Just my opinion: When you can precisely align the panels, such as pre-event assembly into foldable units, 3" is plenty. When precision is not possible, or when you can't reach to press down all the tape, or when the panels are a bit dirty, I recommend the 6". I found last year that some of the tape separated from the HY over the course of the week, but not enough to expose even part of a joint. I was thankful that I used 6" for on-playa assembly. 6" = insurance.
Bill Bill Wiltschko Pacific Grove, CA > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [hexayurt] Pretaping the seams using 3' wide tape > From: Romain <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, August 27, 2009 11:36 am > To: hexayurt <[email protected]> > Hi there, > My name is Romain, and I am very excited by the construction of my > first hexayurt for my very first time as a burner ! > A question remains though : Getting 6 inches wide tape is tough, > expensive, and it takes time to be delivered. Plus, you don't want to > discover you're short on tape once on the playa with all your pannels! > Why can't we use cheaper, easier-to-find 3-inches wide tape to seal > the panels' seams at home, and keep the holy 6 inches wide monster for > the yurt to keep together once on the Playa ? Does the tape around > each panels make it stronger ? Or was it only to use only one kind of > tape ? > I'm actually building a 10ft yurt (roof cone as usual and walls using > two 6'x4' instead of one 4'x8', so the walls are 6' tall instead of > only 4'). It makes a lot of pre-taping and with only 300yds of tape, > I'm afraid of running out on the Playa. Do you think it's a big deal > to use 3' wide tape for pretaping of the seams ? > I look forwards to hearing from you, and thank you for your attention. > Plus a double thumbs up for your great work of making all the > information about hexayurt accessible and useful, it's a great idea ! > Best, > Romain > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
