posted 6 years ago
Do you actually need the car tires? They can be quite easy to get for free, because it is a hassle to dispose of them responsibly, often costing money. If you were to move, you'd find yourself with how many? sixty or more tires to get rid of?!
You might regret that.
It seems to me that you could keep the LECA in bags and adjust how full the bags are or how they are placed (flat, on their side, or standing) to adjust for uneven ground quite easily.
Then, if you were to move... the bags are already packed, so to speak...
You need to contain these bags within your site, maybe drive a LOT of wooden stakes (pointed sticks) around the circumference (every 6 inches/150mm) to contain the lower ground sheet and the LECA bags.
Using three cargo straps (or six, for two bands) (2 inch/50mm wide x 24 feet/6meter) joined end to end, you could reinforce the ring of stakes and also capture the upper ground sheet. As a bonus, the straps will be useful when you move.
Maybe instead of plywood/OSB (with formaldehyde glues) you could use wood planks, or boards from shipping pallets (available for free often). When moving, you could sell them as boards or firewood, and get more at the new site.
Maybe you don't even need to cover the whole floor area, so you need less? Not under your bed? Just under the yurt walls? the furniture? the stove? high traffic areas such as near the entrance?
Or maybe your furniture has flat bases instead of legs, so that it "floats" rather than sinks in, and then you don't even need the plank floor at all!
Nails are sold by the pound, that makes sense.
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