So I'm not *entirely* sure that a 12' hexayurt made of 1" polyiso will survive the playa. It is Damn Rough out there.
When I did it, I did a strap of 6" bidirectional tape - a single strap - which went all the way around the outside of the panels. Then I did another strap that went all the way around the inside. I also made an additional anchor point in the center of each wall by poking a hole through the tape, putting paracord through the hole, and attaching it to a piece of wood to spread the load on the inside of the yurt wall (no point loads!). That stopped the walls bending inwards. If you were doing the diagonal brace, I'd do it on the inside, like this: /\/\/\ That way you've got the bits of wood forming triangles, and spreading the load to each-other, rather than this patten ////// which would spread the load to the next wall corner. But either way, with 1" board, take good care to position the building with as much protection from the wind as you can find, use the full set of 12 tape anchors, plus more along the walls, and Good Luck! Vinay PS: the other thing you might want to consider is 8' timber running up the joint of each wall, vertically. Put it on the inside, and connect it to the stakes with string at the bottom, middle and top pushed through small holes in the tape. That will be *quite* strong. On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 1:20 AM, ZACHARY <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings all, new member here... > > Forgive me if this is findable information, I couldn't seem to track > it down anywhere. I'm planning on building what is referred to as the > 12' hexayurt (on this page, at least: http://bit.ly/bzKKlb) for > Burning Man this year and I'm wondering if the group advises doing > anything to join the two vertical 4x8 panels together that form each > wall. > > I.e., is one piece of tape on the outside enough to hold them > together? I was thinking about getting a 12' long 1"x2" piece of wood > to put on the inside as a diagonal brace for each wall, but if this is > unnecessary, I'll happily skip it. > > FYI, we'll have at least six hexayurts in our camp this year, it's a > solution that's really caught on in our community! > > Cheers and thanks for any advice, > --ZACHARY > > -- > 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. > > -- Vinay Gupta Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest http://hexayurt.com - free/open next generation human sheltering http://hexayurt.com/plan - the whole systems, big picture vision "In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer" - Albert Camus Twitter/Skype/Gizmo/Gtalk/AIM: hexayurt UK Cell : +44 (0) 7500 895568 / USA VOIP (+1) 775-743-1851 -- 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.
