-Susan Ya I figured out the accordion part, but what do you mean by tape the roof a lot on the playa? Are you retaping edges out there for the tape anchors?
Cheers, Elliot On 11 August 2010 17:36, Susan Keplinger <[email protected]> wrote: > Elliot - > > You can do it in 3 pieces quite nicely and will make life much more simple > on the playa. > > Essentially tape your roof panels into 2 sections - so 6 roof pieces per > section. These will open like an accordion and also fit nicely together on > top of your base (4x8) boards so you have a nice square unit you can bundle > up. Then, all you have to do is combine those two sections and you have a > roof. Its simple. You'll end up using slightly more tape (because you'll > still tape the roof a lot on the playa) but you'll save yourself a pretty > sizable headache if you end up trying to put this up in wind...and it sounds > very windy this year! > > GOod luck. > > -susan > > > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 4:30 PM, David Kelso <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Makes sense. I guess I was expecting the unbroken span of tape to be >> more important than where it was positioned. >> >> I'm guessing if I put on the corner anchors first, and run them all >> the way to the top, then the end anchors (which is an unbroken span of >> tape) will go over the top of the others, keeping them in place. >> >> Another shitty photoshop attached. Each color is a different piece of >> tape. >> >> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Thomas Tempelmann <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> 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? >> > >> > I did run the 6" tape over the corners, and it worked well. I had a 8" >> > tall stretch yurt made of hexacomb board. For stability, I believe >> > that pulling down the corners is where it's most efficient. >> > Of course, that way the tape can't run all the way from one side to >> > the other, but that did not matter. The special 6" tape from >> > goodbuyguys was holding perfectly even if only run from the top the >> > the edge down. >> > >> > Thomas >> > >> > -- >> > 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]<hexayurt%[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]<hexayurt%[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]<hexayurt%[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.
