Insulating a yurt roof

[Reinventor]

Cool! Glad my trial and error is helping someone else.
We cut the

insulation

for the upper part into trapezoids so the edges tucked under the rafters and tacked it in place with tape strips between sections of

insulation

.
As we did this, we put up thin mm clear plastic to keep the fibers sealed in and fully taped the seams of it.
We then threaded the canvas under all the rafters, pulled it taught and overlapped the seams pinching them diagonally behind the rafters.
I don't know how to post a picture on here, but you can email me at [email protected].

[Jafo]

Originally Posted by Reinventor

I don't know how to post a picture on here,

http://www.yurtforum.com/forums/yurt....html#post1832

[lizsteve]

We have forged ahead with a combo of ideas... We ended up getting a good deal on used foam board. We cut to size and put in between rafters. Wasn't too bad actually - just lots of little specs of foam everywhere. Next time do this before moving into the place!) It fits snug. Affordable options to cover the ugly foam were not many - we couldn't find a big enough white parachute (our yurt is 27'), the price for the white roof covering from the yurt companies is very high. We ended up ordering unbleached muslin from Joannes Fabric online and with a 40% off coupon it was about $125.
Thought about sewing to size but that seemed complicated so we tacked in place with staples and then added lath on every rafter to secure in place.

All in all 3 full days of work. Working amazingly well and wasn't too hard of work. Just slightly tedious.