Does the quality of the house paint (for edges) matter greatly? Could there be any paint flaking on playa?
> On Jan 29, 2015, at 9:24 PM, Dan March <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Hal & Everyone ~ > > I'm declaring my experiment with using house paint to seal the edges of R-Max > against flaking off & making moop a "reasonable success." Assuming you treat > your yurt reasonably, I think it should be OK to paint the edges instead of > taping them. Obviously, in the classic design you still create tape hinges > to join sections. If you miter edges, all the hinges are "straight across" > rather than "around the corner" (which creates the infamous valley problem in > roofs but also covers edges). > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 4:40 PM, hal muskat <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hi Eric, good questions. > > I don’t know of space, easily, where you could get set up. Perhaps AmSteel or > Nimby would let you have some space. > > However, on the playa, we use a rope halo to secure the roof cone, via other > strands of rope, to rebar. On cement, this is not possible. You’d have to use > some weight, water or sand. > > We may be hosting a workshop in early summer, in the E. Bay. There’ll be an > announcement here, as well as Black Rock Hexayurt’s FB page. > > You don’t really want to paint the outside. For interiors, use a paint that > will adhere to the alum coating. > > Peace, Hal > > >> On Jan 29, 2015, at 3:57 PM, eric conner <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Newbie here, 2015 will be my first burn. I stumbled across a thread on >> hexayurts and decided that I have to build one. >> >> A couple of questions: >> >> 1) Can anyone recommend a good space to test a build in the Bay Area? >> Ideally I'd be able to erect the yurt and stay in it over a weekend as a >> test run. I live in a tiny apartment in the city and have no space to >> experiment with nearby. >> >> 2) What is the consensus on painting one of these? I know paint will reduce >> the heat resistance of the insulation by some amount, but are there other >> practical risks to painting? And if not, what kind of paint would be ideal? >> >> Thanks! >> -Eric >> >> -- >> 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] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt >> <http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt > <http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt > <http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <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.
