yes. One thing to consider in such a cold environment is the structure itself. I would use structural insulating panels in a hexa yurt designed for permanet habitation. Thei is basiclly a sandwich of plywood, the hard foam insulation and another sheet of plywood or sheet rock on the "inside" of the panel.
This provides several advantages. 1. you can screw and nail right into the panel as needed. 2. It provides a fire barrier to protect the foam insulation from direct flame in the event of a fire. 3. the panel can be built as thick as needed with multiple layer sof foam. for example, the thivkest i've seen normally is two 2.5 inch think hard pink board panels. that is a r-16 rating! Plus the plywood and sheet rock it is very strong. If you wanted extreme heavy load bearing, you could also have a sheet of plywood between the foam boards. one you glue your boards together, you can cut them, etc to fit. A really kewl thing to do for the electrical is to run metal conduit right in the foam panel. as long as you use connectors to seal up tyhe conduit, it is a great way to run you power between two panels. You build with them by using a timber frame. Once the frame is up you simply spike the sis panel into place. where two panels meet you can run your conduit, then use the spray foam to fill in between the two panels. This results in a nearly air-tight seal. Becuase of this, you need to have ventilation / ducting to ensure there is no buildup of bad air. heating and cooling is fairly simple, you could even use cnvetional ac/r equipment if it is a permanet structure. -- 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.
