Ah, thanks for that insight. I'm leaning towards velcroing mine. But this year I had velcro straps for securing my swamp cooler to the yurt, and yes, I tore off some aluminum breaking it down.
On Friday, September 8, 2017 at 10:19:19 AM UTC-7, Steve Upstill (Swifty) wrote: > > Be careful with that industrial-strength Velcro. It's not necessarily the > case that stronger is better, since its internal bond can easily be > stronger than whatever you use to glue it down to the polyiso. I still > struggle with the ends of mine coming unglued from the panel on teardown, > to say nothing of its grabbiness as a stumbling block when > stacking/unstacking panels. > > I've got a truncated-pyramid "Aztec" yurt, not a hexi, but I wish there > was Velcro that was a little less enthusiastic. > > On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 2:38 PM Jeremy Shaw <jer...@n-heptane.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I beveled mine (the hard way). Totally worth it. Makes the whole thing >> fit together nicely. I can ratchet strap it down nice and tight and it is >> very solid. >> >> You can also save time on the playa by using 2" Wide Industrial Strength >> Velcro Tape. Then when you get to the playa you just velco everything >> together, and at the end you undo the velcro and pack it up. No waste and >> faster setup and breakdown. >> >> - jeremy >> >> On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 2:37 PM, rymar <ryanma...@gmail.com <javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> I haven't come across an easy way to bevel edges of yurt but on 1" >>> thickness panels does it make a difference? I would like to get as much >>> taping done before I get to the playa and am wondering if I should bevel or >>> not. 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 <javascript:>. >>> To post to this group, send email to hexa...@googlegroups.com >>> <javascript:>. >>> 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+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to hexa...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> 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.
