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Yeah, I thought of that, and you're right. My solution is to glue or tape a strip of mylar above the velcro and overlapping the tarp. Could be overkill, might not work owing to the problem of gluing mylar, but we'll see... Like I said, Learning Experience! On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 8:58 PM Alex

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Steve, I see what you mean. I'm curious... if the tarp is on the outside and you use velcro instead of tape, wouldn't that let the water in? What do you think? On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 8:53 PM Steve Upstill wrote: > Alex, > > I'm planning on doing what J. Pinder did, only

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Alex, I'm planning on doing what J. Pinder did, only using velcro rather than tape. I hear you about the flaky connection between the foam and the foil, but the tension will be the foil, not pulling it up. I'm hoping that a long strip of velcro will distribute the load enough that it's not a

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Messr. Pinder, That gallery is great! I did it a little differently in that I assembled each wall (rectangle + two triangles) at home, with one hinge inside and one hinge outside so one triangle folds to the inside and one outside--leaving one triangle free so you can form a neat stack. That way

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did I have to tape the tarp on the playa? I did. It was sper easy, just get a buddy to help you! It wasn't particularly windy when we set it up eaither, and a ladder with someone propping it up on the inside helped alot when taping the outside of the structure. J Pinder Director Producer

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J, great job! I didn't think of taping the tarp on the outside, my door design was all the way to the bottom edge of the panel. Did you have to tape it up on the playa? This is the part of that I was trying to avoid doing :) On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 11:00 AM J. Pinder wrote: >

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I did a similar build last year with 1" boards and never had any problems with wind and leaking. check it out here! thanks for this inspiration. http://imgur.com/a/mj6K1 J On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 10:42 AM, Alex Gorbatchev wrote: > Hey Steve! > > You are my hero :)

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Hey Steve! You are my hero :) Thank you so much for all the updates, it's really inspiring to see you using my design. Every problem you mentioned I can confirm personally. The flapping walls in strong winds and the weak front door panel. After 3 burns, I sold my yurt this year due to storage

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I'll post some pictures when I'm staging it later (I'm miserable about taking pictures on-Playa). For securing the pyramid, I have rope loops attached to the plywood roof. On the ground, I use 10" lag screws with a washer and two links of chain. In between, basic Home Depot ratchet straps. With

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Thanks for asking for questions I would love to see some updated pix. How did you secure the pyramid so that the winds did not blow it away. You mentioned 1 inch foam not being strong enough ... is 1.5 inches strong enough? Would a 6 inch wide perimeter strip give the required stability?

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Re the pyramid hexayurt: this will be my third year with this design, and I think I've solved a couple of problems. Problem The First: sealing the bottom. First year I just lay the base on a tarp, and got light, wind and dust coming in the bottom. Second year I tried trenching the walls and

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Hi Alex, I am interested. Thanks, Bobby Ray 951-764-1335 On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 3:22 PM, Alex Gorbatchev wrote: > https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/for/6016890618.html > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 2:58 PM Alex Gorbatchev > wrote: > >>

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Did you mean 1+1/4 EMT pipe? 1.25 ? On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 8:59 AM, Alex Gorbatchev alex.gorbatc...@gmail.com wrote: Long edges were grooved and I added 1/4 EMT pipe. The pipes were then taped with 6 bi-filament tape, then taped again with 3 aluminum foil tape to protect from UVs. I then

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Hi Alex, I never heard of 1/4 EMT. I Googled it and Google responses came up as 1.25 inch EMT. Where did you buy 1/4 EMT and what did it cost. If you were re-doing this design, what would you change? How comfortable was it inside? The beauty of this pyramid design is that it can be 50

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With pictures and permission, and a little work, the Aztec Hexayurt might become a wikipage over at Appropedia.Org, no? El 15/07/2015 03:12, Ian Smith 7even...@gmail.com escribió: Alex, This is amazing! I would like to replicate this design for the 2015 burn and I'm curious how you built the

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--- http://twitter.com/alexgorbatchev http://github.com/alexgorbatchev http://npmawesome.com On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 9:05 AM, jeff harrison j...@harrisonbros.com wrote: what did you use to groove the panel edges? I just used an box cutter, the edges are very soft and groove very easily.

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Long edges were grooved and I added 1/4 EMT pipe. The pipes were then taped with 6 bi-filament tape, then taped again with 3 aluminum foil tape to protect from UVs. I then drilled 4 holes in each pipe for zip ties. The EMT pipe acted as cage reinforcement AND a place to hook zip ties into. Does

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what did you use to groove the panel edges? would it be possible to glue the EMT into the grooves instead of using tape? does an EMT to EMT edge held with wire ties create a seam that can't be penetrated by windblown dust? On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 11:59 AM, Alex Gorbatchev

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Are the edges beveled or just 90 degrees with tape?? On Friday, June 26, 2015 at 5:49:51 PM UTC-4, Alex Gorbatchev wrote: Hey friends! Want to share my shelter / hexayurt from Burning Man 2014. This was made from 9 standard 8x4' RMax 1 panels with a custom roof and a wind mill exhaust. I