I think 2" Velcro along the entire seam should be plenty strong. My yurt is designed so that it does not rely on Velcro for waterproofing. Water would have to flow "up" (or 2" sideways) in order to go through the Velcro.
I spent ~$200 on the Velcro and another $60 on cordura - not much more than the cost of tape, and you don't have to pay for more tape on later years. I thought about zippers. Waterproof ones are quite expensive. You could do a design like mine, where the "active" seams don't need to be waterproof. That could be done economically. I'm not quite sure what the seam would look like though. My understanding is that barge glue is just a brand-name contact cement. > On Jul 23, 2014, at 23:08, Jacob Rodriguez <[email protected]> wrote: > > I love the idea of using velcro with vinyl/c.cement, but I'm concerned that > velcro wouldn't hold a yurt together in 60mph winds. Does it hold better than > I'm thinking? > > Also, is it fairly water proof? I'd be worried about water coming in should > there be a big [enough] storm. I had thought about velcro before deciding on > vinyl and contact cement, but I dismissed it because I figured with a hard > enough wind, it would only take one flap to become undone and it could all > become playa-bound mobile art. > > Also, the really good "nasa-grade" velcro is fairly pricy when you need a lot. > > I have recently been thinking about size #10 zippers and waterproof flaps > that velcro over. > > I'll definitely be looking at barge glue. I thought contact cement was as > good as it got for price/value/availability, but this stuff sounds > interesting. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "hexayurt" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/hexayurt/2QRUl3txk-8/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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.
