Hi folks- I'm new to the list, so apologies if this question has been answered elsewhere (a quick search didn't turn up anything).
I'm thinking of building my first Hexayurt for Burning Man this year. Both my camp and my apartment are a little tight on space, so I'm aiming for something that will 1. Comfortably accommodate me and my wife on the playa, while 2. Having a relatively small assembled footprint and 3. Folding up into a relatively small package for storage and transport. The stretch hexayurt, as it is usually built, accomplishes 1 and 2, but not really 3. My proposed solution is to take the standard stretch hexayurt design, built with Camp Danger hinges, but add an additional "tight" hinge by cutting each of the long boards vertically in half (both the roof and the walls). Then the yurt can be disassembled into four accordion-folded pieces that fold up into a roughly 4'x4'x2' package. I've built a model of this and can send some photos if it's not clear what I'm talking about, once I have time to disassemble it to show the folding. My question is this: will the vertical cuts on the long sides of the yurt cause me structural problems on the playa? Has anyone done this before? It seems that if I tape them back together in the same way that roof triangles are taped together, this should be reasonably strong. My model seems fairly sturdy, and since the stretch design leaves beind a few pieces of scrap insulation, I figure I could use those to reinforce the cuts if need be. But before I blow a bunch of money and time on a doomed design, I wanted to see what the expert yurters out there think. I also have a quick question on safety. I see the warnings about Tuff-R and filament tape and flammability, and yet I also see lots of people continuing to use those materials for hexayurts. Is it reasonable to assume that these materials, though not necessarily "safe" are at least as safe as a nylon tent? Are there standard suggestions for mitigating fire risk? Sorry again if this is answered elsewhere; there's a somewhat overwhelming amount of information out there to sift through. Thanks! Brian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/hexayurt/-/rzLphnbYKIEJ. 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.
