Sounds like a great idea Scrog. We built a swamp cooler for the Burn last year, to use our cooler melt water? but it was so dam cold we never needed it! HAHA!
I'd also suggest a waterproof canvas cover if you can swing the extra cost. they breath better, and you cna spritz them down with water and cool off the area under the monkey hut ( at BM of course, at bonnaroo prolly just make it muggier!!!! Hope you are well, Give us a shout, we live in nashville! On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Scrog <[email protected]> wrote: > Firestone, I was looking into building a 6' stretch HY, quick easy set > up. I like that video from burning man. and using the monkey hut as a > way to protect my HY from the rain. I will be a 5 minutes from my camp > at all time so if need be I could run over and cover it up. Just set > up the monkey hut skeleton and have the tarp tied to one end rib. I > want the yurt for its insulation. I am planing on building a ice > cooler cooler. where you blow air over ice in your cooler and redirect > that cooler air to where ever. Well I would redirect it into my 6' > stretch HY. Have a fan running and with the insulation, the reflective > properties, and cool air duct, I think I will be able to sleep past > 10am this year. > > > On Mar 24, 2:23 pm, Cody Firestone <[email protected]> wrote: > > also, CLEAR tarps, great for cold rainy areas, are on sale at tarps plus. > > we just got some for our week long april camping trip. laast year was > the > > year of the nashville flood during our camp retreat, so we figured we'd > like > > clear tarps because we spend som much time under it when it rains.On Thu, > Mar 24, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Cody Firestone <[email protected]> wrote: > > > taping the exterior is "ok, but then you are tracking all that mud into > the > > > tent. having a larger sized tarp over the whole thing eliminate the > mud pit > > > all around your hex. > > > > > we also used a monky hut, which is a PVC hoop shade / rain structure. > our > > > last year was up and we were camping for the week of 13 inches of rain, > and > > > we never got wet! For rain, and for a single hexayurt, i'd recommend > that > > > over anything else. > > > > > If you have a monkey hut, a tent would probably be better for bonnaroo, > no > > > rain worries. you can leave the rain fly off, and have lots of > screens. > > > when we go summer camping that is what we do, we have a nearly all > screen > > > tent, which is under the monkey hut / tarp so it is dry. > > > > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Joshua Keroes <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > >> Our neighbor's hexayurt avoided much of the rain by taping their tarp > > >> against the exterior of their HY. I think they also taped the inside > seam. > > >> This prevented the puddles from sneaking under the edge and pooling in > the > > >> living area. > > > > >> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Scrog <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >>> I have R-max panels, like the ones from Home Depot, although I got > > >>> mine from a local heating and cooling insulation company. I guess you > > >>> could say they are more plasticy, kinda of like compressed foam, > that > > >>> has been dried out and is now hard. > > >>> As for Bonnaroo, I will have to wait and see the weather report. I do > > >>> not want to make any changes to the structure just yet. I do have a > > >>> Quonset hut, the Monkey Hut, built out of PVC and a tarp and some > > >>> rebar, I can put a tent under that and protect myself some from the > > >>> sun and rain, and if is going to be wet that is what I might do. I > > >>> think the benefit of coolness will be lost if it rains and the HY > > >>> could become more of a trouble than should be in those wet > conditions. > > >>> If it is going to be sunny Bonnaroo will be introduced to the > > >>> Hexayurt. I will share my experiences. For sure! > > >>> The response is awesome Thanks! > > > > >>> Scrog > > > > >>> On Mar 23, 4:24 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > >>> > So the most troublesome spot is the ring of tape around the roof. > > > > >>> > The straps of tape going up and over are fine - gravity keeps the > water > > >>> out of those seams just fine. At the roof ring, however, rain runs > down the > > >>> roof, hits the edge of the tape, then runs underneath. This is a pain > in the > > >>> ass. If the taping is near-perfect rain can't get under, but that's > > >>> nontrivial. > > > > >>> > I've seen some polyiso panels which are kinda plasticy, and others > > >>> which are more papery. Which kind do you have? > > > > >>> > Vinay > > > > >>> > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device-----Original Message----- > > >>> > From: Scrog <[email protected]> > > > > >>> > Sender: [email protected] > > >>> > Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:35:34 > > >>> > To: hexayurt<[email protected]> > > >>> > Reply-To: [email protected] > > >>> > Subject: [hexayurt] Humidity and Rain > > > > >>> > I love this idea, awesome job! Thanks. > > > > >>> > I was wondering if anybody has experience with the hexayurt in > humid > > >>> > condition and in rainy conditions? > > >>> > I am planning on taking my HY to Bonnaroo in June in Tennessee. It > > >>> > will be hot and humid and could rain. Does the HY work in humid > > >>> > conditions just as well as it does in the dry desert of Black Rock > > >>> > City? > > >>> > If it rains I will cover the HY with a tarp and of course I will > try > > >>> > to make my tape sealed tight. I do not water water getting under my > > >>> > tape. Any precautionary steps or any suggestions on protecting the > HY > > >>> > if it rains? > > >>> > Thanks > > > > >>> > Scrog > > > > >>> > -- > > >>> > 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 athttp:// > > >>> 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. > > -- > 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. 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