To my understanding, the current roof design also adds structural stability which a flat roof would not provide. Sure, you can add your own frami g made of wood or other ways if you like but that defies the simplicity of the hexayurt, i am afraid
On Thursday, September 10, 2009, Will <[email protected]> wrote: > > Our Hexayurt worked amazingly well but as I thought about it I > realized something. The reason that so much tape is required is that > there's no framing and the reason it has a conical roof is to give it > more height and to allow rain to drain off. What if we just made it > taller say 8 feet and put a flat roof since rain on the playa is so > rare. Then you could use standard house framing techniques to build a > large square or rectangular house (imagine skylights!) with standard > framing inside and maybe metal brackets to hold everything together. > > > > -- Thomas Tempelmann, http://www.tempel.org/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
