Hi Dan,
I now realise we had a chat about similar ideas 4 years ago here... *UK Cabinz Project exploring making Hexayurt from composite door off cuts + dry lining steel & grp upvc frame / kingspan metal sandwich panels * https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/hexayurt/JrehbfU--MY The manufacturers we have spoken to have factories in the US, We can speak to them. They offered us a large discount for homeless / diaster shelters We can ship fixings abroad, but to make the shipping viable, folks would need to team up, so we could send a 1/8 - 1/4 - 1/2 tonne crate that could be distributed / sold to other groups . We get good quality fixings in split boxes and sort them out with volunteers, so get them for a fraction of the cost of new. often from www.TIMco.co.uk or www.wickes.co.uk Last year i founded the Shelter & Hardware Bank Network (SAHBN) <http://cabinznet.blogspot.com/2019/09/press-release-17819-by-paul-ridley-of.html> & donated at cost 3.2 tonnes of fixings to 5 of the Community Wood Recycling Network members in Uk. This was partly to encourage similar shelter building with wood On a related note we spoke to members of www.Preciousplastic.com about fixing supply & extrusion w/shop <https://preciousplastic.com/starterkits/showcase/extrusion.html> We were interested in producing an extruded angled I Beam that normal foil backed PIR sheets (or sandwich) could be interted into for Hexayurt joints I've not done 3d Cad on Concrete foundation work, but played around with the following as mentioned before 4 yrs ago *Slotted Fence Posts for Shelter Ground Resting Foundations & Strength Test. Slotted Crank Bent Arm Post Idea For Hexayurt * *www.cabinznet.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2016-04-16T15:22:00-07:00&max-results=7* *Cabinz.Net experiment of concrete post beam footing & kingspan PIR insulated sandwich panel shelter wall * *www.cabinznet.blogspot.com/2016/04/cabinznet-experiment-of-concrete-post.htmlwww.cabinznet.blogspot.com/2016/04/cabinznet-experiment-of-concrete-post.html* On Monday, 20 July 2020 01:59:04 UTC+1, BurnerDan wrote: > > Is this effort working at all in the US, or just the UK? I've produced > almost 100 PIR hexayurts for Burns and have considered sandwich designs for > making them longer-lasting, more secure, etc. - as one would want for > emergency housing. Is anyone looking at CAD 3-D printed concrete for > foundation work? > > On Sunday, July 19, 2020 at 3:56:59 AM UTC-7, Cabinz Admin wrote: >> >> I think this may be the case that Covid may cause a global economic >> depression & mass homelessness, >> >> Is the Hexayurt needed more than ever? >> >> We as a social enterprise have been buying clearance stock of millions of >> screws & fixings, partly in preparation for the construction of low cost >> hosuing / emergency sheters >> >> Recently, we have made contact with companies with 10,000's of metres of >> low cost old stock PIR & sandwich panels in the Uk in readiness for this . >> >> Happy to support groups globally needing low cost fixings to build frame >> / sandwich panel Hexayurts & low cost housing / structures , inc green >> houses / animal shelters by sharing research, Some of our high quality / >> low cost fixings can be posted globally if cost effective >> >> Just been experimenting with a v small hexayurt from kingspan sandwich >> panels >> Experiments in Prototyping a 6' Hexayurt Shelter from Kingspan Metal >> Sided Sandwich Panels to Bear a Snow Load for Winter Storage use >> >> <http://www.cabinznet.blogspot.com/2020/07/experiments-in-prototyping-6-hexayurt.html> >> >> After this we will be building a hexayurt greehouse from off cut coposite >> grp / plastics along the lines of our other experiments >> >> Prototype Green House / Shed DIY Kit Mk 1 with Slanting Flat Roof (Using >> DES Strips & Grp Sheets) >> <https://cabinznet.blogspot.com/2017/08/prototype-green-house-shed-diy-kit-mk-1.html> >> >> Low Cost Rot Proof Materials to Build a Garden Cloche, Greenhouse or >> Raised Bed for Growing Veg for Food Security and Self Reliance >> <https://cabinznet.blogspot.com/2020/04/low-cost-rot-proof-materials-to-build.html> >> >> >> >> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/hexayurt/e2aec00d-9fe9-4a02-80ea-2f7419a1f2b3o%40googlegroups.com.
