Fixing the Yurt's Leaky Roof

in #dtube7 years ago (edited)


I recently attempted to fix a leak in the Yurt's roof where a nylon strap extends from the outside to the inside transferring the water like a wick. My first attempt was with melted tree sap collected from the Permaculture farm I live on, but that was too brittle once it cooled, so I switched to a beeswax and turpentine mixture which sealed the deal (despite making a bit of a mess!).


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You can also mix pitch with wax and get whatever consistency you want from brittle to soupy. Search out birch bark canoe builder's formulae. I ran across an article a few years ago that went into great detail. The pitch the Indians used on their canoes was both water tight and flexible.

Thanks for this tip, @citizenzero! I look forward to trying it since I already have both ingrediants handy.

Oh, good tip! I wonder if I can apply this mix to the rubber roof on my grandfather's midcentury house.

It's a shame I can't get the d-tube videos to play. Thanks for sharing in multiple formats.

What browser do you use @winstonalden?

Chrome. It just shows the loading screen but never loads.

Strange, I use Chrome as well. Is the loading screen for videos themselves or the entire DTube webpage?

It gets this far but the video never starts playing.

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Are you running an outdated version Chrome perhaps?

good work bro, i like it your post

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