The structure of the yurt is designed so the ring where the roof meets the walls is where the force is directed downward. So, your tape anchors running from there should be sufficient. Having done crossing anchors at one point, for added downward security, having them go across the face of the wall panels in a forshortened X running from the afore-mentioned wall ring, worked just fine.
It did mean 2 rebar canes per side that was done that way (all but the door side, which had several engineering challenges) but was quite solid. Also, the double-floor was a bit of a challenge. The large tarp was attached to the outside, as high as the bottom-cutout of the door, before setting it on the ground. The pad was then dragged inside, smoothed out, and then each side lifted just enough to sneak the edge of the pad under the wall, and then the second tarp was attached, around the walls on the inside. I believe the weight of the pad also contributed to the stability of the yurt. I hope this helped. Percival On 8/18/09, hooperstack <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
