I never did tape mine. I ended up slitting some rain holes in the tarp (a very cheap one), and letting the rain run slightly in and down the hole into the playa, where it was pretty well instantly absorbed. Next year I'll probably get a good tarp, draw out the yurt pattern on it, cut it to fit on the inside with a small "brim", and tack it up with a few swatches of tape. I'll also have a sill for my doorway... a 1/8" x 1" piece of aluminum stock about 8 feet long to keep the door-wall from stretching wide. It will be taped directly into the wall. This year I was having "spread" problems at the doorway (a nice 6' high arched door about 30" wide just off-center of one wall).
-Oswego On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Beacon Sway <[email protected]> wrote: > RAIN !!!............Monday, didn't finish full taping the bottom of > the yurt to the tarp on the outside................THE RAIN CAME > IN !!!........learn from my error, grasshopper!! > http://picasaweb.google.com/scottgeller/Hexayurt# ( pic from 2009 ) > > On Sep 16, 10:51 pm, RichShumaker <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > > -- 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.
