My only experience with my Hexayurt was for a week in the desert. If you have proper ventilation it stays cool in the day and warm at night. I will tell you that using the materials discussed(Insulation Board - Thermaxxx?) worked great. The issue has come up that it is very flammable and that is why I am looking at cardboard now.
Pentayurts have been suggested for use in heavy snow fall areas. There is a poster that has had one season worth of use out of his and if I remember the thread they said it went well. A stove in the center of the yurt is traditional and it should be able to effectively heat the entire area fairly well. Honestly I would love to do real world testing on different designs in different environment. How long are you building this for? I think knowing how long it may be up will determine the best product or method to create it. Rich Shumaker On May 11, 11:24 am, lance95 <[email protected]> wrote: > This is my first day on this discussion board. And I want to thank > everyone for the work that they have done. I am impressed. > > I’m very interested in empowering myself and others to survive in a > battered economy. I have, for the last couple of years, studied a wide > range of options for those with only minimal resources. > > I am very involved with alternative medical treatments, especially > those associated with Qi Gong. I believe medical issues to be very > important area since our quality of life depends largely on the state > of our health. > > My research suggests to me that one might be well advised to remember > that threats to one’s plans to survive a calamity can arise from many > sources, which include the federal, state and local governments. > Consider the harassment that can come for simple vagrancy. > > In regard to semi permanent shelters, I’m greatly interested in both > the traditional yurt designs and the hexayurt. Has anyone extensively > tested the hexayurt in cold climates where there is the possibility of > heavy snowfalls? > > And what about heating the hexayurt? Wood gasification stoves—forced > air stoves—are fine for cooking out in the open, but the don’t meet > the needs of someone cooking in a hexayurt that lacks some kind of a > chimney. > > I realize that there are archives. And I will try to access them. > Possibly concerns such as mine have already been fully addressed. > > Thanks again. > > Royce --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
