают, в верху отверстие для выхода дыма, но когда дождь, это отверстие закрывается, на пастбищах живут семьями - 3-4 месяца, потом переезжают на новое место или спускаются в долину вместе с отарой. Когда кто-то умирает, юрту ставят около дома где раньше жил умерший, покойника выносят в юрту... .

many thanKs! good team work mates

What's wrong with music? It sounds nice. Although I don't know what the lyrics are.

Very Dissonant music. made me physically uncomfortable. had to shut off video.

No...it was not completed in three days. Notice the title ends with a ?. Apparently they only had three days before the guy with the video camera had to go home.

this music will never fail to make me feel sick

Now I know what a yurt is. Thank you.

Sure, if you have a wide variety of tools and an army of helpers.

Just what I always wanted. My own Yurt in less than 4 days...

yeah still dont know how to make a yurt...

3 days to make a tent?

Its called a rounding plane and it comes in various sizes...

الخيمة اكتر من رائع .. فريق عمل منسجم

I love this music! It's awesome!

Great job!....but... the Yurt was not finished! and we can see how do you ''fixed'' it to the earth?? Can you ´provide more info?

All of these tools you see in this video can be made with items you find in nature.......especially the electric sander. I'm sure they just plugged it into a pine tree.

Please see the post below... plywood, insulation, radiators and some simple plumbing ..... the box is about a foot square by 10 feet long. all the best.

Kırda, şarjlı matkap kullanabilirsin de, şarjlı !!! dikiş makinesini nereden buldunuz...? :)

artsevestre its a dowel maker they make all kinds or you can use a spoke shave or draw knife if your good with them. hey besharaschool do you no what kinda wood they used im in canada i was planing on making a yurt/ger for my acreage what would be the best fresh wood for one?

FINALLY a descent video on how to make a yurt ! whatsa yurt and whatsa yurt do ?

Did you see the way they burned those holes? That alone was worth the price of admission.

I agree, the title should say, watch these people make a yurt, in which you will not gain information yourself. nice to watch though. next video, how to make a sand castle.

Lol. No kidding that music is Terrible

lol, I wonder if the yurt can house the 30 people it took to make it? haha, j/k besharaschool, awesome yurt and building process!

Why is there a question mark in the title? It is a statement. Not every sentence with the word _how_ in it is a question. The video _shows_ how, it doesn't _ask_ how.

yeah i was like "i dunno what a yurt is but i got 3 days" lol would take me 2 seasons

With good yeast yogurt is usually made in 12 hours.

Music track is annoying. Wish there was narration of steps.

Wow, this is incredible footage! I have just posted about building our own yurt - but out of a kitset! Hah slightly less of an achievement!

nice one.

Plase,you search google ( keser ) This is only the "Builder cuts" and is made with a knife

Fix that God Damn music.

My family is renting yurts for our reunion this year.

Great video! For rustic furniture making I've been looking for the tool shown at 2:00, but no clue what it's called! Does anyone here know?