I was told by the sales rep that Thermax is being phased out completely...the plant that produced it for the south was shutdown, leaving the northeast the only current place of manufacture. It wasn't what I wanted to hear. But he said the Rmax was a suitable replacement, having the same fire safety and similar R-value. I'll see if more info is available.
Hoping to document the entire building process, possibly incorporating it into a project for our local homeschool school on alternative building materials, and also keep a journal of the living experience, as time permits. We'll see how all that goes : ) On Saturday, January 12, 2013 1:52:39 PM UTC-5, Vinay Gupta wrote: > > This sounds pretty sane. I can't speak for the precise difference in > materials - I'd need to see the stuff hands-on to know for sure. But the > general approach sounds fine. > > Thermax HD is an *amazing* material, and I can't recommend highly enough > that we figure out the supply chain issues and start building hexayurts > this way, vs. using the softer and less long-lived materials. > > From the spec, it looks like the Rmax board is pretty much the same, > although I can't figure out what's on the *other* side from the heavy > aluminium facer. It may be aluminium both sides, or aluminium on one side > and plastic on the other. It'd be worth figuring that out. > > But, yes, I think you'll be very happy in your hexayurt, and it sounds > like you've thought this through very well indeed. Good luck, and please > post pictures! > > Vinay > -- 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/-/_Kx8JWAGM94J. 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.
