about hexagonal tarp: I love my hexagonal tarp. it's the only way to
keep out rain. The first year I had borrowed tarps I couldn't cut--
tried to seal out rain water with bifil tape. Did not work, causes
puddles in the yurt. no fun.
About tape: my tape is SOLD, sorry burners, and good luck!
On Aug 21, 2012, at 8:44 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Today's Topic Summary
Group: http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt/topics
Tarp cut to fit hexayurt [2 Updates]
2 Person Hexayurt Design [2 Updates]
Load rating for yurt halo rope? [1 Update]
other means of connection [3 Updates]
EXTRA Tape [1 Update]
Swamp coolers [2 Updates]
Tarp cut to fit hexayurt
Ray S <[email protected]> Aug 20 11:40PM -0700
I'm curious if anyone has cut their tarp to be a hexagon so it can
wrap
around the yurt and get taped up to the walls? Camp Danger
recommends this
method, but doesn't go into much detail. I'm afraid the tarp will
fray if
I cut it with scissors, and make it even worse if I tape it to the
yurt (as
when I remove that, it will probably destroy the frayed ends of the
tarp).
If need be, I'll ruin a tarp so I can have a rainproof yurt, but I'd
prefer it if my tarp can last another year (or several!). Does
anyone have
any experience doing this or any pro tips? I have a 20'x20' silver
tarp
which I'm thinking of cutting to size, but about 6" longer so it can
be
taped up to the walls.
Dustin Graham <[email protected]> Aug 21 04:37AM -0400
It's my understanding that the tarp would be taped onto the INSIDE
of the
yurt, therefore be out of the weather. Because of this, I've decided
to
use 3" painters tape to attach the tarp to the walls. I'll have
another
tarp that will serve as a ground cover that I'll stake down flat to
the
playa. Combined, I think I'll do fine.
2 Person Hexayurt Design
Jason Seed <[email protected]> Aug 20 01:52PM -0700
Gavin,
I have given your design a try. My first ever hexayurt attempt and
it has
come out pretty damn good.
There was only one real issue, due to the 1" thinkness of the panels
there
is a cumulative size size issue which means you have to shorten the
two
side panels by about 2". You can see the gap before I did that in
one of
the pics attached.
Size is perfect for 1-2 people and it seems to be very strong, will
know
how strong when taped on the playa.
Thanks for the design, I will send pics from BM when it is complete.
<https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-vPEX1M7EZ1Q/UDKiivFdTrI/AAAAAAAAS-0/282w-L1hUuA/s1600/IMG_0671.jpg
>
<https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-R4d3LQpGsn0/UDKirdaafSI/AAAAAAAAS-8/YLv3f0WlDz0/s1600/IMG_0663.jpg
>
<https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-JlYSS3s3wZg/UDKixkIcQtI/AAAAAAAAS_E/PVow0vWt0HA/s1600/IMG_0667.jpg
>
On Sunday, August 12, 2012 1:01:55 AM UTC-7, Gavin Harkness wrote:
Todd Reed <[email protected]> Aug 20 11:52PM -0700
Hi hexapeeps,
I've been contemplating building an H2 until I saw this thread. How
much
tape would it take to build an H4 if you are trying to economize on
tape? I
have 1 roll, seemingly plenty for an H2. Would that be enough for an
H4?
Thanks.
Todd
Load rating for yurt halo rope?
Robert Atkins <[email protected]> Aug 20 07:06PM -0700
Hi all,
What kind of load rating am I looking for in rope to use to make a
yurt
halo out of? Is 95lb enough?
Also, can someone check my math: I've calculated that to tie down a 6'
stretch yurt I'll need 80' of rope.
[A foot up the roof from the wall the trapezoid panels are 7' across
and
the triangular panels are 3'; if the tie-downs are at a 45 degree
angle
from the roof to my rebar I need 1' laying across the roof and 5.6'
from
the roof edge to the ground; call it 8' to give me some slack to tie
knots
and a trucker's hitch. So in total (2 x 7') + (4 x 3') + (6 x 9') =
80']
Similarly, for a regular H12, I'll need 96'.
[2' up the roof from the wall the triangles are 6' across; therefore
I need
to use 10' lengths from the halo to the ground: (6 x 6') + (6 x 10')
= 96'.]
Is that about right?
Cheers, Robert.
other means of connection
Brent H <[email protected]> Aug 20 03:31PM -0700
Just in case you cannot seem to find the prescribed tape needed to
finish your Hexayurt, try hook and loop tape.
McMaster has overnight or same day service.
http://www.mcmaster.com/#hook-and-loop-fasteners/=ixpnqp
DanBrown <[email protected]> Aug 20 04:43PM -0700
I have a roll of Nashua 357 on standby, as I may run out of my
carefully
measured out bidirectional. Yeah it is duct tape but says it is
rated to
200f. Keep your fingers crossed.
On Monday, August 20, 2012 5:31:35 PM UTC-5, Brent H wrote:
Kevin Fischer <[email protected]> Aug 20 05:59PM -0700
Uline.com has high strength 3'' strapping tape as well
EXTRA Tape
Abi FitzGerald <[email protected]> Aug 20 09:07AM -0700
Julie!
I would LOVE a roll or two...I am in the city today. Will you be
coming up
as planned?? I could come south to pick it up anytime this week as
well
but definitely need it. Thanks for posting ....oh and how much per
roll??
Thank you! Abi 415-717-4664
On Friday, August 17, 2012 9:41:30 AM UTC-7, Rubylaser wrote:
Swamp coolers
Phil Dirt <[email protected]> Aug 20 01:36PM -0700
I didn't take any temperature readings, just hooked it up and it
blew cool
air. It was too much cooling for my 6-ft stretch hexayurt, so we put
it in
the kitchen shade area to cool ourselves outside. Water supply was
not a
problem because I had built a sand/charcoal filtration system to
process
gray water from our camp shower, so it was essentially water that
would
otherwise have gone into an inefficient evaporation pond.
On Saturday, August 18, 2012 1:28:11 PM UTC-7, Jane wrote:
Phil Dirt <[email protected]> Aug 20 01:44PM -0700
The elbow is simply there to direct the cool air from vertical to
horizontal. Probably increases the speed a bit because it is going
from a
larger rectangular inlet to a 6" circular outlet. Air intake is
through the
sides of the humidifier, where it then passes through the fabric
wicks and
is blown out by the fan. No need to incorporate a fan because there is
already a fan in the humidifier.
In my yurt I just placed the humidifier in front of a filtered
ventilation
port and pointed the elbow at the other end of the yurt. The cooler
air
displaces the warmer air, which rises and escapes from the other
filtered
ventilation port in the roof at the far end of the yurt.
Some things don't have to be complicated to work.
Bill
On Saturday, August 18, 2012 10:50:09 PM UTC-7, kenwinston caine
wrote:
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Group hexayurt.
You can post via email.
To unsubscribe from this group, send an empty message.
For more options, visit this group.
--
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.
