I got a bit carried away this year and ended up building this: http://www.appropedia.org/BFD_mod
It solves a bunch of problems people kept mentioning: 1. it adds a 5+' high door to a standard 7 panel stretch hexayurt design, plenty comfortable for getting in and out even for a 6+' tall person carrying a cooler 2. it does not require any bdf tape (ideally that is, we had to use some this year to save a bit of time) - it uses cordura hinges between panels, and zippers and velcro to align things - can be set up solo in under 60 minutes. We also used cushion foam and cordura on the bottom edges of wall panels for dustproofing. Hopefully the contact cement will survive the winter and prove this to be a multi-year design. A bit of nikwax waterproofing could make it leak-proof, but we ended up using a monkeyhut shade over the structure (hence we are not on the satellite photo, +1 to the yearly count!) 3. the external wooden door frame is used as an anchor point for horizontal webbing with ratchets, so that the entire structure is "pre-compressed" and just feels made out a single piece of foam :) - we had absolutely no problems with wind during setup, takedown or the dust storms and the inside walls felt strong enough to lean against. 4. the tall walls allow placement of a high exhaust vent without a substantial increase in internal volume, so Figjam's swamp cooler had absolutely no trouble keeping inside at low 70s throughout the day It took quite a bit of homework of course, but that seemed totally worth it during Thursday night dust storm :) I want to thank you, guys, for the inspiration, and I hope some of these ideas would help improve your next structure, Vladimir On Saturday, September 15, 2012 2:21:06 PM UTC-7, Adam Gensler wrote: > > i would love to see images of the door, if you have them. i plan to > upgrade mine next year.... > > -a > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Timothy Balcer <[email protected] <javascript:>> > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:> > *Sent:* Saturday, September 15, 2012 2:16 PM > *Subject:* Re: [hexayurt] Re: Burning Man 2012 :: Hexayurt Density Map :: > 739! > > Hey! I was counted! :-) It provided us with great shelter this year > and last, as well as for other events. This year I added a solid door > on a spring hinge w magnets, which functioned perfectly. > > Thanks to all of you folks, we have had fantastic, cost effective and > trouble free shelter for a few years running! I'm likely retiring my > standard one this year and going to a more serious, tubular steel > mongolian style yurt for future use, as I really want an actually > round structure, but my Hexayurt has served very very well. I have > nothing but praise for the design! > > On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Pete Baker <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > > Thanks for this! There were 2 hexayurts from our camp which aren't > marked > > on the photos as they were under shade structures, so the number goes to > at > > least 741. > > > > Maybe we need to have 'Do you live in a hexayurt' added to next years > > census?! > > > > -P > > > > > > On Saturday, 15 September 2012 04:46:58 UTC-7, thejaymo wrote: > >> > >> Hey everyone! > >> > >> Did a count of all the Hexayurts on the geoeye satellite photo again > this > >> year. you can take a look and read about it all here :: > >> > >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/thejaymo/7986877363/ > >> > >> I just wanted to quote something i wrote re the 739 yurts - " EVERYONE > >> that has ever built, designed, or contributed their time in anyway to > the > >> hexayurt project should feel tremendously proud." > >> > >> :D > > > > -- > > 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/-/nV_05jc815wJ. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > . > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] <javascript:>. > > 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]<javascript:> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hexayurt+ > [email protected] <javascript:>. > 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/hexayurt/-/vVm39vxqgq0J. 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.
