Everything gets hot on the playa. The Hexayurt is actually pretty reasonable compared to many other structures. The silvery outside helps reflect away much of the light that would heat things up. They can get stuffy. This is easily remedied. You can cut a hole in a side and put an A/C filter over and mount an attic vent in the roof. This will give you a good amount of air flow and not too much dust.
Thse will actually keep you cooler into the late morning than a tent and shade structure can. On really breezy days, a tent may win temperature-wise, but your stuff will be coated in dust. Becareful with window placement. A misplaced window can turn a hexayurt into a solar oven. The last year I was on playa was 2008. I slept just about all day sunday, including through the dust storm around temple burn. The hexayurt barely budged during the storm and it was a temperature comfortable for me to sleep in all day. I've never been able to sleep past 9 - 9:30am in tents. Cheers, Spiral On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Cody Firestone <[email protected]> wrote: > how was the heat management. i had heard that they could get hot inside. > Am i wrong? > I'm building a monkey hut on the Playa this year, and had looked > at Hexayurt, but my partner thought it would be hot > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 3:48 AM, Romain Nervil <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> We did the 6' with R Max panels last year, with around 8 anchors tied to >> rebars inthe ground, the yurt didn't budge an inch even during sandstorms. >> We used 1,5'' thick pannels though, feels stronger than the 1' thick + even >> more insulation. >> When folden and packed the yurt is slightly bulkier too,we rented a truck >> to carry the yurt and bikes to the Playa. >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 5:13 AM, Icarus <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I was interesting in building a hexayurt with 6' walls, instead of >>> four. They had one made of cardboard on the Esplanade last year made >>> of cardboard. I will most likely be using Rmax (yes I am aware of fire >>> hazard) >>> >>> With the increase in height, does anyone think there would be issues >>> with the high winds with a properly tied down hexayurt? >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
