We built our 12 footer with a continuous run of 6inch tape inside and out. Guy rope at the roof joint was ok without a midpoint guy. You'll need 24 inch stakes. PUT SOME SAFETY CONES ON THEM AT NIGHT....to protect your stoned-ass feet !!
Visit our 12 ft x 8ft / 2 sleeping 5ft node YURT at the CircusMaximus camp 10 & J. We'll have the green laser beacon on top!! On Aug 6, 3:54 am, "Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project)" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > athttp://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 > shelteringhttp://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.
