Re the pyramid hexayurt: this will be my third year with this design, and I think I've solved a couple of problems.
Problem The First: sealing the bottom. First year I just lay the base on a tarp, and got light, wind and dust coming in the bottom. Second year I tried trenching the walls and keeping the tarp inside, velcroing it to the insides of the walls. Result: it was a huge pain doing the trenching in such a way that the walls hit flat on the bottom. Problem The Second: with 1" walls, this design is a tad floppy in a high wind. There was one several-hour period when I wasn't sure the thing would survive. Plus, movement of the bottoms of the walls near their centers makes it nearly impossible to seal the bottom (see Problem The First). Problem The Third: the arch shape of the front wall with the door cut out is VERY fragile. I had to do a field repair last year, and consider myself lucky to have made it back. I'm rebuilding the front wall today. Problem The Fourth: (related to #3), the front wall tends to splay corner-to-corner, further reducing the strength of the wall and killing your door seal. Okay, so now you know the context, here's my solution to all four problems (trying it this year; results to follow). The main thing is handling the tarp. I'm going to cut a tarp 6" wider on all sides than the yurt. I'll mount velcro 6" up the yurt walls and on the edges of the tarp. In situ, I'll fold the tarp up and velcro it into place, "wrapping" the base of the yurt. This will eliminate the sealing problem *and also the structural problems*, since it will keep the four walls from poofing outward and hold the front wall from splaying. How does that work at the front wall? Easy: instead of the single "bridge" above the door, I'm going to cut the door leaving solid wall across top *and *bottom; the bottom bit will secure the tarp there. Codicil the first: I'm also going to strength both of those "bridges" by gluing thin flashing steel straight across (inside and out) Codicil the second: to keep the rain completely out, i'll glue a flap of silver mylar just above the tarp, overlapping it. Any questions? On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 11:58 PM Bobby Ray <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Alex, > > I am interested. > > Thanks, > Bobby Ray > 951-764-1335 <(951)%20764-1335> > > > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 3:22 PM, Alex Gorbatchev < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/for/6016890618.html >> >> On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 2:58 PM Alex Gorbatchev < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Friends, here are a few more photos from 2016. This yurt has >>> successfully survived 3 burns now with zero alterations from or fix ups >>> from the original date of assembly. >>> >>> I'm selling the yurt now (Oakland, CA) because I no longer have space to >>> keep it and am switching up to a shelter that is easier to store in an >>> apartment. If you are interested in this yurt, please reach out to me. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Friday, June 26, 2015 at 2:49:51 PM UTC-7, Alex Gorbatchev wrote: >>> >>> Hey friends! >>> >>> Want to share my shelter / "hexayurt" from Burning Man 2014. This was >>> made from 9 standard 8x4' RMax 1" panels with a custom roof and a wind mill >>> exhaust. I added 1/4 EMT pipe to each vertical panel edge and connected all >>> panels with heavy duty zip ties which made assembly and disassembly >>> possible in 10-15 minutes. It's about 7.5' tall in the middle and 12x12' >>> wide. Comfortably held a queen size air bed, small table with two benches 4 >>> crates with clothing. >>> >>> The windmill worked amazingly well. During stronger winds and dust gusts >>> it was actually sucking out more dust from inside the yurt and kept the >>> place even cleaner. 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