Comments on: Ger, 2005-6 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/03/ger-2005-6/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: …My heart’s in Accra » It’s my party, and I’ll fry if I want to http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/03/ger-2005-6/comment-page-1/#comment-751920 …My heart’s in Accra » It’s my party, and I’ll fry if I want to Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:36:38 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=316#comment-751920 [...] these have been building projects - a trebuchet, a massage table, several iterations of gers, an absurdly unsuccessful hot tub. Lately, they seem to focus on food. Because, hey, just how many [...] [...] these have been building projects – a trebuchet, a massage table, several iterations of gers, an absurdly unsuccessful hot tub. Lately, they seem to focus on food. Because, hey, just how many [...]

]]> By: CoJac http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/03/ger-2005-6/comment-page-1/#comment-18104 CoJac Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:38:56 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=316#comment-18104 Thanks for the info! This site has really encouraged me and I wouldn't have found that online guide otherwise. Thanks for the info! This site has really encouraged me and I wouldn’t have found that online guide otherwise.

]]> By: Marshall http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/03/ger-2005-6/comment-page-1/#comment-10673 Marshall Sun, 23 Apr 2006 23:07:59 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=316#comment-10673 Ihave built two yurts now one we used while building a cabin in WEST VIRGINIA and the other is used as a green house.Iused monic cello's guide and made a few changes but i can think of nothing i enjoy more than building yurts.The first one i built withstood a 30 inch snow fall with center posts in place. We use a propane blue flame heater to heat ours we also have a co/2 detector just in case.If you would like to see my handi work just drop by my web site.Ill help anyone that ask for it. Ihave built two yurts now one we used while building a cabin in WEST VIRGINIA and the other is used as a green house.Iused monic cello’s guide and made a few changes but i can think of nothing i enjoy more than building yurts.The first one i built withstood a 30 inch snow fall with center posts in place. We use a propane blue flame heater to heat ours we also have a co/2 detector just in case.If you would like to see my handi work just drop by my web site.Ill help anyone that ask for it.

]]> By: Herschel Weeks http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/03/ger-2005-6/comment-page-1/#comment-7644 Herschel Weeks Mon, 20 Feb 2006 06:38:36 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=316#comment-7644 Wayyyyyy cool! I am in Kabul, Afghanistan, and see them about here. Now they are mostly used as "touristy" places, but certainly not always... and inside them in the winters they are warm and dry and with the snow on the Hindu Kush above us... it gets really cold here. Inspiring! Herschel Wayyyyyy cool! I am in Kabul, Afghanistan, and see them about here. Now they are mostly used as “touristy” places, but certainly not always… and inside them in the winters they are warm and dry and with the snow on the Hindu Kush above us… it gets really cold here.

Inspiring!

Herschel

]]> By: …My heart’s in Accra » Winter in Western Massachusetts http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/03/ger-2005-6/comment-page-1/#comment-6743 …My heart’s in Accra » Winter in Western Massachusetts Tue, 24 Jan 2006 02:42:58 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=316#comment-6743 [...] I know you’ve been asking yourself: Just what do those crazy folks in Western Massachusetts do for fun during those long, cold winters? We build gers, of course, and the occasional outdoor hot tub. But mostly we wait for exciting cultural events that force us out of our warm homes into the teeth of the cold wind. And what gets Western Mass people to hop in their pickup trucks and Priuses and drive all the way to the Pioneer Valley… [...] [...] I know you’ve been asking yourself: Just what do those crazy folks in Western Massachusetts do for fun during those long, cold winters? We build gers, of course, and the occasional outdoor hot tub. But mostly we wait for exciting cultural events that force us out of our warm homes into the teeth of the cold wind. And what gets Western Mass people to hop in their pickup trucks and Priuses and drive all the way to the Pioneer Valley… [...]

]]> By: Colin http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/03/ger-2005-6/comment-page-1/#comment-6102 Colin Mon, 09 Jan 2006 21:56:06 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=316#comment-6102 I'm sad there was no more room in the yurt on new year's eve. You snooze, you lose -- or in my case, you hot tub, you lose. Those who snoozed were doing so in great comfort and taking up all the ger floor space by the time I showed up. I’m sad there was no more room in the yurt on new year’s eve. You snooze, you lose — or in my case, you hot tub, you lose. Those who snoozed were doing so in great comfort and taking up all the ger floor space by the time I showed up.

]]> By: pete http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/03/ger-2005-6/comment-page-1/#comment-6011 pete Fri, 06 Jan 2006 22:54:40 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=316#comment-6011 I built a yurt in 1990. a twenty foot diameter with four foot diameter toono. I bought a dome from Pacific Yurts for the toono. I cut all the lumber myself, got wire and nuts and bolts from the steel plant my dad used to work for. I built a thirteen piece floor out of two by sixes and plywood. I erected the yurt in June and lived in it for two years. The yurt is located ona glacial morain in western new york state about seven miles from Lake Erie which can be viewed through one of the windows. I left for Asia and left the yurt alone for a year. That winter the thickest snow ever (almost) fell. The yurt collapsed. I was told the yurt lookt like a giant mound of snow. I came back the following year, rebuilt the yurt, moved it fifty feet on a small incline, built it a little higher off the ground, and left a friend to live in it. A year later I sold the yurt to that friend and there he lives today. 16 years that yurt has been standing strong, same floor, same cover, although it needs a new one by now. Amazing. A very small waterford woodstove heats it up nicely using a small amount of wood. Another friend took the notion and built thirty footer a hundred yards away. Last year we built a foundation basement under his yurt. www.yurtguy.com Yurts are fantastic homes! I built a yurt in 1990. a twenty foot diameter with four foot diameter toono. I bought a dome from Pacific Yurts for the toono. I cut all the lumber myself, got wire and nuts and bolts from the steel plant my dad used to work for. I built a thirteen piece floor out of two by sixes and plywood.
I erected the yurt in June and lived in it for two years. The yurt is located ona glacial morain in western new york state about seven miles from Lake Erie which can be viewed through one of the windows.
I left for Asia and left the yurt alone for a year. That winter the thickest snow ever (almost) fell. The yurt collapsed. I was told the yurt lookt like a giant mound of snow. I came back the following year, rebuilt the yurt, moved it fifty feet on a small incline, built it a little higher off the ground, and left a friend to live in it. A year later I sold the yurt to that friend and there he lives today. 16 years that yurt has been standing strong, same floor, same cover, although it needs a new one by now.
Amazing. A very small waterford woodstove heats it up nicely using a small amount of wood.
Another friend took the notion and built thirty footer a hundred yards away. Last year we built a foundation basement under his yurt. http://www.yurtguy.com
Yurts are fantastic homes!

]]> By: kevin http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/03/ger-2005-6/comment-page-1/#comment-6008 kevin Fri, 06 Jan 2006 21:38:34 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=316#comment-6008 Got here via BoingBoing and while I loved your tub post, I think this ger is genius and almost inspirational. Very cool. Got here via BoingBoing and while I loved your tub post, I think this ger is genius and almost inspirational. Very cool.

]]> By: Elek T. http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/03/ger-2005-6/comment-page-1/#comment-5985 Elek T. Fri, 06 Jan 2006 01:12:44 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=316#comment-5985 wow thats so cool! ive always wondered what those where called. and such a basic design... very cool. i think ill show this to my brother he really likes building things. :) wow thats so cool! ive always wondered what those where called.

and such a basic design… very cool. i think ill show this to my brother he really likes building things.

:)

]]> By: Debbie http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/03/ger-2005-6/comment-page-1/#comment-5973 Debbie Thu, 05 Jan 2006 21:18:22 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=316#comment-5973 I'm almost sorry S and I opted for the livingroom floor this year ... although there wasn't actually room for us in the ger, in any case. I don't think I mentioned (in your hearing, anyway), but the new design of the roof is both beautiful and practical, and I'm (as always) very impressed by your never-ending skillz. I’m almost sorry S and I opted for the livingroom floor this year … although there wasn’t actually room for us in the ger, in any case. I don’t think I mentioned (in your hearing, anyway), but the new design of the roof is both beautiful and practical, and I’m (as always) very impressed by your never-ending skillz.

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