I have posted this before but I think putting playa learning lessons in one place would be helpful for all. My lesson came pre-playa last year. I wanted to get a thermal barrier on the whole hexayurt and I used cardboard not insulation this time. So I bought special space age NASA paint and I started by painting the whole roof. I had created a 6' stretch fold-able roof. So I had one seam to tape.
I pre-built in my living room and I was super proud at how good the roof looked and came out. It had minor bubbling and bowing but it was still solid. I taped the roof seam and I taped the walls and went to dinner. When I got back the tape had pealed off the paint. There was no wind in my living room not even a fan. GREAT now my roof can't be taped down or attached to the wall on the playa. I bought enough boards for a few modifications but not enough to redo the whole roof. So my solution was to flip the roof inside out. The paint would have been amazing if it had allowed tape. Fail not Epic but still a Fail. Rich Shumaker P.S. This is the reason I am working on alternatives to tape. I can still tape the seams on the inside. The idea was to use strapping to hold it down to the walls. For tying the roof to the walls the idea would be to use medical bandage that you would use for your elbow or knee. Overall I wanted the least work on Playa with the fastest build. On Sep 14, 10:10 am, Spiral Syzygy <[email protected]> wrote: > So this year was comedic in hexayurt land for me and my roommate, > Beebop. A few years back, Beebop and I built an 8' hexayurt and > brought it to pre-comp, Burning Man '08, and Resonate 5. This year, we > had different interests and decided to camp in separate camps. I > borrowed a 6' hexayurt my coworker and friend, Kathleen build for > Lakes of Fire. > > Well, Beebop and I both packed the tape in the same bin and that bin > never made it to the playa for reasons that are still a mystery to me. > Oh Mercury Retrograde.... > > So long story short, I couldn't set up the 6' and ended up sharing a > tent with a close friend. Beebop decided to be brave and used a > combination of overlapping pieces of 2" gorilla tape covered with 4" > aluminized tape. > > The results were ok. Given, we didn't get any hurricane winds this > year, but the 8'er held up. The trick was to tripple the tape up on > the run around the ring that connects the roof to the walls. This gave > a really nice, wide, and thick band of gorilla tape. This tape is > really strong and has some flex and give. The draw back was it wasn't > quite wide enough to grab the walls well and there were some minor > gaps. Another drawback is that gorilla tape is expensive and you HAVE > to cover it with aluminum tape or the sun will reek havoc on the > gorilla tape. > > But it did work in a jam and the hexayurt did provide some good > shelter for me on a late morning nap. > > So to wrap up, you CAN get away with other tape if you are in a bind. > Don't put all your eggs in one basket when packing things up for > transport. > > Cheers, > Spiral -- 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.
