Julie here: please send a diagram/model. This all sounds fine.
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accordion-folding stretch hexayurt
Brian <briange...@gmail.com> Jun 17 08:01PM -0700
Hi folks-
I'm new to the list, so apologies if this question has been answered
elsewhere (a quick search didn't turn up anything).
I'm thinking of building my first Hexayurt for Burning Man this
year. Both
my camp and my apartment are a little tight on space, so I'm aiming
for
something that will
1. Comfortably accommodate me and my wife on the playa, while
2. Having a relatively small assembled footprint and
3. Folding up into a relatively small package for storage and
transport.
The stretch hexayurt, as it is usually built, accomplishes 1 and 2,
but not
really 3. My proposed solution is to take the standard stretch
hexayurt
design, built with Camp Danger hinges, but add an additional "tight"
hinge
by cutting each of the long boards vertically in half (both the roof
and
the walls). Then the yurt can be disassembled into four accordion-
folded
pieces that fold up into a roughly 4'x4'x2' package.
I've built a model of this and can send some photos if it's not
clear what
I'm talking about, once I have time to disassemble it to show the
folding.
My question is this: will the vertical cuts on the long sides of the
yurt
cause me structural problems on the playa? Has anyone done this
before?
It seems that if I tape them back together in the same way that roof
triangles are taped together, this should be reasonably strong. My
model
seems fairly sturdy, and since the stretch design leaves beind a few
pieces
of scrap insulation, I figure I could use those to reinforce the
cuts if
need be. But before I blow a bunch of money and time on a doomed
design, I
wanted to see what the expert yurters out there think.
I also have a quick question on safety. I see the warnings about
Tuff-R
and filament tape and flammability, and yet I also see lots of people
continuing to use those materials for hexayurts. Is it reasonable to
assume that these materials, though not necessarily "safe" are at
least as
safe as a nylon tent? Are there standard suggestions for mitigating
fire
risk? Sorry again if this is answered elsewhere; there's a somewhat
overwhelming amount of information out there to sift through.
Thanks!
Brian
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