hi Brian, That's an interesting idea. I built an H13 last year and it turned out awesome, granted the winds were very mild so it never went through a "true" playa test imho.
Your cuts being vertical, I don't see any problem with load support, that is, vertical weight. You might have a little more lateral flexing going on, especially under high winds. But with some good double filament tape and some camp danger hinges, I don't see why it shouldn't hold up to playa conditions, especially with some good tie-downs. Yeah, I too struggled over the whole "flammability" thing while I was purchasing my H13 materials. After spending 5 days in the sun at BM, and in fairly high density camping conditions, and cooking with a camping stove immediately adjacent, all those "fears" now seem to me, mostly unfounded. If you really want, you can cover the filament tape up with the foil tape but, that just means more $ out of your pocket, and more waste afterwards. I did not bother to cover up the filament tape, I left it exposed the whole time. I'm guessing most other yurters did too. Burn on, -Alejandro On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 2:36 AM, Julie Danger <juliedan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Julie here: please send a diagram/model. This all sounds fine. > > > On Jun 18, 2012, at 8:16 AM, hexayurt@googlegroups.com wrote: > > Today's Topic Summary > > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt/topics > > - accordion-folding stretch hexayurt <#138094003bf67f2a_group_thread_0>[1 > Update] > > accordion-folding stretch > hexayurt<http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt/t/83fb40efdc720e52> > > 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 > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group > hexayurt. > You can post via email <hexayurt@googlegroups.com>. > To unsubscribe from this group, send<hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>an > empty message. > For more options, visit <http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt/topics>this > group. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To post to this group, send email to hexayurt@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 hexayurt@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > -- -Alejandro Moreno S. 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