Insulating a yurt roof

[Reinventor]

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 our heater off every day between 12 - 4 ish or it got too warm.

[MT Rod]

I am just throwing ideas out here...

If you are concerned about losing heat through your

dome

, try putting a layer, or heck 2 layers, of the clear bubble wrap that is used for packing on the inside of the

dome

. Put the bubbles together in the middle. It shouldn't stop too much of the light, and it should add a pretty good

insulation

layer to the dome.

The yurts that I have been in during nasty weather did not have a dome. They used a piece of canvas that was insulated with a quilted felt backing. I know that works, because it was -28C outside, and it was sweater - flannel shirt comfortable inside with a small wood stove, just a short time after the fire was started. This was in a 23 foot yurt, not huge, but not one of the baby ones.

Sort of cut down on the ambient light though...

Rod
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