Anyone make a teepee from a tarp?

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Looking at the teepee thread it seems like a tarp would work. A few poles tied together then secure a tarp. Any of you ever do it?
 
I've made a small teepee using black polythene sheet. It worked well enough except that the polythene is noisy when it is windy or when something brushes against it..... and because it was black it was too dark inside to see properly.
 
I have and I've posted pictures before, but I'm at work and I can't access my photobucket account.

I'll post them later, when I get home.

Doc
 
What? You are at WORK and you are looking at Bladeforums on the COMPUTER !!!!!!
 
Yes, sc, I was at work looking at BladeForums. :) However, we are very slow today and now I am home.

Here's the pictures:

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Setting up inside:

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At night with a fire going - temperature was below freezing - fire good!! :D

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BOOMSTICK: that would be cool, how would you cinch it closed?
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There were ropes in the corner grommets and we just tied it closed.

Doc
 
Doc I was wondering about that frost liner like you said. I have been wanting to do the tipi also with a tarp and have a fire inside also, like my other tarp shelter does.

After seeing your set up I am pretty sure how I am going to do mine.

Thanks for posting the pics of yours. I got my poles cut already too lol

Take care,
Bryan
 
i have been wanting a tipi style tent for sometime now for winter camping but refuse to pay close to $1k for one. i think i have been inspired by this post. a local home improvement store (Meinard's) has some heavy brown canvas tarps treated against rot that I think might be workable. a fire or small stove would be really welcom in the colder months.
josh
 
sicily02 said:
Doc I was wondering about that frost liner like you said. I have been wanting to do the tipi also with a tarp and have a fire inside also, like my other tarp shelter does.

After seeing your set up I am pretty sure how I am going to do mine.

Thanks for posting the pics of yours. I got my poles cut already too lol

Take care,
Bryan
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Hey Bryan,

I haven't tried it yet, but what I was thinking is to put up a frame, throw a tarp(s) around the frame to about 6 feet in height and down to the ground (this is important). Lay up some more poles against the tarp and use these poles for the tipi tarp, with the bottom maybe 6 inches above the ground. This would give the 'chimney' effect to the smoke. Also a little 'tunnel/trough' to feed air under the fire, from outside, would make things better, although, with this type of tipi, you're probably going to have way more fresh air than you need :(.

Quickee diagram:

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Doc
 
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Hey Rick,

Guess we were posting at the same time. Nice pictures. What's the purpose of the boughs here?

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Doc
 
DOC-CANADA said:
Hey Rick,

Guess we were posting at the same time. Nice pictures. What's the purpose of the boughs here?

Doc
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We found the boughs kept the heat lower in the tepee. Did you notice the birch bark chimney and the Naptha can woodstove hanging? could raise it up and out of the way. That one worked out quite well. 6days, at -35C, no sleeping bags....


Rick
 
What is the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning with the Naptha can woodstove?
Remember, the hemoglobin molecule prefers CO to O2.
 
Magnussen said:
We found the boughs kept the heat lower in the tepee. Did you notice the birch bark chimney and the Naptha can woodstove hanging? could raise it up and out of the way. That one worked out quite well. 6days, at -35C, no sleeping bags....


Rick
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I noticed the wood stove, but still can't see the Birch bark chimney.

With the stove higher, did it not mean that below the stove, where, presumably you were sleeping, was quite cold?

Did the boughs also slow down the smoke leaving the tipi?

acemaster: What is the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning with the Naptha can woodstove?
Remember, the hemoglobin molecule prefers CO to O2.
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Shouldn't be a problem as long as there is proper ventilation. Remember, tipis have been used with indoor fires for hundreds of years.

Doc
 
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