The primary purpose for building a hexayurt for me is to have a temporary, comfortable shelter to retreat to for a period of 5 months until the end of this year as I prepare hugelkulture gardens, rustic woodcrafts and a permanent underground house/wofati type dwelling on top of a mountain that has just been logged. Climate 6b, sandy loam soil that is fairly thin and rocky(sandstone) at higher elevation.
Once permanent structure is complete, I would like to store the hexayurt to house volunteers as needed, and for possible shelter at events like Burning Man if ever compelled to make that journey. Right now, I'm finding myself between the choice of the 12' (18 sheet) hexayurt or the H13 for the larger entry door. I don't think Lowe's even had the 1" thick insulation panels the last I checked. So, will either have to order or check with another retail outlet. I also like the idea of using OSB, for the strength, lower cost, but issues with water worry me. I really like the H13 sip-a-yurt found on Dylan Toymaker's blog, but those construction materials are beyond my current budget. Was thinking an earthen floor with a layer of polyethylene and possible carpet on top of that for the floor. Have lots of "junk" timbers available, good for posts and beams. The underground house will be constructed using PSP construction, or Post, Shore, Polyethylene. This construction method is tempting to integrate into a hexayurt for comfort sake, but at the sacrifice of temporariness. Like for instance, building a regular H12, digging into the ground 4', putting in posts to shore up the earth, and adding a clear roof on the southern section to charge the thermal mass during the winter. Also, to add an Earthship like cooling/ventilation system with a black stove pipe in the roof to pull out hot air, with a cool air inlet coming from about 20' of pipe buried in the earth. I may play with these ideas more later on, but for now, budget, warmth and dryness are priority. Also, portability once the initial purpose is fulfilled. For heating, I was thinking of some sort of rocket stove, or mass heater. Anywho, just looking for tips and suggestions for best practice for my intended uses. Cheers! James -- 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.
