I used 1" R-max to build my H13. It was perfectly fine on the playa. If you can get 1.5", your yurt will stay cooler during the day. Mine would cool down plenty at night, but by mid to late afternoon, it would definitely get warm. The nice thing about the H13 is it gives you quite a bit of extra headroom, meaning it has more space for heat to rise above your head, instead of being forced to stay down low, where you and your bed will be. I put one window in mine for cross breeze. But if you don't put in a 2nd window, cross breeze would require you to leave your door at least slightly open, which is an opening for dust to come in. I'd suggest you put 2 windows into your yurt, making sure you put a furnace type filter in each window hole you cut, and then tape around the edges. As for the foil on the outside of your yurt, yes it is delicate, so buy foil tape to patch up any rips. Make sure to build your yurt with the label side of the panels facing inward, the plain foil side outwards.
Burn on. On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 10:28 PM, Dano McKagan <[email protected]> wrote: > > I wish I had experience with Thermax. I too have read it is awesome > stuff. I sourced it in my area (Seattle). It was significantly more > expensive per sheet than RMax, it was special order, and there was a > minimum amount you had to order (I forget how much, but it was in the range > of 2.5-3.5 H12s) so I'd have to get a posse together to make it worthwhile. > Was too much so I passed. > > I opted for 1" RMax. It was fine as far as construction materials go. I > suspect with good care and feeding it can last several years at the burn > (though last year was pretty mild once it started). Be careful with what > and how you tape to it, the silver facing can come off pretty easy. > > For the use of it... awesome, my family and I totally loved it! And > they're so BIG, we were able to house another family of 3 and still have > ample space for stuff. > > Good luck! > Dano! > > > > > On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Jeremy Shaw <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello all! >> >> I've read that Dow Thermax is better quality than RMax thermaseath. But, >> RMax is much easier to obtain (and cheaper?). >> >> Right now I can run down to home depot and get some 1" RMax. I could also >> get them to special order 1.5" (I think). Or I can try to find a >> distributor for thermax. >> >> Are people happy with 1" RMax (for a folding, stretch hexayurt). Or is it >> the worth extra time, money, and effort to get something the 1.5" RMax or >> even the 1.5" thermax? >> >> - jeremy >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "hexayurt" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -Alejandro Moreno S. GreenMBA, Dominican University of California Marketing Manager, Earth Day Marin 2013 Cell (415) 578-8731 LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandromorenos> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
