I've seen your milk barn post before and like the osb on stick frame construction. Much more durable than foam for say when a storm comes and blows a tree branch off and onto the roof. The only ways I know to keep osb dry are either a raised foundation or possibly polyethylene earth berm on the sides with another sheet of polyethylene covering the roof and extending 4-5 feet off to the sides creating and umbrella effect for the earth covered walls underneath. Only problem I can think of with the latter is lateral thrust from weight of the earth and water drain to all side of structure, not just the downhill slope, so, probably a thicker frame, jointed together with either French drains on the uphill side to divert water safely around the sides to the downhill slope. Just thoughts, and don't know if cost and effort will be worth implementation yet.
Question, do you have a bill of materials and total cost of construction, including the camo tarps? This kind of influences the vision of what I keep seeing in the mind's eye when thinking of all this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6AZ1Q81tHE On Tuesday, July 29, 2014 3:39:30 PM UTC-4, ChadC wrote: > I put together an OSB hexayurt this spring. It turned out really nice - > I'm planning to move it to a more remote location this fall. I have another > OSB hexayurt that we've been using as a milk barn for about four years now > and it's held up really well. It's very dry here, so it might not do as > well. Here are some pictures: > http://yurtbuilder.blogspot.com/2014/07/osb-hexayurt.html > > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 12:07 PM, James Cockerham <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> 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] <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.
