Fabric for the Tropics

[Serge]

Originally Posted by HawaiiYurts

I'm with Bob on this. You can reinvent the wheel and spend lots of time, energy, and troubleshooting, or you can go with a pro company who has already put in the time and proving. We work with

Colorado Yurts

at our company,

Yurts of Hawaii

. The climate in Hawaii is very similar to Nicaragua, I believe we're even at the same latitude. The materials I recommend for every yurt here is

DuroLast

for the roof and ProTech for the walls, along with a reflective

insulation

that helps keep the yurts cool and also provides a vapor barrier that does an excellent job at keeping out mold. Post and pier platforms allow for venting in the floor if more cooling is needed. Opening central skylight is a must.

I visited Nicaragua about 15 years ago, beautiful place and the people so kind and humble. How is it these days?

I will definitely look at the canvases you mentioned. I need to ad that there will be hardly any open space in the rainforest and it will be very, very humid almost all year round. I handn't given any thought to mold and might even look at the suggestion by Mr Rowlands about a hut with leaves. Could be yurt shaped.

The country is what one might expect from a corrupt dictatorship. The people are still wonderful, open and direct on both sides of the aisle. It's the cheap populism that kills everything, and now even the US knows what that is all about. Weird how things go. Please stay safe everyone.

[TSRalex]

Originally Posted by Serge

The country is what one might expect from a corrupt dictatorship.

I don´t want to drift into politics but the systems of the mighty is everywhere nearly the same - just the slogans are different....

For me personally Costa Rica would be 1st choice in this region, but you´ve surely reasons for Nicaragua.

Back to the materials I agree with all who recommended synthetic fabrics like from

DuroLast

.

I don´t know the place for the setup, but I´ve had strong winds in Costa Rica and would focus to an wind kit.