Laurel Nest Yurts

At Laurel Nest Yurts, we believe in helping people to build their own yurts.  If you are interested in building yurt components, we do sell individual yurt parts.

Component parts may be purchased in several ways.  You may choose to finish parts yourself– i.e. sand or stain your own frame pieces.  In this case, you may choose to purchase all “unfinished” yurt components and do all the sanding and staining yourself.  Another option is making certain yurt components yourself, and having us make other yurt components.  The instructions for building all yurt parts are available in our Complete Yurt Building Manual.

Below is a table that prices all parts individually.  In order to find your total estimated cost, select your individual yurt components and add them all together on your personal calculator.  Your total should reflect an estimate.   Please contact us if you have any questions.

Individual Yurt  Components

	12′	15′	18′	20′	24′	30′
Yurt fabric cover (unpainted)	950	1,200	1,475	1,700	2,350	3,580
Painting cover	Please	call for	pricing.	(Depends on	paint that	you choose)
Khanna with wire, and hardware (nuts, bolts, washers)	505	605	795	875	1045	1280
Khanna unstained, un-assembled	410	500	650	735	840	1175
Rafters 1x 2.75” (complete set)	460	555	695	835	1025	n/a
Rafters 1x 5.5” (complete set)	n/a	n/a	800	990	1915	2180
Rafters (unstained, set) 1×2.75”	380	455	575	690	850	n/a
Rafters (unstained, set) 1×5.5”	n/a	n/a	670	840	1110	1350
1 Rafter, set of boards (unstained) 1x 2.75”	205	205	280	375	500 (low snowload areas)	n/a
1 Rafters, set of boards, 1×5.5” rafter size	n/a	n/a	440	610	800	1030
Roof ring	325	325	385	420	480	540
Roof ring (customer applies finishing stain)	310	310	370	400	460	520
Dome with dome hardware kit	275	275	310	370	455	540
Dome stick	50	50	50	50	50	50
Door frame	275	275	275	275	275	275
Door frame (unstained)	250	250	250	250	250	250
New door	380	380	380	380	380	380
Yurt hardware kit	250	275	300	325	350	375

Due to fluctuating material costs, our prices may change. We do our best to keep prices affordable and help you get into a yurt. Please call us or e-mail us for an estimate for your project. Thanks!

*We accept PayPal and checks for payment.  Call us to discuss pricing options.

Laurel Nest Yurts was a pleasure to do business with. They are talented, big-hearted people who will go the distance to make your yurt right for you, very accommodating and helpful and generous with their time and guidance at prices that beat the competitors by huge amounts. Thanks guys!

Ian Duncan

All yurt packages come with the following features:

Features	Benefits
Standard wall height is approximately 7’	Higher walls make your yurt feel roomier and allow for regular sized doors and windows
Rafters and khanna made from clear southern yellow pine	Our frame is made from a local wood, making it sustainable for people on the east coast and in the southern region
Rafters, khanna, and center ring treated with a natural water protectant finish	The wood frame is preserved and protected from mold; we are using natural materials purchased locally (see our link for Earthpaint)
Assembled with carriage bolts and lock nuts.	Replacement parts can be purchased conveniently at your local hardware store
Compression ring (center ring) is made with stain grade plywood, microlaminated boards	All materials used are natural and safe for interior living spaces (no harsh chemicals used, like those found in pressure treated wood)
All 20’, 24’ and 30’ yurts have reinforcing steel ring	The steel ring makes the yurt even stronger and makes it much more resistant to harsh weather conditions (like hurricanes and other storms)
We offer more windows in our yurt covers: our starting from 3 in our 12’ 4 in our 15’, 5 in our 18’, 6 in our 20’, 7 in our 24’ and 8 in our 30’ yurt	Natural light connects you with your environment and allows for easy ventilation and fresh air to flow through
Large windows (39x 47) made of a clear fire resistant vinyl, come with sewn in screen, and open from the outside	Large windows allow you to see your surroundings and observe the natural world you are surrounded by.
We offer a natural marine duck cotton canvas that is 13 oz and is available in five naturally died colors, natural, suntan, driftwood, khaki; and pearl gray.	Natural fabrics are breathable and better for the earth.  This fabric is ideal for people who have chemical sensitivities
We also offer a poly-cotton blend that has a vinyl coating and meets the highest standards for fire retardancy.  This fabric can be painted with exterior acrylic paints and should be seam sealed before being used; it comes in three colors, natural, suntan, pearl gray.	The poly-cotton fabric meets the standards for fire retardancy anywhere in the country.  Painting the cover allows you to choose your colors and helps preserve your cover for years to come.
We are willing to sew roofs and walls using other fabrics of your choice.	If we don’t stock a fabric you want, we are happy to accommodate your choices.

You are supporting a small business! Hal and Asia and their daughter Emilia are working together with a team of talented locals to bring you a beautiful yurt home.

Whether you choose to purchase a yurt package, buy individual components, or build your yurt, you may consider adding on some options. These options allow you to include custom features that enhance your yurt and personalize it to your preferences.

Pricing for Yurt Options

Optional features:
Roof insulation	225	300	475	650	825	1075
Wall insulation	225	225	275	315	425	600
Roof liner	Pricing	Depends	On	Material.
Wall liner			Please	Call	For	Options
Wind/ snow load kit	275	275	375	450	525	600
Wood stove panel	50	50	50	50	50	50
Additional framed in window	550	550	550	550	550	550
Additional framed in door	600	600	600	600	600	600
Additional fabric windows	85	85	85	85	85	85
Window shutters	50	50	50	50	50	50
Hanging door screen	50	50	50	50	50	50
Ceiling Fan	85	85	85	85	85	85
Hand-painted banner	Please	Ask	For	Custom	Banner	Pricing

With several options available, you may wonder what options you need. Below is a guide to explain the options available and their benefits.

Yurt Options and Benefits

Yurt Option	Benefit
Natural Fabric Alternative- Cotton Canvas	Your yurt can be made with sustainable materials; can be painted to increase lifetime
Poly-cotton canvas	Higher levels of flame retardant; Can be painted to increase lifetime
Additional windows	You can increase your natural light and connect more with your surroundings
Glass windows	Use natural materials, and you can open these windows from the inside
Insulated window covers	Help you preserve heat during the cold winter months; easily removable for warmer seasons
Reflective insulation	Reflects 96% of the radiant energy; easy to install
Therma-shield insulation	Increases the lifetime of your canvas, allows you to choose the color of your canvas; this paint insulates your yurt with natural materials
Insulation liner	An easy way to personalize your yurt and make it more attractive
Purchasing a pre-hung door locally	Save money on shipping and use our simple door modification kit
Purchasing our door frame, buying a used door locally	Save money with a used door, and use our attractive handmade door frame (instead of a pre-hung)
Door screen curtain	Keep your door open and keep the bugs out!
Water catchment	Helps preserve the lifetime of your walls and allows you to collect your rainwater easily
Banner system	Beautiful hand-painted banners personalize your yurt
Door screen curtain	Keep your door open and keep the bugs out!
Snow and wind load kit	Protect your yurt from very strong winds and heavy snows!
Customized skylight domes	Choose to tint your dome, great for tropical climates!

Laurel Nest Yurts Fabric options

Natural fabric options

• Our natural marine duck cotton canvas that is 13 oz and is available in five naturally died colors, natural, suntan, driftwood, khaki; and pearl gray.



We offer a variety of natural colors in our canvas material.

• This material is waterproof as a result of its high thread count and will last between 3 and 5 years.

• It can be painted to increase its lifetime.

Higher Fire retardant ratings

• We also offer a poly-cotton blend that has a vinyl coating and meets the highest standards for fire retardant (required in some states).This fabric can be painted with exterior acrylic paints and acrylic insulating paints to give them long lasting protection and eliminate the need for seam-sealing.Painting the fabric gives you virtually unlimited color choices, though you may choose to seam seal the fabric and leave it in its standard colors, natural, suntan, pearl gray.



Above are the colors that the poly-cotton blend comes in. This fabric is easy to paint, and we recommend painting the roof.

Customized fabric choices

We are willing to sew roofs and walls using other fabrics of your choice.

We prefer to offer offer natural fabrics, however in certain situations the cotton canvas may not meet the needs of environmental settings or local laws and codes concerning fire safety.

The fabrics we usually use are the best options for cost efficiency but we are happy to help you find another fabric that is right for you.

The prices on the website reflect the cost of the fabrics we generally use.

Additional/ alternative windows for your yurt

All of our yurts come with several windows, but we are happy to sew in additional windows, to help you see the beautiful views or to add more functionality to your space.

• A yurt with windows all around can be used as a screened in porch and can be set up and attached to an existing deck.

We also offer framed in glass windows, that are double pane low e glass.

• These windows are helpful when a your yurt is set up on a deck that is high off the ground as they can be opened from the inside.

• These windows also offer a non-vinyl option to those seeking out natural, non-petroleum based materials for their yurt.

Insulation Options

Insulated Window Covers

These covers are made of reflective insulation with a fabric liner facing to match the interior insulation of your roof and sides.

• These will cover your windows during the coldest times of the year and are easy to attach and remove.

• In the cold winter months, insulating some windows may help you conserve energy.

Reflective Insulation

Our insulation is a double bubble reflective foil and it works by reflecting radiant heat in both directions, keeping the yurt warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer.

• This insulation reflects 96% of the radiant energy that strikes its surface.  It acts as a vapor barrier, and is available in two options.

• The first insulation option has a foil on one side and a white poly on the other side which does not require an interior liner.The other insulation has foil on both sides, and is more resistant to fire and offers more insulating value, not to mention it can make your yurt look like a spaceship J.
  

• For the second insulation option, we recommend covering the roof and wall insulation with an attractive interior liner.

Therma-shield Insulation

Painting the cover of your yurt is an alternative, natural way to insulate your yurt.

• The paint will seal your canvas, thereby making it last longer.

• You can paint your yurt any color

Interior Fabric Liners

Liner fabrics come in many styles, colors, and price ranges.  Our standard liner is a fire-resistant, cream colored, synthetic fabric.

• We are happy to sew liners with more natural materials if the local laws and codes permit.

• We also will be happy to help you sew a liner with a fabric of your choice.

• Patterned liners that need to be matched at the seam will incur additional charges.

Door Options

Purchasing a pre-hung door locally

Many people choose to buy their doors locally.

• With this option the customer can purchase locally and attach the door modification pieces, thus saving on shipping.

• Some people prefer to have the completed door shipped pre-assembled and ready to use.

Purchasing our doorframe, buying a used door locally

We offer a handmade yellow pine stained doorframe.

• You may choose to find and purchase a used door, or buy a new door (that is not pre-hung).

• The door frame can be shipped un-assembled to save on shipping costs, and the customer is responsible for assembling, installing hardware and sealing the door.

• You may also choose for us to send you the door frame assembled, the door pre-hung and ready to set up.

We prefer to use a low E (double pane insulated) glass door.  This option gives you additional light.  Some doors come with blinds between the glass and allow for privacy.  We love the extra light, beautiful views, and added warmth when installed on a south-facing side. Add an additional door for front and side entrances, access to decks, gardens, or additional yurts. Ask about placement options.

Door Screen Curtain

The Door Screen Curtain is made from 20×30 fiberglass no-se-um screen and attaches to the top inside of the door frame and is weighted at the bottom. Keep those bugs out! And let more air in.

Water Catchment

Our water catchment system, engineered for conserving rainwater, is a fabric gutter that collects run-off from the roof, funneling it through downspouts into your storage tank. The Gutter System prevents water from running down the wall, and helps your side cover last longer.

Banner System

Ask about hand-painted banners, done with acrylic paint and can come in a size of your choice.   We recommend this banner for our festival yurt, to make your yurt stand out and provide information about your business.

Snow and Wind Kit

We believe that the snow and windload kit adds valued protection, with minimal cost and is reccommended on all yurts over 18’. (All our 24’ and 30’ yurts come with a wind/ snowload kit.)

• These kits are fairly easy for the customer to make and install, and can be added at any time.

• We are happy to make and send these kits or to provide information to you on how to do-it-yourself.

• The vertical supports pieces that attach the rafter to the platform can also be used to create a space for rigid foam or fiberglass insulation (very useful if you are trying to meet r-value requirements for inspection).

Skylight Dome

Our yurts all come with an opening skylight dome.  They can be tinted, and have custom features or sizes.

Once you have settled on a yurt, you have a few things to consider.

• First off, you need to decide what size yurt you wish to purchase.  Some people choose to buy two smaller yurts instead of one large yurt (i.e. instead of a 30′ yurt, they will go with a 24′ yurt and a 12′ yurt).

• Once you have settled on a size, you need to decide if you want a complete yurt package or if you would like to make parts of it yourself.

• Next, you need to choose the fabric you want your cover to be.  Your choices include a natural canvas, a poly-cotton blend or a material you supply.

• As you begin to picture your new shelter, decide on how many doors and windows you want.  Will you have fabric windows or framed in glass windows?

• Research your local building codes to find out if there are any restrictions or guidelines for getting started.

Contact us if you have any questions along the way.  We’re here to help!

We accept Paypal, check, and money orders for purchases.

I’m an artist in the area and I’ve been living/working in a yurt built by Laurel Nest Yurts for the last few weeks! It is a great, enhancing life change that I highly recommend!
My 15′ yurt is a great studio/living space. It’s a lot of space! Circular space! Space that is highly conducive to act of creating.
They are awesome people who are really willing to work with you and help you get into a yurt.
Much Love,
Michael

Here at Laurel Nest Yurts, we pride ourselves on being affordable yurt builders. Our goal is to help people get into yurts. Whether you choose to build parts of your yurt or purchase a complete package, we want to assist you in any way we can. We are happy to customize your yurt and always try to inform you about various options available.

All yurt packages come with the following features:

• Built using clear southern yellow pine

• Standard 7 foot walls

• All wood parts, khanna, rafters, roof ring, dome stick, door frame, treated with natural wood sealant

• Lattice wall assembled using carriage bolts and locking nuts instead of rivets for ease of repair (replacement parts can be easily found at local hardware store)

• Dome opener; our domes can be raised and lowered from the ground of the yurt, thus allowing for ventilation during the warmer weather

Cover options include:

• Cotton canvas: 13oz Sunforger marine duck natural cotton canvas; available in 5 colors: natural, khaki, suntan, driftwood, and pearl gray (more green appearance); the natural colored cotton canvas is available with a higher fire retardant coating

• Polaris, poly-cotton blend with vinyl coating is available in a pearl gray color (the color is more of a dark green shade, this fabric meets the CPAI-84 code for fire retardant and allows customers in all states to purchase a yurt that meets these guidelines.

• We are happy to use a material supplied by the customer

• All yurts have several large opening vinyl windows with screens

• More windows than other yurt companies:

Our 12′ yurt has 3 windows, our 15′ yurt has 4 windows, our 18′ yurt has 5 windows, our 20′ yurt has 6 windows, our 24′ yurt has 7 windows and our 30’ yurt has 8 windows.

• Wall tie down hardware is included

• All hardware can be found at most local hardware stores thus making repairs easy and replacement parts are easy to find

• Easy set up: our yurts come with written instructions

• Affordable pricing

• You are supporting a small business! Hal and Asia and their daughter Emilia are working together with a team of talented locals to bring you a beautiful yurt home.

We encourage our customers to take part in building their own yurt parts.  We cannot guarantee the quality of the yurt and its workmanship of any parts that you (the customer) decide to build yourself.  However, we hope that our Complete Yurt Building Manual will help you to create a beautifully crafted product.  We do guarantee individual yurt parts that we create for their workmanship and quality.

Below are the costs for a standard yurt package.  We recommend buying your door locally, to save on shipping.  For this reason, we quote complete packages with and without a door.

You may choose to purchase optional features to go with your yurt (wind/ snowload kit, wood stove panel, etc…) These are listed below the pricing plans for our package deals.

	12’	15’	18’	20’	24’	30’
Complete frame package (does not include insulation)	3,165	3,640	4,350	5,330 (includes wind/snowload kit)	6,900 (includes 1×5.5 rafters and wind/snowload kit)	8,750 (includes 1×5.5 rafters and wind/snowload kit)
Complete frame package/ no door (bought locally), no insulation	2,815	3,310	4,000	4,980(includes  wind/snowload kit)	6,550 (includes 1×5.5 rafters and wind/snowload kit)	8,440 (includes 1×5.5 rafters and wind/snowload kit)
Optional features:
Roof insulation	225	300	475	650	825	1075
Wall insulation	225	225	275	315	425	600
Roof and wall liners	Liner	price	depends	on	choice	of fabric
Wind/ snow load kit	275	275	375	450	525	600
Wood stove panel	50	50	50	50	50	50
Additional framed in window	550	550	550	550	550	550
Additional framed in door	600	600	600	600	600	600
Additional fabric windows	85	85	85	85	85	85
Window shutters	50	50	50	50	50	50
Hanging door screen	50	50	50	50	50	50
Ceiling Fan	85	85	85	85	85	85
Hand-painted banner	ask	about	pricing	options!

Due to fluctuating material costs, our prices may change.  We do our best to keep prices affordable and help you get into a yurt.   We accept payment in Paypal, check or money order.  Please call us or e-mail us for an estimate for your project. Thanks!