Hi Brian - A friend & I built nearly matching stretch hexayurts a couple of years ago with the same modifications you are talking about. (We both built them 6' tall, though, so our transport packages are 4' x 6')
I was worried about the structural stability of my split walls, so I got a few lengths of wood & bolted them across the top/bottom of the long sides. This also ended up being a great place for hooks to hang things. My friend was not worried at all, so he didn't do anything to reinforce his walls. I believe we both put some sort of heavy furniture item (a couple of bins?) against the long wall that faced the wind. I've been out to bman twice with mine, no problems & he also was fine that year (he stayed home last year). The only minor concern was that my bolt holes let in a bit of rain water. (oops) This is all a long way of saying - from my experience at least, I think your design should be fine. Good luck! Wanda On Jun 17, 2012, at 8:01 PM, Brian wrote: > 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. -- 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.
