I bought a Reno Hexayurt this year. Overall I was happy with it. Anyone who has any business owning a hexayurt is aware that the tape seams need to be covered in aluminum, and indeed I bought two rolls of aluminum tape from Reno Hexayurts and covered the seams on the playa. But (1) it would be REALLY nice if they offered pre-aluminized seams as an option -- I mean, they do have three package levels -- and (2) I had to figure out on the fly how to do this, which was not easy solo, as I was the first one in my camp to arrive. (It involved making jigs with my coolers to hold pieces in place.) So yes, I agree they ought to be more upfront and informative about this. Also it would be nice if they had instructions for breaking the yurt down. I had a hell of a time figuring out how to cut the tape seam across the roof without shredding panel edges.
Re the exposed polyiso edges, perhaps a function of the way they were cut, there was no leakage from mine. However... I ordered a window cutout in a particular location, for my swamp cooler. The cutout was at the wrong height, and in the wrong wall. So I had to cut a new hole on the playa, which I am well aware is a bad idea. Fortunately the wind blew all the moop into the yurt, where I could clean it up. But it was very messy, and yes, I immediately taped those exposed edges. Perhaps off-topic here, but perhaps not, as this appears to be a dispute between two yurt vendors -- from what I can gather, your company rents yurts for the playa, and Reno Hexayurts sells them. But, you appear to charge more to rent than they do to buy? Am I misunderstanding? I guess, however, that part of what you offer is a superior product, and on-playa pickup and deposit, so transportation is not an issue? Bob On Friday, September 8, 2017 at 9:12:19 AM UTC-7, Black Rock Hexayurts wrote: > > I just sent this email to Reno Hexayurts. > > I don't understand how you could sell a hexayurt that requires completely > new hinging and tape in a year UNLESS your buyer covers all exposed bi-fil > tape with alum tape, as they are supposed to be built in the first place. > And, you don't inform them of this eventuality? Are you unaware that one > week on the playa & exposed bi-fil tape is compromised? Also, your yurts > are on playa with polyiso exposed on door cut outs and doors themselves. > Polyiso will NOT break down and decompose in most conditions. Highly > inappropriate. Don't you care? Very irresponsible. Sad! > -- 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.
