Yay, I Iove when people build hexayurts in my back yard, and I don't have to do anything but watch and heckle. It looks great guys. I can't wait to see it on the ranch.
Spiral On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Kathleen Ellis <[email protected]> wrote: > > We've just prefabbed a Super Tuff-R 6' hexayurt here in Chicago to be used > at our regional burn in SW Michigan. There was abundant 1" Super Tuff-R at > the Home Depot closest to my house. We cut it to size with snap craft blades > and taped the edges with 2.83" foil weatherstripping tape Spiral's referring > to below. It sticks very nicely to the edges of the Super Tuff-R. Since it's > used as an insulating tape against weather, it's rated to stay adhesive from > temps below 40 degrees below up to 200 degrees fahrenheit. For the six > footer I needed to buy two rolls - each roll was about 50 yards and retailed > for $20 each. > > I probably won't use this material again - fire safety concerns aside, I > have really strong reservations about buying petrochemical-based crap from > Dow. If the hexacomb becomes available I'll certainly use that next time. I > have no complaints about the tape, though. > > The fire risk in southwestern Michigan is far, far lower than it is on the > Playa - the land is somewhat swampy this time of year and we've had plenty > of rain. The yurt will be in a semi-wooded area - it's possible that someone > might shoot off fireworks in there but they'd have to be pretty stupid to do > so. We're doing our construction dry run this weekend, and we'll consider > covering the monofilament with the foil tape. We may do the roof only. > > *wave* Hi Vinay! > > Yurtin' round the clock, > -K > > > On Tue, 15 Jun 2010, Spiral Syzygy wrote: > >> That would be the foil tape I was speaking of. It is strong, but not >> nearly strong enough to hold a hexayurt together on the playa or other >> windy environment. The bi-filament tape is hard to match when it comes >> to strength. If it were possible to get it already metalized, we'd me >> golden. >> >> Spiral >> >> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 2:05 AM, Ray Kornele <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> There is an aluminum tape used in the HVAC industry for connecting ducts. >>> It >>> is much stronger, more permanent that duct tape, and is fireproof. >>> >>> KrazyKyngeKorny >>> (Krazy, not stupid) >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 9:55 PM, David Bach-y-Rita <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Are there possibly any less-flammable tapes around that will hold the >>>> hexayurt and allow us to forgo bi-filament tape entirely? >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> > > -- > > -- > "Utopia is a matter of innermost urgency." > - Slavoj Zizek > "Life is short and truth works far and long; let us speak the truth." > - Arthur Schopenhauer > > -- > 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.
