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*tina

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Hi- I've built my own yurt... it's up and I'm living in it, but I have waterproofing issues on the roof canvas. So, I'd like to buy a vinyl roof so I don't have anymore anxiety attacks about the roof leaking (its tarped and I'm dry now ;). I copied the roof frame exactly like a Pacific yurt but they won't sell parts to people who don't buy their whole kit. Neither does Colorado yurts... can anyone help me find/order/buy a vinyl roof for a 24' yurt that has 30 degree roof pitch with same window dome as pacific yurt? I really appreciate company names that would sell me a roof. I'm handy and can make it work! Thanks
 
Hmm, I am kind of surprised they won't do that.. Have to tried Ranier yurts? I seem to recall them saying they would do that. I also believe Blue Ridge yurts do too..

If none of them, I know for a fact that Surely Yurts would do it.
 
Hi,

I've included below a yurt forum testimonial from a fellow Northern Californian yurt dweller that had us fabricate a new cover. I've also included photos from a complete cover replacement up in Maine.

Please contact me if you are interested. Would love to get this done right for you :)

Starhawk


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Re: 32' yurt lost its roof!
Just wanted to let you all know the happy resolution. Steve from Surely Yurts came out with his team and sewed a new roof for our 32'yurt! He did a great job and we just had a good rain and no leaks! Jafo vouched for him--I admit I was a bit nervous transferring a bunch of money into a strangers' account, but Steve showed up and did the job. Thanks, Surely Yurts, and you've got my recommendation! And thanks to everyone on the Yurt Forum for helping us solve this problem!
 

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I can vouch for Steve too. He built a yurt for me up in the Adirondacks and he also did a couple other projects for me.
 
BTW, what a great idea on holding open those window flaps... I am definitely going to try that.
 
Thanks Bob & Jafo!

Would be glad to help.

More importantly I respect the fact that *tina built his/her own yurt and I want to encourage more of that and help others help themselves.

I am currently putting together another yurt building workshop that will be hosted at the Vermont jewelry school next year. When I get everything together I will hand it over to Mr. Jafo our benevolent forum administrator so that he can publish it here on the forum.

Most of the yurt building workshops out there are for small yurts which are wonderful and my favorites to build, but I want to do a 24' yurt building workshop so that it is a truly live-able size.

More to come on that and thanks again for your support and continued work to keep this forum positive and relevant.

-Cheers

Steve
 
Steve I recently downsized my yurt to 12'7". I always thought that was gonna be way too small. I was wrong. In fact it's a very nice size.
 
Bob Rowlands said:
Steve I recently downsized my yurt to 12'7". I always thought that was gonna be way too small. I was wrong. In fact it's a very nice size.
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Cool, that is still a massive tent! :)

I used to live in a 10 footer in my bachelor days... The wife and now our daughter came along so I put a 20' yurt addition onto the old 'Monks Yurt' as it came to be called.
 
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His and her funnels now? :P
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No we actually share one :)

The pee funnel is actually my wife's favorite feature of the yurt. Her presence has brought light into the cave... it's a bottle of tea tree oil and other natural disinfectants to spray it with after each use.

For those who don't know, a "P Funnel" is simply a funnel attached to a pipe that runs down through the yurt floor into which one pees when one does not want to go to the outhouse (esp. in winter). I first heard of it being used in officer tents during the Vietnam war.

-Cheers!
 
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If you have pitched your roof at 30 degrees and the diameter of the rafter break is truly at 24' diameter, Yurts of America can build you a replacement 19 oz. vinyl roof - your choice of fifteen colors with a ten year pro-rated warranty. I would recommend a Durolast roof with a fifteen year warranty. If you select a standard color we could have it out to your next week. Unusual colors (pink, yellow, purple, etc.) will add a week or so to the turn-around.

Did you make your walls out of canvas also? Should replace at the same time.

We accept Visa, Mastercard, Discovery, and Amex.

jer

P.S. I didn't read the whole message thread, but if you live somewhere with more extreme conditions (Hawaii, high desert, etc.) we will only ship you a Durolast roof. Good Luck.
 
High desert is kinda like where I live. The sun snow and rain beat the snot out of my cover in well under five years. Any noobs reading this, if you want a truly long lasting cover, don't use canvas. You've been warned. This Durolast roof by Yurts of America sounds pretty dang good to me.
 
That's good to hear. 100% canvas totally sucks for a long term cover. I hope yurt noobs take that to heart. A high grade professionally made cover is ABSOLUTELY the way to go, on any yurt that is lived in year around.
 
Well I like the canvas ones too for smaller yurts however, Bob is right. You will be changing that sucker out every few years.

If you're looking for a more portable yurt, canvas will be lighter. If you are going to live in a more permanent one, then I have to go with what Bob says.
 
Ha. You guys are treading perilously close to the canvas versus vinyl debate. Canvas has some passionate advocates. It is sort of like the wool insulation fans.

When canvas wool people called in the past, I would try and talk them out of it and explain why natural fibers are simple not a good fit for long-term environmental / UV exposure. Today I just say 'we don't carry them - never have never will.'

jer
 
Make no mistake, canvas is a great cover material for portable tents that are used a short time very year. If an outfitter set up a tent through the fall hunting season, say three months, he might get ten to fifteen years out of the cover? Just a guess based on my experience. Hunters typically set up a wall tent a week or two a year. At that rate a cover could potentially last a lifetime. This assumes these covers are thoroughly dried before being stored at the end of the season, and are stored in a dry area.

All I really know about canvas as a tent cover material is based on my own experience. My cover was brand new in June 2013. It is done at this point for practical purposes. It immediately gets soaked when it rains and snows, and starts dripping inside. In addition it is covered with mildew spots. If I lived in it year around, I now know I'd invest in a full on professional cover, no doubt about it.

I made my cover from a 17 oz. tarp that was proofed with sunforger equivalent waterproofing. I haven't got the slightest interest in wrestling that amount of material through a small sewing machine again. Really the best deal for a long term residence isll is to buy a yurt from one of the pro manufacturers.
 
One of the biggest issues with canvas (besides UV Resistance) is Fire Retardants. There are actually laws regarding fabric covered dwellings and fire retardant requirements. Think about some of the famous circus tent fires. Canvas has to have fire retardant applied and should be reapplied periodically.

I am not sure who this applies to the DYI situation, but I suspect building codes are building codes regardless.

I have a number of friends in the Society for Creative Anachronisms - in fact that is how YOA got started - and many have pavilions covered with beautiful dyed canvas. Just don't EVER put it away damp.

You are exactly right that properly cared for canvas will work well - but it doesn't work well as a permanent long-term cover. jer
 
I've built 14', 16', and now 12' yurt using the Clan Yama Kaminari SCA plan. It's definitely a good one. I made a number of changes from the original Kaminari plan that improved it. With a pro cover it would be good for a small long term home. It could easily be scaled up to about 6 meters with some structural modifications.
 
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