Also, watch the video on youtube I posted here on the earthship hut. A loft and roof vent similar to that. Would like to do a cistern like theirs, but that's not going to go well will the earthen roof.
On Wednesday, July 30, 2014 4:46:45 AM UTC-4, Vinay Gupta wrote: > > > Two points > > 1> remember those foam panels won't take any pressure from the ground > around them at all: they're just insulation. Ditto moisture issues: keep > them dry. > > 2> I know you're tight on cash, but the heavier grade "thermax hd" type > panels (and search the group - there are several alternatives) might be > more suitable for this kind of long term use, or a plywood hexayurt with > (say) reflectix-type insulation stapled up on the inside. > > It almost sounds like you might want a hexayurt roof over a hole in the > ground - do the walls with traditional below-grade building techniques, and > then use a hexayurt roof on top. Best of both worlds? > > Good luck and keep us posted - lot of smart, experienced people on the > group with good ideas and hard-won experience. > > V> > > -- > *Vinay Gupta * * [email protected] <javascript:> * > *http://re.silience.com* <http://re.silience.com> > *Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest* > UK Cell : +44 (0)7500 895568 Twitter/Skype/Gtalk: hexayurt > "In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was > in me an invincible summer" - Albert Camus > > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 9:35 AM, James Cockerham <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Here's a quick sketch of the idea using logs and the earthen roof. Some >> design issues with window facing, ventilation and maybe drainage. So, I'll >> probably just order some tape and go with a foam H13 for now. The sketch >> below is essentially a log wofati H13 with 8' walls with a 4' high loft at >> its highest. I'm thinking the windows would face southeast and southwest. >> Not sure how to safely incorporate the hut earthship style vent in the >> roof. So, will think about it for awhile. >> >> <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Jq2cS1wO6vo/U9is-OxIJgI/AAAAAAAAFVE/uDGE-0NsAiM/s1600/hexawofati.jpg>. >> >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, July 29, 2014 5:03:47 PM UTC-4, James Cockerham wrote: >> >>> >>>> Another idea, working with some of Mike Oehler's underground methods is >>> to use 6" wide timbers as post on the six sides, as well as the roof of the >>> hex. Dig a 4' deep hexagon in the earth, install 8' posts in each corner. >>> Hex will have to be dug wider than actual structure to give room to install >>> shoring and polyethylene. Shoring can be timbers also so the interior looks >>> like a log cabin. Use excavated dirt to berm exposed 4'... In typical >>> designs, these houses have a shed roof draining to the downhill side. With >>> a hexyurt roof, water will drain to all sides. So, possibly an extended >>> gable with pie shaped shoring to make sure water drains to the sides of the >>> house and a uphill patio with French drains installed, or even just a >>> gutter leading to a barrel on the exposed entrance side. >>> >>> The spot I'm planning to put this is on top of a mountain on a fairly >>> flat spot with gentle slope. The 4' excavation would make an overall 12' >>> hexayurt, with probably enough room and strength for a sleeping loft. Since >>> this spot is fairly flat this structure after completion would look like a >>> small mound with plants and eventually trees growing on its roof. Not as >>> camouflaged as a shed roofed underground house built into a slope of a >>> hill, but still more camouflaged than a silver structure or conventional >>> home. >>> >> -- >> 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.
