On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 15:42, Anne <[email protected]> wrote: > > We built two hexacomb hexayurts on the playa last year. I tracked > down a west coast distributor of hexacomb cardboard out of Algona, WA > called Tharco and had 38 4'x8' sheets shipped to southern California. > I posted the contact info in the "cardboard" thread here in the google > group last year
I was one of those getting together with two others, ordering a batch to the SF Bay Area. Two of us worked together to cut our boards to size and at angles. We used spray glue to attach emergency blankets to the roofs. That worked well until heavy and constant winds started picking under the seams, and in the end I had a lot of shread flying around from the ripped blankets. That was partly due to the fact that I had tried to be economical with the expensive spray paint, applying the glue in separated rows, so that there were pockets of up to a feet apart that had no glue - and if the wind got into one of those it was ripping open eventually. With a better (broader) application of glue, and with tape over the seams, however, I think the emergency blankets work well. BTW, setting up the yurts was a pain when there was wind (which we had plenty last year at BM). But once secured, even my 8' tall stretch yurt made of hexacomb held up perfectly at BM 09. And that one is probably the least stable of them all, due to its broard 8x6 sides. So, hexacomb is a great material for this, yet a bit expensive, hard to get and eager to fly away if not secured :) Our 3rd partner in the order wanted to go a different route about heat insulation, but I lost track of his project, and even of his name. Hello? -- Thomas Tempelmann, http://www.tempel.org/ -- 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.
