I tried a bunch of new stuff out on the Playa this year 1. Space Age Polimer Paint(Ceramic Paint) - It was great till I tried to use tape on it. It kept peeling off. I found out this after painting the roof entirely so I had to flip the roof inside out. I used the Heavy Duty paper tape to join everything before painting and there was some minor bubbling where I painted. The roof was in fairly good shape even with all the changes. 2. All Triangle roof - Made set up easier but I feel that you lose some integrity structurally and that could be bad(this is for a 6' Stretch) 3. Heavy Duty Paper Tape - LOVED it - since you need to tape and tape and tape - Heavy Duty Paper tape is great for edging and is cheaper than most other things. It does require water to activate it and may get you a bit sticky. Who doesn't love sticky and water though. 4. I did not do the better way to do guidelines. I did try using Straps that ratchet and saw someone who had notched their tape anchor plastic holds. That is the way I will go next year. Fast better easier. now to figure out how to get rebar in the ground faster with less effort 5. No Airlock as the 6' Stretch was not quite big enough for it 6. We also didn't have room for any cooling so we were up by 9 because of the thermal properties of the cardboard. Next year AC if we build this small. If we build larger then we could go with a swamp cooler. We noticed that the last night was much colder and I think it was because there were a lot less structures around us and less flames going off. So having the cardbard insulated with mylar or something will probably help. 7. Break down was easier as the bidirectional tape peeled off the cardboard when we pulled. It was on tight all week so no worries with that. 8. Didn't do fancy guide lines. Used Tie Downs on one of the points instead of rope and that was great. Will try to do all of them that way in the future. I will need to notch the tape to do it with the hooks. 9. Next year I think I am going large again. I will do a 12 foot with 6 foot walls making it a 10 foot. I will start working out the kinks on the paint and see what else I can do to make it work with Cardboard. 10. Since I didn't have any insulation and I didn't paint everything I didn't take measurements. I did take lots of pictures and hope to have a picture log soon of the Honeycomb Hexayurt 6' stretch with 6 foot walls experiment some time soon.
Rich Shumaker On Jul 16, 9:07 pm, RichShumaker <[email protected]> wrote: > So I am looking at different technologies to try with my new hexayurt > at Burning Man. Hopefully I can use these technologies in the next > 'structure' I create for myself in the real world. Wait BM is the > real world this is just the illusion, hehehe. > Paper moops less than insulation so I am hoping for a much easier time > with a Paper based Honeycomb Hexayurt. Meaning I must have used 4 > different kinds of tape to keep from mooping. > > Different ideas to make a very comfortable Hexayurt for the Desert(If > you have tried these let us know how they worked) > -Mylar with paint over top - I don't want a big shiney hexayurt this > time. > -Ceramic Paint to help insulate and Fire resistant paint to help keep > the whole thing safe(not sure how it will work on cardboard) > -http://www.hytechsales.com/buy_ceramicpaint.html#roofcoatings > -Heavy duty paper tape for edges and pretaping the folds > -http://www.packagingsupplies.com/Gummed_Tape.html > -Folding Stretch Hexayurt using all Triangles > -http://errantember.livejournal.com/161605.html > -Cooling System for the inside of the Hexayurt - link just posted > -http://www.sleepbreeze.co.uk/boffinscorner.htm-Also some type of vent > fan to help exchange air at night and keep room cool during the day > (looking at something in the roof with a playa filter - the 70 mile > winds last year might rip off anything sticking out) > -Airlock to keep out the outside and keep in the inside(of course I am > building smaller so the airlock will need to be smaller and may be > useless because of > that)-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYs8laft4yE&feature=channel_page > -Better Guidelines then straight out > -http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt/browse_thread/thread/51478185... > > Just a note about taping on the playa - Bidirectional filament tape is > amazing until it hits the playa then it is useless. > > I am going to try to document all that I do with my Hexayurt this > year. Last year I did a bit of documenting just not a lot. I know > that the interior of the Hexayurt got to about 80 degrees and stayed > close to that all the time. I did not have a good air exchange > system. I used wall windows and a fan and it did not allow for proper > exchange as the heat got trapped at the top. Also I kept hitting my > head going in and out. The 8 foot hexayurt with 6 foot walls that I > helped make for pin hole camera was much more comfortable to walk > into. I just don't need that much space or should I say I will see if > I need that much space and maybe next year I create another new > hexayurt. > > All this so I can sleep past noon and stay up even later. I don't > want to miss any sunrises or sunsets this year. > > So those are the ideas and I would love to hear your suggestions, > comments and real world experiences. > > Rich Shumaker --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
