On 08/06, Steve Upstill wrote: > A vent is an excellent idea, but not at the peak. Rummage around at Home > Depot for a roof vent and cut a hole to suit in one of the roof panels. > Install it BEFORE you put the roof on the building, though.
Why not at the peak? I feel like cutting off the tip so there's a 1" square hole would be great for venting heat. Then I could make something to go over it that could be opened and closed as needed. Although I think that may not happen this year, Boston truck load is Sunday. (I expect the peak of this thing, as is, to actually keep out rain well.) On 08/07, Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project) wrote: > I think we should probably put that on the wiki. I've been generically Done: http://www.appropedia.org/Hexayurt_H8 On 08/07, Phil Dirt wrote: > You might want to rethink the hinge at the top of the door. It will need > to be held up with one hand every time you enter or exit, or suspended by > a cord, which would defeat the purpose of a door. Let it go and it will > slap you on the butt. I suggest having the hinge on the side, latch on the Shutting on its own seems ideal to me, even with its disadvantages. (And even though the first time I went in it, I had something in my back pocket which resulted in another foil tape patch.) -- 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.
