Insulation

[cmwingfield]

Here's another suggestion that has worked for me. In the heat of the summer, the sun bearing down through the

dome

can really heat up the inside of the yurt. Where I live, air conditioning is not an option as it gets really hot and it is miserably humid. I tried a number of ways to mitigate the sun through the

dome

. I have the screen that is suspended under the dome so I tried putting reflective materials on the screen to block out the sun, but I didn't like how it completely blocked the light source. I found the best solution by taking three medium hoola hoops, laying a line of silicone around the hoop then stretching one of those survival blanket things that are shiny yet translucent over the hoop. You can lay them like Olympic rings on top of the screen, they are light enough to offer limited stress to the screen and they are great to reflect the heat yet some diffused light comes through and you can still see through them to the outside. It works!