[hexayurt] Re: Grancrete

2008-10-09 Thread The Distinguished ...
Greetings, On Tue, 2008-10-07 at 20:38 +, Troy Jones wrote: > Yes, multistory would be prohibitively difficult. Imagine an array of > connected ones, though, similar to this grouping of connected yurts: > > http://www.yurts.com/images/photo-gallery/large/22_gallery_lrg.jpg > > > That woul

[hexayurt] Re: Open Sustainability Conference - 18th and 19th of October, San Francisco

2008-10-09 Thread Gwen Day
Damn! Wish I could! My son is coming down that weekend and he'd be broken hearted if we went to a "boring" conference instead of Disneyland - it's his first trip to CA. If anyone in SoCal is going and doesn't have their own to show off, you are welcome to set up my 6' at the conference (it's e

[hexayurt] Open Sustainability Conference - 18th and 19th of October, San Francisco

2008-10-09 Thread Vinay Gupta
(watch the reply-all) Looks like a great conference. It's organized by the Appropedia guys, who (of course) are hosting the main Hexayurt web sites etc. and who we collaborate with closely. Anybody able to take a Hexayurt out to this? Vinay PS: cc'd to Chris Watkins, one of the organizers,

[hexayurt] Re: door panel durability

2008-10-09 Thread clynne-googlegro...@ofb.net
On Aug 22, 7:36 am, RichShumaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh crap I just remembered I need to get a door knob. Heh, Rich, we kept forgetting to install a handle or knob or something on the door. Then we decided to make one out of tape. Then we sort of just ... did without. > P.S. I have a

[hexayurt] Re: Burning Man Hexayurt Locations 2008

2008-10-09 Thread clynne-googlegro...@ofb.net
Rick, Thank you for compiling this. I ended up spending the majority of my time "out" of camp less than 100' away from our base camp, but I still appreciated meeting folks who dropped by! Connie-Lynne On Aug 20, 11:19 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Gang, > > Here is the list of Hexayurts I

[hexayurt] Re: door panel durability

2008-10-09 Thread clynne-googlegro...@ofb.net
On Aug 21, 10:41 pm, Arthur Zwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try an aluminum "L" angle bracket the length of the wall, taped to the   > top of the wall as a door header. Brilliant notion! We thought about putting some 2x4 cardboard beams in for reinforcement but this would have packed a lot fl