Whoops. Let me correct :) Better not to put a rope around the band sewn in since you need tension there.. so pockets sewn in staggered horizontally, so you can thread a rope through (or a band clamp) and tighten. Then secure directly from the top ropes, perhaps from loops tied in at the ends.
On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Timothy Balcer <[email protected]> wrote: > This could work really well with canvas if you sewed rope into pockets that > followed the edges on the roof and around the tension band area, then tied > down from each of the six points by exposing 4" of rope at each vertex. You > would have to make sure you securely fastened the horizontal rope band to > the sections that went over the top. > > Extra out of band labor, but no more taping worries. You could use 3" > Gorilla tape if you beveled the edges, no? > > Base could be secured with grommeting and then small stakes directly > through the grommets. Those 8" galvanized landscaping nails should work. > Better with big washers. > > > On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 5:49 AM, Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project) < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Aspen, eh, Scott? I used to live up there, really good years! >> >> I believe the first hexayurt ever built is in a storage shed at Rocky >> Mountain Institute in Snowmass! >> >> Two bits of insight. >> >> 1> All the plastic sheet type materials I can find are subject to sun >> damage over time. That may not be true for high spec materials like >> sailcloth, but there's no cheap tarp-like stuff I know of that doesn't rot >> pretty fast in the sun.. >> >> 2> However, that's a constraint for disaster relief shelters which are >> going to be outside for years and have to be cheap, and should not *at all* >> inhibit the search for new ways of doing this. As we all know, years of >> taping and untaping hexayurts on the playa is an expensive pain in the ass, >> and there's gotta be a better way now that we've got the basics down. >> >> Word of warning: the hexayurt tape is *insanely* strong. I'm seeing more >> use of folding hexayurts etc. which don't have the very useful "12 unbroken >> ground-to-peak-to-ground straps of hexayurt tape" property which keeps >> hexayurts on the ground *no matter what*. I do worry a bit about some of the >> new approaches in terms of tiedowns. Also possibly my original approach is >> over-engineered by a factor of six, so... >> >> Just be aware of how strong the tape is when looking for replacements. >> >> Vinay >> >> -- >> 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.
