Re: [hexayurt] Re: Video test of Buckminster Fuller's Cooling Effect

2011-08-10 Thread Jack Senechal
So if you put a tall black chimney on top, does it significantly increase air flow I wonder? I'd expect it to in sunny conditions... On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 7:04 PM, KK wrote: > Ok...part 2 of the video test is up. > > http://youtu.be/bJXd71ZaWls > > Foam board covering. Model on ground. > > Outsi

[hexayurt] Re: Video test of Buckminster Fuller's Cooling Effect

2011-08-10 Thread KK
On Aug 10, 2:06 am, Jack Senechal wrote: > So if you put a tall black chimney on top, does it significantly > increase air flow I wonder? I'd expect it to in sunny conditions... Yes, I bet it would. Now imagine a wide, black painted "chamber" in the pipe on top. There would be more surface area t

[hexayurt] Re: Video test of Buckminster Fuller's Cooling Effect

2011-08-10 Thread KK
There is also the small roof turbine: http://youtu.be/nWsVl1t5NQ0 Now, I'd like to put one of these on top and see how my smoke flows through it. Problems with these? The bearings are cheap and freeze up. They also make a lot of noise all night keeping you awake. SoI'm still into an active fa

[hexayurt] Do you still need tape in SF Bay?

2011-08-10 Thread Anna Olivia Moore
Hey folks, I decided not to build a yurt this year (alas) due to time constraints and logistics as an NYC based burner. However, I already ordered my tape and it's waiting for me at my parents' house in Los Altos. If anyone is having trouble getting tape, I'd be happy to sell mine for what I pai

[hexayurt] Yurt - Transport exchange offer

2011-08-10 Thread Amir Jafari
Hey gang, My fiance and I are building a Camp Danger style semi-folding 8' hexayurt with standard 1.0" thick Rmax insulation boards from Home Depot. We'd like to offer it some someone after the burn in exchange for transporting it to our camp on the playa. I'm estimating that it's going to cost

[hexayurt] Re: Yurt - Transport exchange offer

2011-08-10 Thread Amir Jafari
Oh, the pick up is in San Francisco... likely either from Yerba Buena Island (Treasure Island) or Alameda. We are flying in from Vancouver on the 25th and could have it ready for pick up any time between mid-day on the 26th and Sunday night 28th. Plan to leave BRC on Monday, so you would pick it

Re: [hexayurt] Do you still need tape in SF Bay?

2011-08-10 Thread Sonja Hope
I'll take it Sonja 415.225.8428 On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Anna Olivia Moore < annaoliviamo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey folks, > > I decided not to build a yurt this year (alas) due to time constraints and > logistics as an NYC based burner. However, I already ordered my tape and >

Re: [hexayurt] New To Group, Need Info

2011-08-10 Thread Donna Simonds
I am in Lakewood, working my 2nd job. The land is in Timberon, but trying over the phone to get my road cut or I will have to hike in with my materials. I am working straight through possibly September so a road trip to your location will be impossible for now. In one of the videos it was

[hexayurt] Re: New To Group, Need Info

2011-08-10 Thread KK
You at Escapees in Lakewood? Swing on up and see the frame in Roswell. Easy drive. This (+foam boards): http://youtu.be/2tZGLaLeqYc Equals (big version of this): http://youtu.be/bJXd71ZaWls If you can't stand on top of it, you don't want it: http://youtu.be/k0JNJPwY2Ic Watch the videos. On Au