Actually Sins, we were never going to do this ourselves. We were going to hire a builder to supervise a group of trained carpenter volunteers...when we were planning on one less than 1/3 the size of this. When we decided on this model we needed a forklift and crane; thus we had an opportunity to let the ripples include this crew.

After our project is complete we'll have made it possible for the whole crew to learn how to assemble this kind of yurt; qualifying them for recommendations from us and from the company when anyone in this part of Maine buys one of these kits. The next yurt kit customer in the area will benefit.