I've worked hard to minimize setup on the Playa, including having my yurt hinged and folding up insofar as is possible. Briefly, I'm a big fan. You can have two roof sections (each one a six-high bundle of right triangles) that nest together, and two bundles of three wall panels each. (Theoretically you only need one bundle of wall panels, but I find that too much to deal with, plus see below.) Some notes for benefitting from my experience, most of which address the hinge issue:
* You have to think carefully about where to put the hinges, alternating hinging on the inside and the outside. If you REALLY want to nest the bevels on your roof bundles tidily (i.e., outies fit into innies along the hypoteneuse), think harder. * The hard problem with getting to bundles is to not have stuff attached to the panels beforehand that keeps them from stacking. (The very topmost panel of a stack can be an exception.) This has posed a problem for the door that I haven't yet solved. * Speaking of the door, manhandling the wall panels puts a lot of stress on the bit of wall that remains outside the door cut. Taping the door in place for transport mitigates this. * On the walls, it's better to hinge the outside, so that the folding-in compresses the bevel. I recommend three bundles for the walls. * Monofilament. Hide fishing line under the tape you apply on-Playa and you can just rip the seams rather than have to cut the tape, with damage to the foil tape underneath. The trick is ensuring that the line is in the joint rather than taped to the surface, so it cuts at the right place. And tie them to steel washers at either end so they don't pull out without cutting. (This operation taxes the patience of your helpers, but it's worth it, IMHO.) * Assemble the roof on the ground, then lift it, complete, onto the walls. * An exacting but useful method of getting the tape over the roof peak is to use a paint roller (not the cardboard-and-fiber unit that applies paint, but the other mechanism) on the end of an extension pole. * If you do a practice-assemble of the yurt before you leave home (or even if you're just good with plotting geometry), plan the placement of the yurt on the ground tarp and mark the corners of the walls to an 8' hexagon. It saves a little jiggering on setup and makes you have to think less. Cheers, Steve -- Standard Note: You may or may not know that I'm blogging Krys's and my eating life in New Zealand. Tune in to eatinginorinoco.blogspot.com and see what's got the media in an uproar. On Oct 26, 2011, at 7:31 AM, Ray S wrote: > Hi all, > > So I can't lie.. I've been a lurker here for a long time. I first > brought a hexayurt to the Playa in 2010 and it was FABULOUS. I had > then brought it to the Playa again in 2011! Kudos to Vinay and > everyone else who has made this project what it is today. I can't > express the full extent of my gratitude! > > I do have a question though. Has anyone out there in the wild > actually made a fully folding 8 foot hexayurt and brought it to the > playa, staked it down and had it survive? I'd imagine this would have > been easy in 2011 (considering there was NO dust storms), but earlier > years would have at least been put to the test. > > My premise is, I'm trying to eliminate all the prep and cleanup work > of the Hexayurts. Currently I do a Camp Danger style method, and when > I get home I have to use a hot air gun to remove all the hinged tape, > then use Goo Gone cleaner and clean all the edges so they can be taped > again. Although this does work, its a bit of a pain and it still does > require some setup at the Playa. > > In 2012 I'm planning on bringing a big box truck which could fit a > 12'x8' footprint for the fully folding hexayurt. I'm just curious if > anyone's done this before? The main thing I'm concerned about is > staking it down. I was thinking about building tape anchors into the > fully folding yurt at the center of each roof piece. Of course this > wouldn't go all the way over, but I don't think that's necessary tbh. > I was also thinking of just going for the rope halo, but the problem I > see is the main pain points of this structure are where it folds > (hence a tape anchor at each center of each roof piece would be RIGHT > at the pressure point). I should note I already have all the beveled > angles on my yurt. From my understanding, if I follow the folding > yurt guide Vinay posted, I'd only have to tape 2 wall edges at the > playa! This would be amazing! > > Anyone done something like this? Comments? Potential Issues? :) > > -- > 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.
