14 Years Living Off-Grid in a Yurt - Man Shares Real Life Experience

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Nice place you got it’s not luxurious, but it’s nice saves a lot of resources and a lot of energy

Thank you for sharing your journey. This is beautiful 🫶

Mold would still be a significant problem in Ontario. Yurts are a great option in dry climates, tho.

Yurt my bones like holy moly!

I love the place ..after working in edmonton alberta for 12 years building new homes they all look the same

Thank you for sharing, this is absolutely beautiful. I’ve had a dream of doing something like this but I don’t know exactly where to go north or south but either way I have to consider my wife of 23 yrs what her needs are. Thank you so much to giving me ideas it’s absolutely amazing god bless you and congratulations on your wedding day

I’m so thankful for my dad. He left me and my sis a home and a little cash. Enough to drop out. Humbled and I promise I won’t post a video pretending to do it all on my own. It takes a family. Thanks for the video.

Some more Solar would be good for you people use batterys and live off the grid full time with solar and it helps big time

Hi, i live in Washington state. i'd loved to adopt a off grid life style, but i need help and guidance. Doing research at the moment. So what is the first thing I need to do? I'm assuming look for land and deal with all the permits???

David Super Hippy.

Glad to hear you want to go subterranean. Think about a rocket stove, Jean pain Heating using scintillation tubes to bring everything to 50°, think about passive-solar such as a soda can collector.

I wanted a yurt my husband simply said we are ok money wise nit yurt money. He’s right

so the roof supports snow. do you have to help the snow off the roof. i am amazed at how thing the siding looks. amazing how much it can support.

Get a masonry oven add a wet back and Ur in business

Just put a skirt of wood and insulate it then under the hurt is dry and warm storage, water will not freeze under the hurt then

The refrigerator where can I find it

If the land was owned in common, lots of people would do this. Too bad for the propertyless mass.

Cozy 😅

Where did you bought the yurt.

Thank you for this. How strong and solid are the lattice walls?

Interesting

Could you lean on the 🛖 yurt’s wall?

This is the first yurt I have seen that has real space dividers, walls, doors, etc. I like it much better. Yeah I like this, Yurts are a good idea as far as I'm concerned. (Interesting about the insulation, that's a good thing to know.)
I would want to put it up on a deck especially in areas that get snow and then a whole water thing could be put underneath and and even insulated but that's just my idea. I guess maybe the idea with with wind power is to get a lightning rod that's taller than the wind turbine. But again I really like this yurt he had a good job on it.

He's talking about going underground and it just pushes my claustrophobia button big time. Earthships are a bit different at least you got a wall that that isn't buried in dirt. Although I did see that one it was a humongous house that was that was underground and had big huge skylights. It didn't even feel like you were underground that place was very cool. And I'm sure it was really really expensive.

So interesting! Can't wait to know more

Awesome brother!!! Congrats!!!!💜🙏🏻

This is life!

Wonderful, back to (our own) nature, really inspiring, thank you 🙏🌳🌞

YES THIS IS WHAT WE ALL HAVE TO LEARN. we are so spoiled. Maybe the corona virus can make us more greatful for our wonderful blessings we all take for granted.

+1 likes for canoe hanging from ceiling of yurt. Thanks for this.

my dude needs to use a bike to pump water. hand pumps suk.

are u living in the snow

"I wanna build it all with sustainable materials... and last forever" bloody nonsense right there :D

Ahh, having family is huge. I love how forthcoming he is. He's a pretty tough guy actually.

Thank you for sharing, So happy for you & your future with your wife :) Love when 2 people can meet & want this lifestyle!

Wow! What a glorious yurt! Totally totally love it!

Beautiful location & Beautiful life affirmation!!! Next yurt please get heated floors & u can also connect ur water (through copper pipe) to the wood burning stove so you can heat ur water up simultaneously & someone should seriously invent a device which takes snow and turns Into portable water !!!

Hi David, I emailed you years ago, maybe 2007 about the yurt. Glad to see this video, and I agree that earth-sheltered is probably your next step.

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That man could survive on friggen mars...

Smart fellow! Well spoken.

Very interesting and informative.

That's super cool. I have to say that I like my full body shower a bit too much to get into something similar

Loved the story maybe one day I will be as happy as you are.

This is definitely a real man

I want to know how he would have designed it if he decided to live by himself.

Chop wood, carry water. Doesn't matter if you hike a long trail, live in a van and travel the 'blue highways' or do this. It changes the way we think and changes our lives forever.

Too bad the audio is up and down

Wish i worked in and inherited a financial investment firm! I'd have expensive hobbies to!