I'm planning on using 6 anchors as well. At the moment I'm planning on bringing my yurt in 7 pieces (1 piece for the walls and 6 for roof). I was thinking of doing it in 3, but wanted to have more than one strip of tape that spanned the diameter of the roof. Otherwise I worry a bit about stability, and dust/waterproofing around the tip. I would do the roof in three pieces, but then it wont flat pack as nicely.
If you've thought this through and don't think it's a problem I would love to hear it. I also want to get as much taping done early as possible, with as many reusable taped edges. Cheers, Elliot On 10 August 2010 10:58, Joshua Keroes <jos...@keroes.com> wrote: > I brought a semi-folder last year, too. Had 12 tape anchors around the roof > pieces; used ten of them. > > If you want to attach twelve anchors to the roof, half will end up on the > roof corners and half will be on the roof edges. The ones on the roof edges > are easy. The ones on the corners were a little trickier. > > I found that my corner anchors laid best after making two modifications: > > 1. Use two pieces of narrow (~2.5"-wide) tape to affix the anchor to the > roof. These run straight up the bend in the roof, one on each side of that > seam. > > 2. I didn't tape the corner anchor directly to the corner. I wrapped my > anchor with tape, sticky side in, and I ran that about 4" above the roof > edge. That lets the anchor float freely around the corner. Because there's a > split between the two pieces of narrow tape holding the anchor to the roof, > you don't end up applying pressure directly to the corner of the polyiso. > Does that make sense? > > Bonus trick: > > 3. When you make your anchors, wrap your tape around the PVC and a pencil. > That extra space in the anchor will make it easy to remove the PVC tubes for > shipping. > > -Joshua > > On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Spiral Syzygy <spiralena...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> We used 6 on the corners. It was solid as a rock. We had some dust >> storms plow through that really did a number on surrounding camps and >> our yurt didn't budge at all. >> >> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Ray S <ray.sennew...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > So lately I've been prepping my yurt for the burn. I've seen these >> > guys on the Playa, and could have sworn most I'd seen only had 6 >> > anchors, and I'm thinking these were at the corners of the yurt. >> > >> > My question is, has anyone done this? Had a successful burn with high >> > wind loads and only having 6 tape anchors? Or does everyone just make >> > 12? The only reason I'd prefer not to do 12 is I'm trying to do as >> > many tapes as I can. I'll be bringing my yurt in 3 pieces - roof in 2 >> > pieces, walls in 1 piece. >> > >> > Also I'm curious if anyone has figured out a way to do tape anchors at >> > home so when you get to the playa you just pop it up, tape two joining >> > sides in my case and then anchor to the ground? I can't think of >> > anyway without sacrificing the tape going all the way over (which >> > would require the roof to be popped out). Sorry if some of this >> > doesn't make sense, it's pretty early for me! >> > >> > Any replies or ideas would make me feel much more confident in my >> > setup of this puppy :) BTW - my first burn with a yurt - I'm stoked. >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "hexayurt" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to hexay...@googlegroups.com. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<hexayurt%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> > 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 hexay...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<hexayurt%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> 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 hexay...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<hexayurt%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > 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 hexay...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
