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Forum: Building a Yurt 01-25-2014, 06:49 PM
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Posted By Reinventor
Re: insulating the roof

That is exactly why we encased our insulation in plastic and taped it all down.
Forum: Building a Yurt 12-02-2013, 11:06 AM
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Posted By Reinventor
Re: insulating the roof

These aren't great pictures, but they show the three stages in progress.
Forum: Building a Yurt 12-02-2013, 10:47 AM
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Views: 33,793
Posted By Reinventor
Re: insulating the roof

Cool! Glad my trial and error is helping someone else.
We cut the insulation for the upper part into trapezoids so the edges tucked under the rafters and tacked it in place with tape strips between...
Forum: Building a Yurt 09-10-2013, 08:26 AM
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Posted By Reinventor
Re: insulating the roof

Last year was our first year in the yurt - we were heading into November and feeling the chill, once this was done, we didn't feel cold. In fact, if it was daylight and over 35 degrees we had to turn...
Forum: Building a Yurt 09-10-2013, 08:01 AM
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Posted By Reinventor
Re: insulating the roof

We're in VT, last year we put R13 up and it made a big difference. I didn't want to lose the exposed rafters so we did this:

1. put up insulation by pinching it between the rafters and the roof...
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