Cody, that's a furnace filter. It's the NaturalAire Eco-pleat furnace filter. 16 x 25 x 1 I believe, has an FPR 6 rating. 100% post- consumer content too. I got it at Home Despot.
It's rated up to 90 days, though I imagine that's in a home setting, not on the playa. I brushed dust out of it several times during the week on the playa this year. I wouldn't give it much more than a week's life on the playa. You are right, it was very nice for letting natural light in, and it did a good job of filtering out playa dust, which is no small feat (that stuff is unbelievably fine). I only put one window in this time, which allowed a nice cross breeze IF the door was open. If you want a cross breeze without having to open the door, you really need a 2nd window. I may do roof vents or a spinning heat turbine next time in conjunction with a 2nd window, and maybe swamp cooler too. We'll see... Stained glass is a really cool idea come to think of it, though it would provide a portal for sun/heat to enter directly into the yurt. I forgot to mention, this is the untested H13 hexayurt I say untested in a PLAYA context. Yes I did use it at BM this year, but the wind and temperatures were so mild, that I'd say this year was not a "fair" year in which to judge the H13's performance, especially with regards to its stability in high winds, hence it was not a true test. So unless someone elsewhere says they tested the H13 in a high wind situation, we're going to have to wait until next year to see how the H13 truly handles high winds. The concern is how the higher wall where the door goes, will handle winds as opposed to the i.e. H12. -Alejandro On Sep 22, 8:02 am, Cody Firestone <[email protected]> wrote: > is that an opaque window or a furnace filter. It looks REALLY nice, kinda of > like the mid-evil glass windows with all the small panes of glass. You > MIGHT be able to modify a furnace filter to have a couple of clear panes of > glass. Think, cut out the filter in that section, use a small piece of > glass in a wood frame, the exact size of the plastic squares, then gently > screw into place between the plastic frame of the furnace filter. > > By chance, do you know the brand of that furnace filter? It seems to have a > good glow to it, so is also a source of indireect light in the HxYrt. -- 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.
