Hey, all - Last year I made a Camp Danger yurt. Loved it.
I made the door Danger-style - a square door cut in the middle of a side, not extending to the edge. I used a tape hinge, and Neodymium magnets for a latch. By the end of the burn, the door was hanging crooked; the tape had started to come loose. Photo at end of post below. Does anybody have any thoughts about attaching two strap hinges directly to the door & yurt? I'm considering two of these along the hinge edge: <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-xWMrdNtxmLw/U8ws3wkipkI/AAAAAAAAJX0/TUfe1tdqkCI/s1600/StrapHinge.jpg> Some details: 1. I'd use at least 3 (if not all 4) hex bolts to attach each side, drilling through the yurt foam, and using big fender washers on the back. Lots of bolts = better distribution of door weight across all the holes through the R-Max 2. I would NOT transport the Yurt with these attached. I'd attach them during construction (on-Playa), and remove prior to packing. 3. My yurt is currently NOT WITH ME, and I won't have any ability to work on it before I get to construction on-playa. I'll be fitting them for the first time when putting the yurt up. (It's in-storage in a container, and I'll pick it up on-playa.) 4. I'm pretty handy. I'm also obsessive about getting things perfect. My yurt is built reasonably well - cuts are straight, but the angle of the bevel varies. (Grrr.) 5. I acknowledge there will be a little R-Max Moop that appears when I drill my holes. I will capture it to the best of my ability. My key concern is whether people think the holes will start to widen, hinges sag, and in-turn make the dor sag, defeating the purpose. I'm also concerned that getting the hinges on so they actually work; can I get them straight so they aren't fighting each other's angles when they open? Note that I'd prefer to NOT have to add any "strengthening material" under the hinge - metal plates, 1/4" ply, etc. Just makes preparing more complex. My alternative is to rebuild the tape hinge on-playa. I'd rather have a better, longer-term solution. Anybody have any comments? Good idea, bad idea, ? (Photo of yurt with sagging door.) <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-x2sY31pDp0I/U8wu0ZPpYSI/AAAAAAAAJYA/uBr0TcCTSgo/s1600/SaggingYurtDoor.jpg> Close-up of hinge: <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-KtsiBbaiI_c/U8wvGiTmnRI/AAAAAAAAJYI/5fG2cVnyPm0/s1600/LooseHinge.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.
