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ljamies1

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Hey fellow yurters;

I have reviewed all the other posts regarding covers in advance...

I currently own a 12ft yurt with a polaris fabric and just sold a 20 ft yurt with a starfire fabric. The first is a pollycotton blended fabric with a vinyl coating; the latter is a pollycotton fabric with a vinyl impregnation (slightly heavier duty).

I am preparing for my first build/ a 3o ft. yurt and am looking for cover advice. Think ill pass on the tarapaulin tarps and billboard covers; i am curious to hear any reviews from yurters with canvas covers. Does the canvas provide enough exterior moisture protection? I assume painting the canvas with an exterior grade latex paint would help? Worried about keeping the rain/ melting snow out. Also, hows the canvas hold up under mr. Sun? I would prefer canvas to a polycottn/ vinyl fabric due to the cost savings but would be open to any other fabrics I have not yet mentioned....

Looks like Ill need about 150 sq. yards for the whole thing; since i will probably paint it color dosnt matter/ anyone know some discount fabric sources?

thanks a bunch for your help/ trying to keep this project under $6,000...
 
I really like cotton canvas. My roof cover is 17oz. double fill 100% cotton canvas, factory treated for moisture resistance. The wall covering is seperate, and made from untreated 12 oz 50/50 blend poly/cotton canvas.

The yurt cover has been on since May of last year. The yurt breathes great. Rain and snow stay outside. Smells and trapped moisture aren't an issue at all. It's never been clammy or humid inside. I have poked a finger in the roof cover when it is raining hard to test for runs and there aren't any. 17 oz cotton canvas is good HD material.

Longevity of my canvas cover in the UV intense semi arid high altitude climate here in the Rockies remains untested. I made the cover and have <$500 in it. If I get five years out of it I certainly got my money's worth.
 
Bob,

Thanks for the information; canvas seems to be te way to go this time around. Any suggestions on a company or source? I have found canvas tarps on the online discount tarp warehouse websites but would love to hear where you got your materials/ having trouble locating anything over 14oz.

I'm building the 30 ft in ithaca and relocating it this summer to boulder, co; can't wait too see some mountains!

Thanks again,
Logan
 
google: cover me tarps

Scroll down to 'water resistant cotton canvas tarps'. There are 10, 12, and 'non flame proof' 17 oz. Mine is 17 oz in the natural color. Very happy with the tarp.

Weather is semi arid in Boulder. Perfect for canvas covered yurt. :D
 
awsome; found them!

I have a friend to help we sew the edges/ seams. Any suggestions on the proper sewing meching/ thread/ needle? I assume you need some kind of walk-along sewing mechine? Also, did you sew in an extra inside edge around the bottom to tuck the wall fabric up ino (this is where the cable which the wall attaches too weaves in and out of)?

Thanks for your help, the price break on the canvas is allowing me to consider adding solar panels, a project I thought i was at least a year away from...
 
I used my Moms 50s era Singer portable, equipped with a standard presser foot setup. No walking machine. It's a dinky machine and I maxed it out, lemme tell yuhz. :D. Size 18 needle. Heavy Duty polyester thread. My wall canvas hangs from the uppermost lattice crosses. The cover is cinched tight to the yurt wall with a length of 11mm climbing rope. The traps the wall cover to the frame. no bugs, and no drafts.

So...I'm guessing ya heard a them Harbor Freight 45 watt solar panels, huh? :D
 
BTW, omewhere on this site are pics of my yurt. 'home made yurt' thread? add my name, and if you know how to navigate you'll find them. My wife had to load them since I'm 'computer challenged'. heh heh
 
Bob Rowlands said:
So...I'm guessing ya heard a them Harbor Freight 45 watt solar panels, huh? :D
Click to expand...

I have 3 sets of them. :) Here is a pic when I only had two:

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Pulled this up from archives. Canvas cover on my yurt was installed approximately June 2013. Now April 2018. After five years of continuous exposure to CO weather the cover is done. Pretty darn good. It's hard to figure how long a material can last outside. But imagine you hung a new pair of blue jeans on the clothes line for five years, and then you put them on. lol
 
Hi guys,
Im working on building an 18' yurt and have most of it done except the canvas cover. I was wondering if you guys have any suggestions on what material to use and what I need to do to make them waterproof. I also have been struggling to find sources for materials. any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks, Ed
 
I bought a 17oz treated canvas tarp at My Tarp online, and modified it to make the cover for my 16' yurt. I just looked up the site and there are alot of negative reviews. Why beats me the tarp I got was a good one. That was in June 2013 though. fwiw that canvas lasted five years in the CO sun but it is done. If I had painted it at the start it likely would have lasted a whole lot longer.
 
Here's how I made my yurt roof cover from a canvas tarp.

Buy a square tarp 4' wider than your yurts diameter. Cut a hole 6" smaller in diameter than the inside diameter of your ring, in the exact center of your tarp. Lay the tarp on the rafters and center the hole over the ring.

To get a cone out of the tarp that will perfectly fit your roof the first time, make two big huge folds in the tarp so that the tarp lays nice and tight on the rafters.The tarp doubles back under itself. Get it flat on both folds. Make sure both folds are flat and tight to the roof. Go inside get on a ladder and mark that fold you see from inside, with a Sharpie. Allow a few extra inches either side for the seam. Remove, cut out the wedge. Yup you have to commit to cutting that sucker but trust yourself it will work.

To be clear. You are cutting out a pie shaped piece of canvas. You then make a new lap fell seam on the two edges. that creates the cone right there.

Stitch the cover. It's a massive pain in the ass but I did it with Moms portable SINGER sewing machine. Check the fit on the roof. Re mark the smoke hole, so you can make a seam there. You can add loops if you want to anchor the canvas to the frame with cordage. I added fourteen loops and lashed that to screw eyes in the ring inside the yurt. That holds the roof REAL GOOD in wind lemme tell yuh. No flapping at all.

Also, to make the edge of the roof canvas round, and have it follow the top of the wall, I walked around the perimeter of the yurt with the cover installed, and as I walked around marked the tarp with a Sharpie about two feet down from the top of the wall. I just free handed that. Hem the edge. I added loops on the roof cover at every lath cross to anchor the roof canvas with cordage to the ground cable. Absolute bombproof anchorage. Looks kinda like a drum but I could care less it held GREAT in extreme wind.

Whole lotta work dude. I mean a ton of work, but you can save a lot of money doing it yourself. Good luck.
 
OK one last point. If you have the bread I HIGHLY RECOMMEND you just buy a 15 year cover.I read on the forum here somewhere that one of the companies that advertises here can do custom covers for yurts other than their own manufacture. OK, I really am out.
 
Hello yurt lovers!!!

Anyone from here who knows where i can get only the custome external cover for complet my yurt proyect?

Im in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.

In advance thanks
 
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