I’m aware of a builder putting up his H12 in North of San Francisco. He reported that it didn’t survive the winter’s rains.
> On Jul 20, 2020, at 4:50 PM, Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project) > <hexay...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think the answer is honeycomb polypropylene > https://www.karton.it/en/products/extruded-products/exalite-r > <https://www.karton.it/en/products/extruded-products/exalite-r> this stuff is > about $50 a sheet in small quantities in Europe, so an equivalent product > could well be $20 a sheet in America. > > Then bolts and metal brackets to hold it together, and maybe tape to cover > the seams to waterproof it? > > What do you think? > > V> > > > -- > Vinay Gupta hexay...@gmail.com <mailto:hexay...@gmail.com> > http://re.silience.com <http://re.silience.com/> > Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest > UK Cell : +44 (0)7500 895568 Twitter/Skype/Gtalk: hexayurt > "In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was > in me an invincible summer" - Albert Camus > > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 4:33 PM Hal Muskat <phoe...@rainbowpuddle.com > <mailto:phoe...@rainbowpuddle.com>> wrote: > Great ideas, but how to you protect the panels from rain & moisture? > > > >> On Jul 19, 2020, at 5:59 PM, BurnerDan <dr.dan.ma...@gmail.com >> <mailto:dr.dan.ma...@gmail.com>> 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 >> <mailto:hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/hexayurt/9ce5b635-28b7-40c9-a12c-a797a79e7272o%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/hexayurt/9ce5b635-28b7-40c9-a12c-a797a79e7272o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > -- > 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 > <mailto:hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/hexayurt/2CB16853-647D-4EE2-9CA2-E4E005D175CB%40rainbowpuddle.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/hexayurt/2CB16853-647D-4EE2-9CA2-E4E005D175CB%40rainbowpuddle.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > -- > 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 > <mailto:hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/hexayurt/CAEgKDq4D7uxecpBh-U-1p2fgz%3D4SkANfvm2tcM7oL0ou3E9C_w%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/hexayurt/CAEgKDq4D7uxecpBh-U-1p2fgz%3D4SkANfvm2tcM7oL0ou3E9C_w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. 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