Hey Dan, I'm on the Peninsula in the Bay Area. I'm trying to build an H12. Some problems I foresee running into would be when to place door and exactly how (im planning on putting plywood to strengthen), where to place windows for ventilation, and designing a good swamp cooler. I have already ordered my tape and will get my 4' x 8' in July when I get my tape. It is going to be me and my gf doing the building aka I will be doing the building so I'm just a bit worried about missing a certain step.
Ryan On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 7:03:35 AM UTC-7, BurnerDan wrote: > > 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] <javascript:> > > 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> 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.
