Wow, I'd really like to see some pictures of this structure, Percy. It sound great :-)
Good stuff! Vinay On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 8:03 PM, The Distinguished ... <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings, good sir. > > On Tue, 2010-04-27 at 08:40 -0700, Mike Lindsay wrote: >> I live in Nova Scotia and am looking at a liveable hexayurt, all >> weather. Anyone have any experince with things like heating, >> insulation, construction etc. New to this. > > Hrm ... to begin with, most of the all-weather, livable yurt/ger > structures I've built are actually more traditional ger, rather than the > hexayurt format. I've built sheds that stand up to the winter snow of > the hexayurt format, but not for living in. > > First of all, for the amount of snow we get in the Northeast US (which > is a bit south of you, I know, but not much) I actually had to move to > the pentayurt style, rather than hexayurt style. It doesn't tile > anywhere near as well, but the slope-ratio of the roof is important. > You might be able to get away with a hexayurt design, and tile it > nicely, as long as you cleaned the snow off of it regularly (via heating > and pulling the run-off, or sweeping, or shoveling as it falls) but not > a risk I really would recommend taking, if you are going to be living in > it. > > For the shed I built, It's got a footing (sunk below the frost-line, of > course) with a course of cinderblock going upward for about 3 feet. > Then there is the 4' standard sides, with the roof sitting on top of it. > The door-space is cut in one of the sides, up to about a foot of the top > of it giving me about a 6' door-space, and still a good chunk of the > board for lateral support. > > Since I made it out of wood, instead of insulation board, I used a > nylon-web ratcheting strap to be the equivalent of the tape connection > between the roof and the top of the wall, it does nicely in holding > things in place. The 72 degree edges of the roof are piano-hinged > together (which, in retrospect was a bad choice, too much movement when > putting it up, I've got to machine some sort of replacements one of > these days) and the straight seems are backed by 2x6 as > attachment-points. The edges of the side-walls are shored up by 4x4 > posts, sheered at 72 degrees. All exterior seams are sealed with > flashing, and the wood is covered in exterior paint. The center-point > of the roof has a removable cap that allows me to vent my forge (what I > use the shed for) which would probably also work for your stove, or the > like. I don't know how air-flow would work. (Whenever I'm in the shed, > I've got the door open, mostly because the forge takes quite a bit of > air-flow, and I don't have other holes, like windows, to let other air > in. The light from the door is, often, even, too much.) > > It's not very large, for living in, especially when you are snowed in. > Which is why tiling them might be a good idea (each one becomes a "room" > in your "house"). > > Were you to have fairly consistent outdoor area, and not have to worry > about cooking inside ... it would be more than sufficient. > > The traditional ger that I've used in all weather, is (several) 16' in > diameter, covered, on the outside by a layer of polymer material > (duralast, I believe it is called?), backed by tyvek, I believe, with a > layer of felt (to hold pockets of air) and a layer of canvas. It works > quite well for insulation, especially with a wood-stove in there for > cooking and heat. > > I hope that helps. Look through the mailing list archives, I believe I > and other people have put up longer, more in-depth pieces. > > Percy > > > -- > 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. > > -- Vinay Gupta Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest http://guptaoption.com/map - social project connection map http://hexayurt.com - free/open next generation human sheltering http://hexayurt.com/plan - the whole systems, big picture vision http://bit.ly/flucode - please follow the Flu Code if you are in a flu-effected area. It protects us all. Gizmo Project VOIP : (USA) 775-743-1851 Skype/Gizmo/Gtalk/AIM: hexayurt Twitter: @hexayurt http://twitter.com/hexayurt UK Cell : +44 (0) 795 425 3533 / USA VOIP (+1) 775-743-1851 "If it doesn't fit, force it." -- 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.
