I know, I know...This is a group of tinkerers, DIYers, engineers and all the rest. And taking on complex projects and researching innovative solutions is FUN for all of us.
But I thought I'd share the incredibly simple cooling technique that was passed on to me and worked great this year in the desert. Step 1: Cover the inside of the yurt with fabric (added bonus, yurt looks awesome). You can do five walls (skipping the door panel) of a standard yurt very simply by buying ~13yds of fabric. I used "T-Pins" to hold it up, these can be found at any craft store. If you want, you can also drape fabric across the roof (which I also did). Step 2: Spray the fabric down with water. You'll need to bring any kind of sprayer with you for this, which you probably want to have out there anyway. I used a one gallon sprayer like this one<http://www.amazon.com/Chapin-SureSpray-1-Gallon-Sprayer-20010/dp/B000E2EZBY> . Step 3: Turn on any kind of super basic fan inside the yurt and let evaporative cooling do its thing. We had communal power in our camp, so it was easy for me to just bring a regular house fan, but other solutions would work fine for this. I'm glad to hear all the homemade swamp coolers, low wattage a/c's, and other solutions worked well for everyone! For me, I had enough other stuff going on that I was happy to learn about a simple solution that kept the yurt reasonably cool with a very minimal amount of effort and expense. This was my first year in a yurt out there and it is so clearly an awesome way to live comfortably in the desert...I'm a convert for sure ;-) cheers, --ZACHARY -- 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.
