Jeff, this is just my opinion, but here goes. I do not like the idea of 1/2" board for the roof. Last year my all-1" hexayurt did fine in the winds, but the winds were not nearly as strong as the peak winds (75mph) on the playa. When I was unloading the roof rack, one of my door panels got blown away in light winds and broke into 5 pieces. The panels are far stronger when part of the hexayurt structure, but I wouldn't take chances. It matters that you get the joints tight before you tape them -- much better wind strength.
Bi-filament tape is fine all by itself. There will inevitably be some separation of the tape from the panels during the week there, but diligent pressing down the tape after it's in place will prevent most of that. It holds up well to UV (at for duration of a week) and does not dry out -- which is a problem for duct tape. Aluminum tape holds up better to UV and heat, but doesn't have anything close to the tear (sheer) strength of the bi-filament tape. Sandwiching the panels between plywood for transport is good. Flammability of the hexayurt materials, tape included, is less than wood or canvas or nylon. You would have better flammability protection in a concrete blockhouse though... A fire extinguisher is a good idea for any camp at BURNING Man. Bill -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of hooperstack Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:30 AM To: hexayurt Subject: [hexayurt] questions on filament tape and 1/2" roof Hi all, I'm in the planning stages of building hexayurt for burning man and have been learning and having a lot of fun making small scale models. I'm pretty excited about the yurt! I'll be driving from Denver and most likely will be bringing the yurt on the top of my Subaru Forester. I am planning to sandwich it with plywood. I recently ran across some pictures of a yurt that used 1/2" thick Tuff-R for the roof and 1" for the walls. This seemed to reduce the volume of the yurt in "travel" mode quite a bit. Is this a reasonable way to build it, or is 1/2" not a good idea even if just for the roof? Also, I'm a bit unsure re: the filament tape on the playa...do I need to tape over it or is it fine on its own? lots of discussion about it being very flamable. thanks, -Jeff Here's a pic of what I was referring to: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BKeGvtlPpt4/Rtz xwqGXebI/AAAAAAAAAZo/uxJbfYXtYW8/HPIM1484.JPG&imgrefurl=http://picasaweb.goo gle.com/lh/photo/UtpTbcSW7zL7ZuWdI2WNSg&usg=__Xlv6iA54951yD9JU50Rgm6jC4U4=&h =1205&w=1600&sz=16&hl=en&start=50&tbnid=ydhh16-ifwd5uM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&pr ev=/images%3Fq%3Dhexayurt%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D21%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3 D42 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
