Hey Ryan, I'm trying to put together a build session in LA and maybe one in SF as well if I can find some space. Regardless of whether that comes together, I'm making kits - which are another way of getting the cost down and letting people start with the basics pretty much taken care of - so the risk of messing up on the playa is driven down.
Compared to something like a Costco carport, yurts are expensive. Our H15 kits materials range in 2/3 - 3/4 of the cost. They are also bulkier and more fragile to handle and store. Nonetheless, people go for them - because of the kind of space they create and the identity that comes with them. I'm also building a Hexacomb (1.5" thick engineered cardboard) as an experiment. The board is more rigid yet less expensive, but I'll have to see what happens to other costs associated with making it waterproof and perhaps more insulative. Where are you and what kind of yurt are you looking for? ~ Dan On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 11:35 AM, rymar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I've been looking to build a hexayurt ever since I saw my first one on the > playa last year. I have been looking around to see about pre made or help > getting a pre made yurt and noticed the prices are pretty darn high, and I > also want to experience of building it myself. What I don't want to > experience is messing the whole thing up and being miserable on the playa. > I was wondering if anyone is going to have a class or something similar > where a bunch of yurt builders can come together and assist each other with > the build? I have seen some interest around the web but nothing concrete > about doing this. > > Ryan > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
