I'm planning on running the anchors off the roof-corner seams and not the middle. I think this is where the tension of the structure is, and 6 should be more than enough to keep it on the ground. Just my opinion though, may be some folks who've already set up and used one on the playa can chime in.
-Jeff On Aug 18, 1:34 am, Joshua Keroes <[email protected]> wrote: > Our hexayurt is all taped up and almost ready to ship. We beveled most of > the edges. The walls are taped into an accordion so it folds flat. The roof > is taped into two pieces - a left and right side if you will - so that the > whole package folds down into a 4' x 8' x 1' stack. > > Folding stuff shown in a picture:http://keroes.com/hexayurt/sketch.png > > Next up are the tape anchors. I see that the tape anchors are supposed to > run up the middle of both the roof-corner seams as well as the mid-panel > seams. If we put the tape anchors square over those seams, the roof panels > won't fold up anymore. Oops. > > Hmm, what to do, what to do? What do you think of us offsetting each tape > anchor 3" to the right, all the way around? That would mean each tape anchor > would right just to the right of every seam instead of over it. > > That idea is shown onhttp://keroes.com/hexayurt/sketch.pngunder the > heading "Tape & Anchors". Alternatively, we could split the mid-panel tape > anchor into two 3" ones, but I'm not really sure how to handle the corner > anchors. Seems a little fiddly to me but *shrug* it's an idea. > > So, all that said, do you think the offset anchors will hold steady against > the playa winds? Any related details we missed? > > Thanks, > Joshua, who wants his HY to be anchored down and stay down. In one piece. > Booyah. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
