Sure, I was just thinking about the tarp on the right hand of the drawing if you were trying to close the door in a windstorm. You could tuck the tarp under the 2x4 to ensure it wouldn't flap up.
On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 9:02 PM, <m...@kapamaki.net> wrote: > I'm planning to build an H13 and frame around the door with brackets for > added strength and rigidity (alá http://steampunkworkshop. > com/pentayurt-for-burning-man/), so I'm betting that the weight of the > yurt will suffice to keep the tarp pinned down. > > On Monday, July 3, 2017 at 2:24:20 PM UTC-7, Hunter King wrote: >> >> I like it. My only concern would be keeping the outdoor section of the >> tart flat against the 2x4 in the door section. >> >> On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 12:57 PM, <m...@kapamaki.net> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I'm in the process of building a yurt for the Gerlach regional, and I >>> had a quick design question. I've been googling around and haven't found >>> anything yet, so I'd love to hear if anyone has done something similar. >>> >>> I was thinking about putting down six 2x4s in a hexagonal shape, laying >>> my ground tarp on top, then placing the hexayurt on top of that, so that >>> the walls of the hexayurt sit on the ground just outside of the 2x4 >>> hexagon, with the tarp separating them. The tarp goes under the hexayurt >>> walls, then up over the "lip" formed by the 2x4s beneath it, then back to >>> the ground. The end result would be a raised tarp lip running around the >>> inside of the yurt, and the hope would be that any water that gets under >>> the yurt wall would be stopped there. I attached a quick drawing of how >>> this might look. >>> >>> It would mean transporting six long 2x4s, and a little bit of set up on >>> the playa, but it would mean not having to tape the tarp around the inside >>> of the yurt. >>> >>> Has anyone done something similar? Any thoughts on if this would work? >>> Thanks! >>> >>> -- >>> 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 hexayurt+u...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to hexa...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://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 hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to hexayurt@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://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 hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to hexayurt@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
