Pentayurt, and look at structural insulated panels. Vinay
On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 7:54 PM, KK <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 12, 11:13 am, Donna Simonds <[email protected]> wrote: > This may not work for my situation, but I will forward this info > > to our growing numbers of homeless in this country that are pretty much > going ignored. I have friends and even > > family living in these tent cities. They get out daily and find work so > they are able to buy their own materials and > > refuse to accept money from me. > > > Where are these tent cities specifically? > I really want to know this information. > > > If people can winter in Yurts and Tipis, they can live in a *framed* > hexayurt style structure. > People also sleep in fabric tents..on mountains...in blizzards. > > There is only so much snow that can fall on a building before sliding > off or melting. > "Normal" cabins (and houses) collapse from snowload too. They are not > magically immune. > Then you are in *more* danger due to the heavy weight of building > materials over your head. > I lived in Northern NY near Tug Hill. Believe me, I've seen snow on > houses. > > > With foam boards: > http://youtu.be/24PUItu5PZE > > Without foam boards: > http://youtu.be/k0JNJPwY2Ic > > It can be done. No doubt about it. > > -- > 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. > > -- Vinay Gupta Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest http://bit.ly/gupta_arc <http://bit.ly/gupta_arc%20>- the Gupta State Failure Management Archive http://bit.ly/gupta_ark - or see it directly on Archive.org http://hexayurt.com - free/open next generation human sheltering http://hexayurt.com/plan - the whole systems, big picture vision "In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer" - Albert Camus Twitter/Skype/Gizmo/Gtalk/AIM: hexayurt UK Cell : +44 (0) 7500 895568 / USA VOIP (+1) 775-743-1851 -- 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.
