I've been kicking some thoughts around about improved swamp coolers, how about a two stage, one runs on grey water, and is used to cool air that runs though an intercooler to cool your incoming air for the second cooler, than blows into your dwelling. For an intercooler, loosely spiral dryer vent around a shaft (as if you were spiraling two hoses, and then removed one), and then roll (say, bubble wrap) something around it, the other air flows the opposite direction, inside the outer wrap, around the dryer vent hose, then that air can go into your yurt (at 70 degrees and dry), or through a second swamp cooler, making it even cooler and wet. For the first swamp cooler, you could use greywater, as you will not be smelling it.
I think I need more words, used better, or a drawing, to really make this understandable, that is just a very quick explanation. I'm also on the peninsula, and looking to build a yurt for this year. On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 9:57 AM, rymar <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]> 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. > -- Plato seems wrong to me today. -- 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.
