Anyone find an American equivalent to Karton in large (~ 4'x8') sizes and thick enough to be practical as an exterior working surface? Combine with poly-iso?... also laminate with sheetrock on inside - fire, etc. Slide-on "I" section extruded panel jointers...
On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 4:51 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 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 <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> > 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> 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/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. >> 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. > 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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