Very cool. Please let me know how it performs!
I love the safety orange exterior <grin> Is it much cooler inside that outside? NM is *hot*! Vinay -- Vinay Gupta Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest http://hexayurt.com - free/open next generation human sheltering http://hexayurt.com/plan - the whole systems, big picture vision Gizmo Project VOIP : (USA) 775-743-1851 Skype/Gizmo/Gtalk : hexayurt Icelandic Cell : (+354) 869-4605 "If it doesn't fit, force it." On Sep 16, 2008, at 5:27 AM, samarpan wrote: > > Here is the Hexayurt Meditation Hut process in 40 photos. > > http://gallery.me.com/dkent#100092 > > What I would do differently: > > 1) Find a level building site... (duh!, all the building books told > me to do that, and building on a slope was challenging) > > 2) Don't paint near the seams... the tape did not stick to the painted > surfaces! I almost ruined the whole project but I tried the tape on > the inside paint surface before painting the outside. > > 3) Don't use Prodex insulation... the wrinkled crinkled aluminum > facing decreased the tape sticking to surface (although I believe the > meditation hut is a well-insulated structure now, I would have > preferred to pay for a thicker, better foam board and skip the > Prodex). > > 4) Try harder to find Thermax HD or Hexacomb. It took forever to tape > all the edges of the Tuff-R (the only polyiso material available to me > in New Mexico). The hut has 13 layers (see details below) > > Now the experiment continues to see if it will hold up for one year in > New Mexico storms and winds and snow. > > Samarpan > > P.S. The meditation hut has these layers: > > 1) exterior insulated/flame retardant paint > 2) exterior Prodex foil exterior surface > 3) Prodex foam core > 4) exterior Prodex foil interior surface > 5) air gap (I taped the edges only) > 6) exterior Tuff-R foil > 7) Tuff-R polyiso core 1" > 8) interior Tuff-R foil > 9) air gap (I taped the edges only) > 10) interior Prodex foil exterior surface > 11) Prodex foam core > 12) interior Prodex foil interior surface > 13) interior insulated/flame retardant paint > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
