I would imagine that using some spray-on contact adhesive with some mylar would remedy the water-proofing issue. Just put it on before the edging tape to ensure the edges of the mylar don't peel up.
Spiral On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Ian Bates <[email protected]> wrote: > Rich- > You probably remember me as the guy who came to your place in Oakland to > pick up my portion of the Hexacomb order. I used the Hexacomb cardboard > both last year and this year, to pretty good effect. However... you missed > this year, and specifically missed a significant rain storm on Monday. > Turns out cardboard isn't the best in rain... who knew? As much as I love > the Hexacomb, for application on the playa, and especially off playa, a > solid waterproofing strategy needs to be implemented. Because of that I may > not use it again, at least in isolation. This year I was half way through > tarping my structure when the rain hit, and got thoroughly soaked. Monday > night was miserable, and the panels were a partial loss.... they fared ok > the rest of the week, but they weren't worth taking home and reusing. > Luckily Hexacomb burns quite nicely, so we had a little memorial service > for our home and chucked it into a burn platform at the end of the week. > Cathartic at least! So that's my two cents on the efficacy of Hexacomb as > a building material... even on the "it never rains" playa. BTW... I wasn't > using tape at all. I built a very light wooden frame and used screws and > washers to attach the panels to the frame. Works quite well. I may try to > go even lighter next year by having just a few blocks cut at angles that > serve as screw attachment points between panels... I think a bit like the > plywood Hexayurts that Vinay demonstrated in London. > And Rich... don't worry about missing BM this year... no fun at all. Too > dusty, too hot, the art and music were a bore. Nothing missed at all. ;) > Ian > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Richard Shumaker <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> I missed BM this year and that is a sore topic as I am sure most >> understand. 2 years ago I built a 6 foot high 6 foot stretch with honeycomb >> cardboard and my primary tape pre-playa was low cost heavy duty paper tape. >> All folding seams and all edges. The roof was one continuous piece and the >> walls were 2 parts. >> >> This year I want to use white walled cardboard and tape to avoid thermal >> transfer. I am also looking at beehiving or hex-papering several hex's >> together. >> >> Has anyone done there tie downs for zero clearance meaning no guide wire >> trips. Also has anyone overlapped hexs and removed redundant walls? >> >> I wanted to write up the success and failures of my honeycomb yurt but I >> never had the time. Oh and bi-direcional tape on both my previous yurts was >> shot by the end of the week. I am considering the tie down option. Has >> anyone ever used medical wrap that is re-uasble and stretchy for the >> connection of roof and walls. Three wraps around stretched tight with it >> anchored to itself and security taped should probably work. >> >> One idea I don't remember reading here on this set of ideas that I saw 2 >> years ago is tie downs. Instead of rope you use tie downs that you would >> for your car for your corners. It make tightening daily easier too. >> >> Rich Shumaker >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
