I've just realized I have no idea how many anchors to be putting up on the stretch I'm building.
I'm guessing I should use 3 continuous strips of tape. One over the long axis, 2 over the point of the roof side coming down from the point of the roof (i.e. 2ft in from each side of the wall). Which makes 6 anchors. OK that was a terrible explanation. I've attached a picture with where I mean. Any thoughts as to whether that will be adequate? What about passing tape over flat edges at the top? (e.g. using one in the center of the long roof panel, instead of one on each side). Will the compression cause problems? If not, that would let me get away with 4 anchors. Is 4 enough to hold down a stretch? On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Joshua Keroes <[email protected]> wrote: > I brought a semi-folder last year, too. Had 12 tape anchors around the roof > pieces; used ten of them. > If you want to attach twelve anchors to the roof, half will end up on the > roof corners and half will be on the roof edges. The ones on the roof edges > are easy. The ones on the corners were a little trickier. > I found that my corner anchors laid best after making two modifications: > 1. Use two pieces of narrow (~2.5"-wide) tape to affix the anchor to the > roof. These run straight up the bend in the roof, one on each side of that > seam. > 2. I didn't tape the corner anchor directly to the corner. I wrapped my > anchor with tape, sticky side in, and I ran that about 4" above the roof > edge. That lets the anchor float freely around the corner. Because there's a > split between the two pieces of narrow tape holding the anchor to the roof, > you don't end up applying pressure directly to the corner of the polyiso. > Does that make sense? > Bonus trick: > 3. When you make your anchors, wrap your tape around the PVC and a pencil. > That extra space in the anchor will make it easy to remove the PVC tubes for > shipping. > -Joshua > On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Spiral Syzygy <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> We used 6 on the corners. It was solid as a rock. We had some dust >> storms plow through that really did a number on surrounding camps and >> our yurt didn't budge at all. >> >> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Ray S <[email protected]> wrote: >> > So lately I've been prepping my yurt for the burn. I've seen these >> > guys on the Playa, and could have sworn most I'd seen only had 6 >> > anchors, and I'm thinking these were at the corners of the yurt. >> > >> > My question is, has anyone done this? Had a successful burn with high >> > wind loads and only having 6 tape anchors? Or does everyone just make >> > 12? The only reason I'd prefer not to do 12 is I'm trying to do as >> > many tapes as I can. I'll be bringing my yurt in 3 pieces - roof in 2 >> > pieces, walls in 1 piece. >> > >> > Also I'm curious if anyone has figured out a way to do tape anchors at >> > home so when you get to the playa you just pop it up, tape two joining >> > sides in my case and then anchor to the ground? I can't think of >> > anyway without sacrificing the tape going all the way over (which >> > would require the roof to be popped out). Sorry if some of this >> > doesn't make sense, it's pretty early for me! >> > >> > Any replies or ideas would make me feel much more confident in my >> > setup of this puppy :) BTW - my first burn with a yurt - I'm stoked. >> > >> > -- >> > 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. >> > >> > >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
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