If you look closely at your panels you will notice they are not flat. There are small channels everywhere. This is normally not a problem but if it rains the Bi-directional tape is not flexible enough to fill these channels and rain will just flow down the roof through the channels and probably into the hexayurt (that's what happened to me). If you try an emergency backup with duct tape like i did you end up tearing the panel foil on removal. My suggestion is to put a layer of the foil tape on the uphill side of the Bi-directional. this tape is flexible and you can press it into the small channels. Actually I cover all Bi-directional tape with the foil tape to protect it from the sun.
On Tuesday, August 13, 2013 8:38:54 PM UTC-7, Adam Gensler wrote: > > hello. i've seen camp danger's discussion about rain and hexayurts. > thank you, julie. > > regrettably, i'm still not 100% clear on the issue here. is that the tape > connecting the roof panels that form the flat isosceles triangles has a > small divot/valley in it? and the rain can travel down the trough to the > roof ring? or is it that the rain can get under the sides of that tape? > > i'm also not 100% clear on julie's solution. or if there are other ones > out there? > > thanks in advance, everyone. > > -a > > -- 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.
