thanks for clarifications.
> On Apr 30, 2015, at 10:40 PM, dylan toymaker <dylan.toyma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Hal, > > The floor of your hexayurt will be 6 Equilateral triangles with and 8' edge. > they are each made from a sheet of plywood measured one point to the > opposite long side length of 8'. this gives 2 8'x4'x6.93' triangle and a > small rectangular off-cut. > > My crew built a sip-yurt and documented here: > http://dylantoymaker.net/toybox/hexayurt/ > <http://dylantoymaker.net/toybox/hexayurt/> > > floor: > http://dylantoymaker.net/toybox/2012/12/27/portable-hexayurt-base/ > <http://dylantoymaker.net/toybox/2012/12/27/portable-hexayurt-base/> > > > the biggest challenge to making an easy to assemble sip yurt is the corners. > either you bevel or you make corner parallelograms. make a really good 3d > model first. we wanted a full foam seal all the way around, so no internal > lumber in the SIP to create thermal bridging. There are so many things to > balance, but if I had the space, I would use a thicker SIP with wood at the > edges to make bevelling easier and the corner connections stronger. > > our floors in this build are also SIPs - but they need a frame support > because SIPs are not typically structural on their sides. > > > good luck on your design plan! > > dylan > > > On Tuesday, 28 April 2015 13:43:53 UTC-6, Hal M wrote: > On the playa, the playa is the floor, atop which goes a heavy duty tarp. > > Do NOT use these panels as flooring. Your first step onto one of them will be > the ruin of that panel. > > Alt would be plywood. > > > > On Apr 28, 2015, at 12:26 PM, RichShumaker <richsh...@ <>gmail.com > > <http://gmail.com/>> wrote: > > > > I know the walls and ceiling methods using 4' by 8' panels. > > What would the floor be or how would the floor be done using 4' by 8' > > panels? > > > > I would love a SIP system for the entire structure from the floor to the > > roof. > > Would need to know the best footers as well. I was thinking corner footers > > with a center footer that is larger. > > > > Also for permanent install it would be cool to extend the roof on one wall > > to create an airlock entrance / porch for shoes and jackets. > > You could mirror this idea on the other side of the hex for a small > > bathroom as well. > > For both of these I would be using an 8 foot wall not 4 foot. Keeping the > > slope the same I think it falls from 8 foot to 6 foot over 4 feet but my > > math may be wrong and so the roof may not match the slope if done this way, > > which is fine by me unless I build in heavy snow country. > > > > Thanks everyone for your help. > > > > Rich Shumaker > > > > -- > > 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+u...@ <>googlegroups.com <http://googlegroups.com/>. > > To post to this group, send email to hexa...@ <>googlegroups.com > > <http://googlegroups.com/>. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt > > <http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt>. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > 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 > <mailto:hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to hexayurt@googlegroups.com > <mailto:hexayurt@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt > <http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- 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/d/optout.
