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Ele writes
about her beautiful silver yurt:
The roof of my yurt is made out of vinyl and the walls are made with poly.
Both types of material are silver-like on the outside and white on the
inside. The roof covering is much more thick and less flexible than the
materials for the walls.
The company that
I got the yurt covering from is in Vancouver, BC. Their name is
AAMFAB and their number is 604-253-8277 or 1-888-777-4736.
The yurt
does well at keeping heat out, but I think that it would be ok to go with
the poly for the roof too. When I got my material sewn together, I
was thinking that the roof had to be much thicker than the walls because it
would take more abuse and I wanted it to be more durable.
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silver material on the walls flakes off after a couple of years.
The roof silver is just fine. Keeping it cool has to do with letting the walls up
and getting a good breeze by the floor- I think this is irrespective of
whatever material you use. (Notice that the bottom edge of the
walls is rolled up in the photo above)
Jan writes about her adorable
mini-yurt, Tumbelina >>>
In 1999, Dave and I built a 16 foot diameter yurt specifically for Burning Man or so we
thought. It was terrifically fun and an educational experience. We named her
Tumbleweed. We were hoping we would be successful in not creating another
"tumbleweed" on the playa. We were. Round is a very forgiving shape in gale force
winds. We had so much fun making Tumbleweed we decided to make our own smaller
versions for camping and even hiking. The brilliant round design originates with a
nomadic people, Mongolians. |
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This yurt has a reflective roof and
little solar panel on top
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My 7 foot yurt, Tumbelina, is short and built of 4 foot lengths of
bamboo that I came across. Dave's 11 foot design, Mini T, can be hiked in to
remote camp areas. Leslie made her 10 footer, Serena T, with trips to Baja
in mind. Although a yurt breaks down to a very small size, it still requires 3 people to
set up and a sizable car with a roof rack or small pick up truck to transport. I'm not
complaining. With that in mind, I'll note that we once had a bbq and 20 people
inside. Yes, the bbq was inside. At another party we lost count at 32 people inside.
It was very cold outside and very cozy inside.
Monica Cellio, to whom I am forever grateful, has given the world wide web these
instructions for her yurt construction: http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/articles/yurt/.
I have seen many yurts following her design and any yurt I've designed has been
based on it. |
