I have taken my hexayurt to the playa for 3 years, and the door has evolved over that time, in two phases. First note that my walls are 6 ft tall and the door itself 5 ft tall.
Phase one: I cut the Thermax door assembly panel so that a 6" sill was under the door, and I bolted a thin plywood reinforcement over the inside of the sill to prevent "oops" stumbles over the threshold. Reinforcing was needed. In addition, the sill provided a solid area to tape the ground tarp to the Thermax door assembly so that the whole hexayurt was completely sealed. However, latching the door put a strain on the portion of panel under the latch mechanism. In addition, when I added a swamp cooler and exhaust fan (creates negative or positive air pressure), I found the latch inadequate. Phase two: I cut a piece of plywood the same size as the existing Thermax panel door assembly, and used the Thermax panel to insulate the new plywood door. In other words, I kept the 6" sill, area to tape the ground tarp, and reinforcement against my clumsiness. The latch mechanism is anchored to the plywood instead of the Thermax, and is pretty much bomb-proof. At BM 2010, it handled any combination of swamp cooler and exhaust fan settings (and wind) with aplomb. Bill From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Keith Brown Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 7:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [hexayurt] Door I did not leave a connection at the bottom. Instead, on the playa, I put the door about 12" away from one corner (handle side), and put a piece of rebar into the ground at the hinge side to support it. However this summer I'm putting a 5-6' piece of sill-iron (from my stage crew days) across the base of the opening to keep the door from spreading. It will be integrated into the bottom edge taping. Sill iron is about 1/8" thick by about 7/8" wide. -Oswego On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Milt Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: I was wondering if anyone leaves a 2-3" sill at the bottom of the door in an attempt to not weaken that panel by cutting the door all the way through the edge. Is it worth the trouble? Thanks, Milt -- 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] <mailto: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. -- 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.
