Insulating a yurt roof

[Reinventor]

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 canvas - realizing the 'squashed' areas would not provide great

insulation

, but knowing that it would hold it in place and also not ruin our rafter look.

2. put up plastic and tape all the seams to prevent insulation dust from being in your living space (we emptied our space before doing this, but you could drape yours and then vacuum the wall canvas, etc. when done)

3. put up painter's canvas - unbleached denim-like fabric so that it matched the canvas walls (more or less)

I can send you pics if you'd like...

[deppeana]

Reinventor,
My family and I are in the process of insulating our 16 ft yurt roof similar to the way you explained with the roll out insulation between the rafters. I was wondering how you placed the painters canvas on to the roof? Did you tuck it under the rafter, sort of like weaving? If you would be willing to expand a bit it would be very helpful or even pictures.

One idea we had was to fill in the spaces between the rafters, cover the entire roof with canvas then staple some type of a strapping (function or decorative) on each rafter to secures the cnavas thus holding the insulation in place. I do not want to loose the rafter exposure if I do not need to!

Also, I just finished sealing our roof with the roofing paint you suggested in another post!! I think it will not only buy us some time before we have to completely replace our roof but it was also easy to put on.

Thank you!

[RocktheCasbah]

I would love to see pictures of this! We are thinking of doing the same.