TEPEES

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Tepee Cover There isn't much to improve on the basic design of the tepee. Reinforcement with the proper material  is most important.

I use the same type of canvas as on the body of the teepee to reinforce the stress points around the door, bottom and top of smoke flaps, and a triple layer on the lacing flap, around the gore, and pole pockets.

Canvas ties are placed inside and out, below the smoke flaps, which specifically relieves stress from  the last lacing pin on the flap. Lacing pin reinforcement is three layers thick and leather grommets are sewn hear.  I sew 2” polypropylene webbing around the bottom of the teepee and attach 3” nylon loops for perfect ventilation. My tepees are cut the Sioux style, which leans to the back and has longer smoke flaps. The door opening, if you choose to have one at all, is more egg-shaped than oval. Historically, the oval door evolved later on, it must've been the Cavalry's idea! With that in mind, I took the liberty of making mine egg-shaped. The door flap comes with all tepee canvas and is designed to attach on the inside so water does not get into the door. Wooden dowels make the door flap ridged.

Painted tepees are really cool, we can do it in our shop or you can do it after you set it up. You come up with a design and I can outline it and you just paint it up.

Lodge Poles Real Lodge Pole pine trees don't grow in southern Colorado. We harvest them ourselves in Utah. I say “We”,  because this is one job where I'll take all the help I can get! We peel them and sell them to you for a $1.25 per  foot. You can figure on needing a pole at least 5' longer than the size of the tepee. The longer the pole, the better it will look. And just think, by the time you drag the pole from Durango to Dallas with your pony, you'll still have pole enough to set up your tepee!

  TEEPEE COVERS LODGE POLE SETS
  Teepee covers include door flap, ropes, storage bag, but no lacing pins or stakes.  
Teepee covers 12 oz. Sunforger 12 oz. Sunforger FR. weight Poles price Pole length # of Poles
12 $ $ 24 $ 18 13
14 $495 $566 32 $333 20 13
16 $614 $712 44 $422 22 15
18 $734 $859 56 $522 24 17
20 $853 $1004 68 $577 27 17
22 $939 $1,108 76 $742 30 19
24 $1009 $1,195 84 $890 32 19
26 $1,179 $1,402 100 $998 34 19
28 $1,327 $1,585 116 $1,124 36 20
30 $1,438 $1,714 124 $1,359 38 20

   


 

 

The liner The Liner is very important for proper draft when heating with an open fire. I prefer to use 5.5oz. Sunforger. It has

a soft tan color, and is flame-retardant. I make them 6' tall and sew a 12' sod cloth that lies on the ground. The floor commonly lies on top of the sod cloth. But better yet! Let me sew the floor to the bottom of the liner and then it feels like wall to wall flooring, verry cool.  Ties are sewn at the top, and middle, and get tied to lines that encircle the poles. Loops are sewn to the bottom of the liner, here it can be staked to the ground.

Tepee Floors

I have started sewing the bottom of the liner to the perimeter of the floor. This eliminates the need for a sod cloth on the liner. It's like wall to wall flooring in a tipi and I have to say could be at the top ten of good ideas in this shop. I strongly recommend Woven vinyl. This guarantees no rotting. You can cover it in most places with your own floor coverings.

Teepee Floors  12.oz. Sunforger 12 oz. Sunforger FR weight woven weight 18oz. Natural weight
12 $ $ 16 $73 7 $ 10
14 $ $ 20 $98 8 $ 12
16 $ $ 24 $123 10 $ 15
18 $ $ 28 $147 11 $ 17
20 $ $ 32 $220 20 $ 20
22 $ $ 36 $245 21 $ 25
24 $ $ 40 $281 24 $ 32
26 $ $ 43 $331 28 $ 37
28 $ $ 47 $355 29 $ 44
30 $ $ 51 $417 34 $ 50

 

Complete Teepee Packages

When you buy a Tepee package you get the floor and the liner sewn to each other. This is a really great advantage because once the floor is staked down the bottom of the liner is automatically secured down as well. No critters will get into your living area and the outside breezes can not enter either. The poles are included and your choice is between flame and non flame retardant. The Tepee Package includes: flame or non flame 12oz. tepee cover, poles, woven floor, flame or non flame liner, ropes, stakes storage bag, and set up instructions.

SHIPPING: Call for pricing; freight charges vary greatly depending on the pole size.  (Usually between $150.00 and $300.00).

 Teepee Packages 12oz. Non flame 12oz. Flame retardant weight
12 $ $ 47
14 $ $ 60
16 $ $1,638 78
18 $ $1,958 95
20 $ $2,279 119
22 $ $ 133
24 $ $2,951 148
26 $ $ 171
28 $ $ 193
30 $ $ 210

 

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