I have an OSB hexayurt that has held up really well aside from a couple of defective tarps.
http://yurtbuilder.blogspot.com/2014/07/osb-hexayurt.html I just added a post on how the floor was done: http://yurtbuilder.blogspot.com/2015/04/a-few-details-on-floor-of-my-hexayurt.html Hope that helps. On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 10:22 AM, RichShumaker <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
