Features

All of our yurts are fully equipped with all of our available features. Yurta always includes:

Hardwood frame

Only clear white ash is hand-selected, machined and oiled to a strength and beauty you won’t find elsewhere. We’ll put the beautiful grain of ash up against any 2×4 or “lodge pole” rafter any day of the week. Each piece is individually handled dozens of times before assembly for a finished structure that will last a lifetime.

Solid cedar door

Hand oiled, and equipped with stainless steel hardware and lockset, our door epitomizes country chalet.

Operable dome

4’ in diameter, a large operable dome efficiently vents the yurt and gives light. An operating pole is included.

Huge windows

Three multi-function, all season windows are standard in our 17′ Yurta. Nearly 4’x4’ each, they provide a beautiful view of your surroundings. Each is equipped with a sewn-in insect mesh, a storm flap and awning, and a clear winter cover.

Breathable but weatherproof shell

Yurta covers are hand-sewn to exceedingly tight tolerances. The finished shell is weatherproof and paintable as it ages. Yet it is also breathable which helps prevent mold by ensuring moisture can always have an opportunity to dry out.

Rain diverter

A rain diverter is built-into your door to limit the rain runoff where you enter and exit your yurt.

Wind kit

Yurta features a hidden wind kit, integrated into the cover. There are no additional ropes needed to secure the cover to the frame.

Snow kit

Every Yurta includes a snow kit that significantly increases its load-carrying capacity. It is used when the Yurta is left unattended for extended periods. It is not typically used when the yurt is inhabited.

Floor plans

Plans that allow you to build your own round, structural, insulated floor.

Installation video

An installation video and owner’s manual detail how to install and care for your Yurta.

Email and phone support

Lifetime phone and email support is included.

Options

The most popular options are listed below. Yurta is an incredibly adaptable structure that can be customized in a variety of ways. Please contact us if you have a unique use for Yurta.

Insulation

Exclusive to Yurta, a reflective layer is needled to 100% wool felt according to our specifications. It is a superb lightweight insulator that combines thermal and radiant capacity. Available in a 3-season weight to reduce summer heat gain and a 4-season weight for winter nights when the temperature drops to -30˚C. Includes window insulation. Read more about the benefits of our unique wool felt below.

Additional windows

Up to four additional windows can be added to Yurta for a total of seven windows maximum. The resulting panorama is without equal.

Chimney outlet

A steel chimney flange is painted to match your roof cover. It mounts to your Yurta structure, and can handle a simple stove pipe or a larger insulated chimney.

Insulated floor

This insulated click-together floor installs in minutes. An insulated floor allows the effective heating of your yurt. It also provides the final element that creates a true micro-climate in your Yurta. For those who don’t want to build their floors.

Octopad kit

Includes plans and specialty hardware to build Octopad: a completely transportable and free-standing deck that provides a level surface for Yurta. Eight pre-fabricated modules form a self-levelling deck that requires little or no excavation.

Yurt parts

We do make certain individual components and raw materials available to “do-it-yourselfers”, whom we love so much. Certain Yurta parts are finely detailed to work with each other which may make some Yurta parts incompatible with your approach. If you’d like some of our raw felt or an individual difficult-to-source component like a dome, please contact us.

A note about Insulation

Wool is the incredible, natural fibre that synthetics try to emulate.

Our wool felt is the very best in lightweight insulation and a contemporary refinement of traditional materials. Made just for us, our insulation needles together 100% wool with an thin layer of aluminum, combining the thermal properties of 100% real wool with the radiant capacity of a reflective layer. The result is a superb lightweight insulator that remains completely breathable. Our wool felt reflects radiant heat from a wood stove back into the yurt during the cold winter months, while reflecting out the sun’s heat during the summer. It’s consistency in thickness and density allows us to sew a tight-fitting wool sweater for your Yurta. Breathable, natural and non-toxic, real wool felt is the ultimate – and original – way to finish a yurt.

Yurta wool felt insulation provides many benefits. It is:

Natural: No petroleum-based products like those used in plastics, synthetic fibers and fabrics. Also, no chemicals or resin-coatings make it a healthy way to finish a living space. Wool is composed entirely of amino acids – the building blocks of life.
Self-extinguishing: Wool has an ignition index of 1112º F. It extinguishes itself when touched to a flame, which is why firefighters and race car drivers wear it. Man-made fire resistant fabrics use chemicals to make them that way.
Hygroscopic: Wool readily absorbs and gives off moisture. Wool can absorb almost 1/3 of its weight in moisture yet also evaporate it.
Temperature controlled: Cool in warm weather and warm in cool weather, its fibers form pockets of air that provide natural insulation.
Sustainable: Wool is the only authentic sustainable fibre on earth. Annually renewable, recyclable and biodegradable. It’s also animal friendly. No animals are killed for wool; they’re sheared about once a year.
Biodegradable: In soil, wool readily biodegrades to produce sulfur, nitrogen, carbon dioxide and water – all plant nutrients.

"Exceeded all my expectations by miles- especially the beautiful felt insulation."
– Rick in Ontario

Specifications

Model	Diameter	Area	Wall	Door	Height
13.72	13’/3.96m	133’ sq/12.4m sq	6’/1.83m	4’10″/1.47m	10’1″/3.07m
17.72	17’/5.18m	226’ sq/21m sq	6’/1.83m	4’10″/1.47m	10’1″/3.07m
13.86	13’/3.96m	133′ sq/12.4m aq	7’/2.13m	6’/1.83m	11’/3.35m
17.86	17’/5.18m	226’sq/21m sq	7’/2.13m	6’/1.83m	11’/3.35m

Weight: approx 300-500lbs (136-227kg) depending on options
Frame: White ash hardwood hand oiled (Fraxinus Americana)
Door: Eastern/Western cedar hand oiled, stainless hardware and lockset
Roof Cover: Acrylic Coated polyester (10oz.)
Wall Cover: Army Duck cotton canvas (10oz.) or Acrylic-coated poly-cotton blend (15 oz.) fabric. Includes 3 windows with mosquito netting, winter covers and storm flaps.
Operable acrylic dome: 48″ (122cm) diameter
Insulation: 100% wool felt in 1/4″ with radiantex backing or 1/8″ with radiantex backing