Do you need felt for a Western, Homemade, or Mongolian Yurt from a different company?
Stay warmer this winter! With just a few measurements from you, we can custom-make a felt insulation layer for any Yurt you might have! We also have rolls of uncut felt so you can make the layer yourself.
Learn more about prices and shipping on our Felt Insulation Sizes and Prices page.
100% all-natural, felted sheep wool layer of insulation is about 3/4 of an inch thick (see photo) and heavily cleaned until its color is a beautiful, almost snow white. There is brown or black felt here! Our felt insulation is fire resistant, has limited odor, and is as dense as you can get.
Wool is the ultimate insulator for temperature regulation, weather, and sound. It will help keep you cool in summer and warm in winter. Mongolian nomads have been thriving in the warmth of a traditional Mongolian Yurt | Ger with felted wool insulation on the frozen Steppes with winter temperatures of -40º F and summer highs of 113º F, for thousands of years.
FIRE’s white felt, almost 3/4 inch thick, compared to the Mongolian average.
Every yurt we sell includes one complete layer (roof and walls) of felt insulation. We also custom-make insulation for any style of yurt. The roof is usually two separate, overlapping pieces. The walls are at least two overlapping pieces that tie onto the yurt frame. Depending on our window/door placement, you might have more than two wall pieces.
If you live in an extremely cold climate, you might want to consider a second layer of felt. Canada and states such as Alaska, Montana, Idaho, Colorado, the Dakotas, the upper Midwest, and New England may need an extra layer of felt. It is also something that can always be added later.
Mongolia has roughly 32 million sheep, almost ten times as many sheep as people. They are various breeds of local, fat-tailed carpet-wool sheep with fine fibers well equipped to withstand low temperatures, unfavorable ecological conditions, and poor vegetation. A Mongolian sheep will produce an average of 8-15 pounds of wool annually.
The raw sheep wool has been collected from nomadic herders in rural Mongolia. It is brought to a factory in Ulaanbaatar, where machines heavily clean it with natural materials and soaps without chemicals. It is then combed and spun into the finest layers of soft cloudlike fibers, layered and needled into thick rolls of insulation. This rigorous cleaning process and refined layering create clean, bug-resistant, water-resistant, fire-resistant, extra-thick felted sheep wool with consistent thickness, lines, and measurements. From wool factory, giant rolls of felt go to the yurt factory. The roof felt is custom cut and sewn into shape.
