Because I could not find Thermax I did some work with hexacomb last year and love the stuff. I published the photos and details, which might be useful, here:
http://web.me.com/dkent/Hexacomb_Hexayurt/Hexacomb.html Samarpan On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Anne <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not sure if this should go here or the Burning Man Hexayurt Materials > thread...but here goes... > > I just did a ton of research on hexacomb cardboard and its > availability in so cal. Very long story short, the sales guys at > Pregis (the makers of hexacomb) are just about the most helpful and > friendly people you'll ever meet. I talked to 3 different people, the > last one being the head of the division who offered to help burners > acquire this stuff in any way possible. They have distributors all > over the world that can sell smaller quantities (thereby avoiding the > need to buy a couple pallets)...including one here in my home town of > Santa Barbara, CA. This is the contact info (posted with his > permission): > Bill Wetzbarter > [email protected] > 336-508-9823 > > Tharco is one such distributor, and they have locations in Santa Fe > Springs, CA (562) 944-6121 and San Lorenzo, CA (510) 276-8600. They > quoted me $12.70 per 48x96 sheet...not bad! > > Hope this is helpful. Anyone else out there looking to build a > hexacomb hexayurt (how poetic) at BM this year? I'd love to connect > with you. > > On Jun 16, 3:59 pm, Blue Fire <[email protected]> wrote: > > Regular cardboard stacked and bound, say six sheets thick, would be > > strong and light. > > > > How important is the integrity of the 4x8 piece? A single 4x8 would > > be stronger than two 4x4's joined, wouldn't it? > > > > On May 11, 2009, at 7:42 AM, RichShumaker wrote: > > > > I am asking if anyone knows of cheap cardboard in 4 X 8 sheets. I may > > have to buy smaller and use lots more tape. 4' X 4' would work too if > > it was cheap enough. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
