Thanks Hal but you missed the point of my post. Structural Insulated Panels for a permanent Hexayurt(not on the playa or on the playa permanently).
SIP's are used for floors and ceilings in building all the time. My question still remains. The walls are 4' by 8' straight panels when doing 8' ceilings. 4' by 8' panels are cut and flipped for the roof. How would you do the floor geometrically? Also would 7 footers 6 walls and one larger center be enough?(As an FYI you don't pour footers on the playa in case anyone was confused by that) I understand that most view Hexayurts as playa buildings and since most do they haven't gotten much farther. I have made several Hex's for the playa, read a lot on modern and ancient shelters as well. The Hexayurt is both modern and ancient and yet it has never made it off the playa in any great number. I have seen many real world builds for hexayurts but they all seem difficult and most seem structurally challenged. You can't just nail 4' by 8' plywood together and call it a day. SIPs, Spraycrete, and a few other techniques take the playa ease of building a Hexy to the world. What if you could build a temporary Hexy with the ability to be permanent. Insulation and tape as has been pointed out creates a hazardous fire situation, hence the discussion on fire detectors for safety. What if a low cost SIP could be made and easily set up? Made in a day used for a decade. Thanks again for any help. Rich Shumaker -- 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.
