09-16-2017, 08:28 PM
|
#18
|
Yurt Forum Addict
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 2,187
|
Re: Help- vinyl roof needed
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.
|
|
|