Hexayurt moop recovered along Hwy's 34 & 447 were for the most part, NOT Rmax polyiso, but less expensive insulation and cardboard panels.
We must self regulate before the Borg creates standards we might not like! Would also be great if we could get several hexayurt owners and vendors to participate this year in playa resto along said routes after Exodus. On Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at 8:07:25 AM UTC-7, Vinay Gupta wrote: > > > Hi guys, > > I'm going to put up the Practice Safe Hex stuff in the next week or so, > with a few guidelines for hexayurt best practices to > > 1) reduce the moop apocalypse we unleashed last year, and > > 2) reduce health and safety risks associated with hexayurt use > > I'd also like to get vendors to pledge that they Practice Safe Hex if > possible, so people have at least a few basic guarantees. > > Here's what I've got so far > > 1) nothing cut on the playa, ever - no production moop > > 2) units transported on roofracks to be wedged between plywood sheets or > similar so that road wind and vibration doesn't tear them up and dump bits > all over the exit route > > 3) units to be properly tied down (tape anchors or the rope halo) > > 4) rebar to have tennis balls or bottle caps over them > > 5) a smoke detector in each yurt, near the apex, in case of fire > > we haven't had problems with fire yet, but particularly as people build > larger complexes of hexayurts I start to worry these are becoming more > building-like and we need to start thinking about at least two exits on > opposite sides of the yurt and other fire risk reduction strategies. > > Can anybody think of anything to add to the list before I publicise it? > > I'm also considering putting up a web site listing vendors - a wikipage > might result in edit wars, but if you guys can behave yourselves, that's > probably what I'll do. > > V> > > > -- > *Vinay Gupta * * hexa...@gmail.com <javascript:> * > *http://re.silience.com* <http://re.silience.com> > *Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest* > UK Cell : +44 (0)7500 895568 Twitter/Skype/Gtalk: hexayurt > "In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was > in me an invincible summer" - Albert Camus > -- 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.
