Dome shade solution

[UKadventurer]

Originally Posted by Sheimend

What finally worked? A collapsible photography reflector. It's made of a highly reflective silver fabric on one side and a white fabric on the other. The outside is a band of spring steel that provides outward tension. It's super lightweight, cost $40, and is available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3RpYDIT



I kinda nestled it into place and its own tension holds itself securely in the crown. It doesn't even interfere with opening and closing the dome, but it does a tremendous job of reflecting direct sunlight back out of the yurt.

Hope this approach is helpful to others!

That's a great idea. I know this is an old post but it's still relevant, especially in Summer. We're in Mongolia so we're not as hot but it can reach 30+ C from solar gain on a sunny summer day.

We went with widely available net material. We use insect net material to stop most of the flies getting in. Then 2 long pieces of curtain netting attached to the rafters. It's not elegant but it helps.

Our tohoon opening pole is low-tech. So it needs a hole in the nets to allow opening and closing. With the roof, side windows and sometimes the door open, then a small fan running we can keep comfortable temperatures in summer now. About 27C with airflow is perfectly tolerable. Airflow is the most important.

I won't claim it's fancy nor extremely affective but it's very cheap and effective enough.