I found someone who will sell me 1.5" Thermax @ $59.95/sheet -- which sounds like the prices I have heard elsewhere?
I am wondering if I should stick with the 1" RMax @ $16/sheet for my first build and then use the better material for my second build under the assumption that I am not going to get everything right the first time around? I expect to build something usable for this year on the first attempt -- but then have lots of ideas for improvements after building it and using it for a week :) Also, this year, I only need to sleep 2 in the hexayurt, but next year it could be more. I'm also working on building a solar panel array and a swamp cooler. So, hopefully that can offset the lower R value. Obviously, I have a lot left to build, so I need to get the structure done ASAP, and saving some money on the building materials would help fund the solar. So, as long as the 1" RMax is strong enough (which is sounds like it is) -- or can be cheaply reinforced, it sounds like a good option? I do plan to bevel the edges. And I am building a stretch hexayurt -- which is one of the smaller designs. Using the 1.5" RMax would be great too, but I have not found a source for it in Chicago yet. Big box places like Home Depot would need me to order an entire palette (something like 40-60 sheets). - jeremy p.s. if you are in the Evanston/Chicago area this place can special order the Thermax panels in small quantities, http://www.evanstonlumber.com/products/building-materials $45.95 for 1" $59.95 for 1.5" - jeremy On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 10:34 PM, Jeremy Shaw <jer...@n-heptane.com> wrote: > Hello all! > > I've read that Dow Thermax is better quality than RMax thermaseath. But, > RMax is much easier to obtain (and cheaper?). > > Right now I can run down to home depot and get some 1" RMax. I could also > get them to special order 1.5" (I think). Or I can try to find a > distributor for thermax. > > Are people happy with 1" RMax (for a folding, stretch hexayurt). Or is it > the worth extra time, money, and effort to get something the 1.5" RMax or > even the 1.5" thermax? > > - jeremy > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
