Hey Guys - I noticed a reference to Hexacomb (basically kraft paper skins with more kraft paper made up as hex-comb centers - where the foam would be) sheets as being more environmentally friendly and politically correct (if you give Boise-Cascade higher marks than Dow). What I'd like to know more about is the relative safety of this type of product. Seems like there could be a lot of bedevilment in the details, so a fast answer seems less likely. That said, does anyone have any experience of any kind with this product? There's apparently a barrier to using it. The person mentioning it (sorry - I can't find that post now) noted that a large order would need to be made to get any of this material, so I am also trying to gauge interest.
Overall, it seems clear that there's a need to educate burners contemplating or already using hexayurts in their safe use. The whole image of a yurt turning into a 10,000 degree oven in seconds is scary. Obviously, covering over/not using the bi-directional tape is a good first move but any heat source that could initiate core foam combustion creates a serious risk. Other structures may be equally problematic. Tents, even nominally fire-retardant ones, might behave badly fanned by high winds. So here's where artist/maker "let's try this new approach" stuff meets reality. It's new; it's untested. One good thing (theoretically) about commercialized products is that they're made by deep pockets - people/orgs with (hopefully) serious things to loose by putting people at risk. Where is/where should Burningman be on that continuum (artist/maker vs. commercial/mfr)? Thoughts? On Friday, August 15, 2008 2:19:05 PM UTC-7, Vinay Gupta wrote: > > > Wow. That's what I'd call BadSynergy (tm.) Did the fire on the board > maintain, or was it that the tape was burning off the board and then the > fire would go out? > > I'm really grateful you'd doing this work, Spiral. > > Vinay > > > > > > > > -- > Vinay Gupta > Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest > > http://hexayurt.com - free/open next generation human sheltering > http://hexayurt.com/plan - the whole systems, big picture vision > > Gizmo Project VOIP : (USA) 775-743-1851 > Skype/Gizmo/Gtalk : hexayurt > Icelandic Cell : (+354) 869-4605 > > "If it doesn't fit, force it." > > On Aug 15, 2008, at 9:13 PM, Spiral Syzygy wrote: > > Ok, so I finally got pictures off. It looks like we were only able to get > some video that I will post later and a single good still before the > batteries died. The universe was not making it easy for this experiment to > take place. This was the second set of batteries, the first completely > dead. Our grill lighter was out of fuel, leaving us to use a Bic lighter. > This is stupid, don't do this. > > So I held the bic to the board itself. A 2-3" flame would form and move a > few inches across the board and stop. I tried this on the bare edge and > more or less the same thing happened. I held the bic on the bi-filament > tape edge for 3-5 seconds and in another 10 seconds the board and tape > looks like it does in the picture below. > > > Mahalo, > Spiral > > > > <DSC02951.JPG> > > > -- 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/d/optout.
