Re: [hexayurt] As Covid may cause a global economic depression & mass homelessness, is the Hexayurt needed more than ever?

2020-08-07 Thread Julie Danger 
The pentayurt was the snow-resistant option in the original designs that 
vinay released.

I was a fan of the pentayurt, because it also takes up less sq footage on 
the ground in a large camp scenario, and it automatically has a bit more 
standing-height room without addition of more panels.

Here's a tour of one of the (presumably privileged) burning man nerds who 
made a pentayurt, for scale and usability.

Happy to see homeless options being explored with the hexayurt! Here in 
sunny and sometimes rainy San Franscisco, wind is the biggest concern I 
have that leads me to want to reinforce the yurt AND solve the question of 
how best to keep their lightweight materials on the ground.

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Re: [hexayurt] As Covid may cause a global economic depression & mass homelessness, is the Hexayurt needed more than ever?

2020-07-21 Thread Dan March 
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>
>
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>
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 4:33 PM Hal Muskat 
> wrote:
>
>> Great ideas, but how to you protect the panels from rain & moisture?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jul 19, 2020, at 5:59 PM, 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
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>> 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)
>>> 
>>>
>>> Low Cost Rot Proof Materials to Build a Garden Cloche, Greenhouse or
>>> Raised Bed for Growing Veg for Food Security and Self Reliance
>>> 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Re: [hexayurt] As Covid may cause a global economic depression & mass homelessness, is the Hexayurt needed more than ever?

2020-07-21 Thread Lucas González 
I recall a design in which the roof was steeper to help the snow slide off
a bit. Not that I know much about snow.

On Tue, 21 Jul 2020 at 00:57, Hal Muskat  wrote:

> 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 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>
>
>
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> *http://re.silience.com* 
> *Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest*
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> "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 
> wrote:
>
>> Great ideas, but how to you protect the panels from rain & moisture?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jul 19, 2020, at 5:59 PM, 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
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>> 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)
>>> 
>>>
>>> Low Cost Rot Proof Materials to Build a Garden Cloche, Greenhouse or
>>> Raised Bed for Growing Veg for Food Security and Self Reliance
>>> 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Re: [hexayurt] As Covid may cause a global economic depression & mass homelessness, is the Hexayurt needed more than ever?

2020-07-20 Thread Hal Muskat 
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) 
>  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>
> 
> 
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> 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  > wrote:
> Great ideas, but how to you protect the panels from rain & moisture? 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jul 19, 2020, at 5:59 PM, 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 
>>  
>> 
>> 
>> 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)  
>> 
>> 
>> Low Cost Rot Proof Materials to Build a Garden Cloche, Greenhouse or Raised 
>> Bed for Growing Veg for Food Security and Self Reliance  
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: [hexayurt] As Covid may cause a global economic depression & mass homelessness, is the Hexayurt needed more than ever?

2020-07-20 Thread Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project) 
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>


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On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 4:33 PM Hal Muskat 
wrote:

> Great ideas, but how to you protect the panels from rain & moisture?
>
>
>
> On Jul 19, 2020, at 5:59 PM, 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
>>
>> 
>>
>> 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)
>> 
>>
>> Low Cost Rot Proof Materials to Build a Garden Cloche, Greenhouse or
>> Raised Bed for Growing Veg for Food Security and Self Reliance
>> 
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [hexayurt] As Covid may cause a global economic depression & mass homelessness, is the Hexayurt needed more than ever?

2020-07-20 Thread Hal Muskat 
Great ideas, but how to you protect the panels from rain & moisture? 



> On Jul 19, 2020, at 5:59 PM, 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 
>  
> 
> 
> 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)  
> 
> 
> Low Cost Rot Proof Materials to Build a Garden Cloche, Greenhouse or Raised 
> Bed for Growing Veg for Food Security and Self Reliance  
> 
> 
> 
> 
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