Thats great stuff and very light for transport / portability, I previously used similar stuff from www.hoardfast.co.uk I assume that while it may be fire resistant ,its not fire proof to a major degree as would be kingspan pir or mineral wool filled sandwich panels.
(good related report here - *Stopping the spread: a new framework for fire safety* (in informal settlements https://www.arup.com/perspectives/stopping-the-spread-a-new-framework-for-fire-safety ) If the money is there for such material great, but in an economic depression , its likely won't be as the Gov cannot keep money printing forever. Preparing for when the Furlough runs out in Oct 2020, gives very little time to prepare for potential mass homelessness or home work spaces. On the plus site empty commercial sites have become available & could be divided for homeless pods, we've worked on these I don't care too much what they are built from given the time issue, just that they are built on mass asap . We are just now giving away free 1 tonne of new hardware & fixings to uk food bank groups to try & make this happen with food security structures like raised beds , green houses & cloches / root cellars . If the money is not there, an industrial approach with locally sourced materials or wasted to make composites could be available hence our local supplier of old stock of a football field of kingspan sandwich panels prices from £6 to £16 a mtr. against £35 new, grade b £20 / m a big saving . less ££ for bulk The ' low or no money' diy approach we've experimented on before like "Hexayurt with Drywall / Composite Stick Frame & Magnesium Oxide ( Mgo) Board Cladding . Re-used Insulation Infill " www.cabinznet.blogspot.com/2017/09/hexayurt-with-drywall-composite-stick.html perhaps earthsip type waste reuse of cans & bottles as insualtion or 'no money' , Perhaps composite panels with pva coated carboard (anyone tried this ? ) covered in pallet wood with beer / tin can roof shingles https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=tin+can+roof+shingles&atb=v158-1&iax=images&ia=images ie like we talked to alcoholics about building homeless shelters out of their own beer cans . On Tuesday, 21 July 2020 00:51:13 UTC+1, Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project) 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 * * hexa...@gmail.com <javascript:> * > *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 <pho...@rainbowpuddle.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Great ideas, but how to you protect the panels from rain & moisture? >> >> >> >> On Jul 19, 2020, at 5:59 PM, BurnerDan <dr.da...@gmail.com <javascript:>> >> 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 hexa...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> 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 hexa...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> 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. 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