Consultation with various Yurt makers and fellow Yurt dwellers, revealed conflicting information about the best place for stove installation.
Commonly people place it in the centre of the yurt with the flue pipe going out of the wheel.This wasnt something we wanted to do because we felt it would interfere with the beautiful wheel and it would also take up precious space in the centre of the yurt.
Another option was to take the flue through one of the wall trellis diamonds , but this meant a large amount of flue to run up the outside of the yurt for clearance that would then need to be stabilised in some way.
Finally we decided to install the stove in the west , allowing the two hotplates to be easily accessed from the kitchen area and keeping the floor space in the centre clear,and to have the flue pipe go up through the roof canvas between two poles.
Having moved the stove to its final location prior to installing we lived with it for a while to see how it felt( and to give us time to pluck up the courage to cut a hole in the canvas roof !) which was actually the easiest but most heart stopping stage of the installation.
We bought a lovely piece of limestone for the hearth ,and the flashing attached to the canvas prevents it and the wood from heating up. I think i will source some aluminium sheeting and make a decorative a back plate behind the stove to really protect the canvas and wood at a later date , but we have the stove the correct distance from the Yurt wall so it would really be belt and braces!
Thankyou to Matt and Chris from Yurtshop for the helpful advice on installing and for processing our flue order so promptly.
It really changes the ambience having a woodburning stove. It gives gorgeous glow to the inside of the yurt, keeps us toasty- the crackling sounds and stepping outside to see and smell the woodsmoke puff- puffing out the chimney are a delight! It changes the use of the space too, no longer will we be forced under the covers when the evening chill creeps in. Lots of evenings of crafty work to look forward to .
The stove makes it a real home!
Willow all snuggled!
craft worker !
3 comments:
hi! I am currently building a yurt and trying to figure out how to prevent the canvas catching fire around the flue... Can you go into a bit more detail about how you put the flue through the canvas and the flashing you used etc?
HI Dylan, are you thinking of putting the flue through the wall all the roof?
we put ours through the roof, between two roof poles.
we used a silicon flue collar, which has an aluminium metal plate riveted around it. and for extra security we had some aluminium sheeting cut which we placed between the canvas and the roof poles . will try and get some better pictures for you if you wish.. just let me know.
Dylan here is a similar silicone flue collar http://soulpad.co.uk/products/silicone-collar
wouls love to see your yurt.. best of luck
moonwolf /|\
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