So, you should decide on the duty cycle for your structure :) Building something for year-around use and building something for "one week of severe weather per year and the rest of the time sitting in the garage" structure are two significantly different projects. In fact one-week-per-year use does allow you to update/improve/fix up your building before the next use, so even less than ideal materials still make sense.
For example, if some of your panels are damaged or backing does peel off, it is still possible to just cut new ones at a cost of $20-30 per year and reuse the hinges. If your zippers/velcro don't hold anymore you can glue on new ones right next to the old location (it has been my experience that glue-on velcro glue is insanely strong in this application and in fact I want to know what they use, since I was not able to find anything even remotely as strong to glue sew-on velcro on :)). Main long-term storage concerns for polyiso panels are UV and water - foam does shrink under sunlight and water does cause mold, so make sure your yurt is safely stored. And of course as Vinay says, a roll of bdf tape makes a great insurance policy (just don't try to apply it in higher humidity, like in the middle of the night in BRC, and don't count on it to last under UV or in storage). Looking forward to the pictures, Vladimir On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 8:39 AM, Jacob Rodriguez <fractalsp...@gmail.com>wrote: > Yea, I totally agree about doing the sampling. That's why I'm starting > this early in the year. And I had also been wondering about the stability > of the foil side. Having it rip right off is a reason I didn't think the > button snaps would work well. What would be interesting would be to cover > the entire surface with white nylon (to preserve reflectivity). Fabric > coated triangles that are completely waterproof (possibly using the Ultra > Ever Dry mentioned below) could be a bit more durable than just the > standard backings provided by the manufacturer. > > I had also thought about sandwiching the pieces between thin sheets of > plexiglass to add extra strength to the board. Lots of ideas running around > in my head. The problem is (as my wife is so kind to point out), they are > all way more complicated than they need to be. > > It would be awesome to create carbon-fibre triangles as they could > actually be drilled and hinged. Making it dust and water proof would then > become the issue. > > I'll keep posting here (with pictures when I can) to keep track of my > progress. > > Thanks! > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to hexayurt@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to hexayurt@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
