Re: [hexayurt] Re: Hexayurt Interior Design

2011-09-22 Thread Pichard Kempo Karate
I noticed that you have put your swamp cooler inside and not outside. I was wondering why ppl put theirs outside and not inside. -- fabien On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Alejandro wrote: > Hi Paul, > I have just a few interior shots of my setup at BM this year along with the > rest of the setu

[hexayurt] Re: Hexayurt Interior Design

2011-09-22 Thread Pete Baker
Paul, We stuck old newspaper clippings to the inside of our yurt using paste made from flour and water. It wasn't spectactular but was way better than the R-MAX logos, plus all it took was an hour or so of cutting and sticking. Total cost $0. I'd love to show you a picture but it seems that

Re: [hexayurt] Re: H15?

2011-09-22 Thread Alejandro Moreno
@ Razi, got it, thanks! On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Al Razi Masri wrote: > @Alejandro > > I need to learn to be clearer. I meant I doubt a H14 would work in ployiso > or ply after having read and experienced the structural changes the roof > alteration has made to the H13. So moving on from

[hexayurt] Re: Hexayurt Interior Design

2011-09-22 Thread Alejandro
Cody, that's a furnace filter. It's the NaturalAire Eco-pleat furnace filter. 16 x 25 x 1 I believe, has an FPR 6 rating. 100% post- consumer content too. I got it at Home Despot. It's rated up to 90 days, though I imagine that's in a home setting, not on the playa. I brushed dust out of it s

Re: [hexayurt] Re: H15?

2011-09-22 Thread Al Razi Masri
@Alejandro I need to learn to be clearer. I meant I doubt a H14 would work in ployiso or ply after having read and experienced the structural changes the roof alteration has made to the H13. So moving on from this I decided to skip the idea of what could be done with 14 sheets and move straight to

[hexayurt] Re: H15?

2011-09-22 Thread Alejandro
@ Razi, Just curious, what did you mean exactly by "From what I have read concerning the H13 I still doubt it would work with the Polyoso constructions either " ? In what context, situation are you thinking an H13 wouldn't work? In disaster relief situations? We built an H13 and used it at BM t

Re: [hexayurt] Re: Hexayurt Interior Design

2011-09-22 Thread Cody Firestone
is that an opaque window or a furnace filter. It looks REALLY nice, kinda of like the mid-evil glass windows with all the small panes of glass. You MIGHT be able to modify a furnace filter to have a couple of clear panes of glass. Think, cut out the filter in that section, use a small piece of gl

Re: [hexayurt] H15?

2011-09-22 Thread Cody Firestone
well, yes you are correct, however PlayaTech may have been more well known in this burner heavy group. I DO have a copy of the nomadic furniture original! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to hexayurt

[hexayurt] Re: Hexayurt Interior Design

2011-09-22 Thread Alejandro
Hi Paul, I have just a few interior shots of my setup at BM this year along with the rest of the setup and a few exterior shots in a folder of mine on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150297076217393.333665.554617392&l=b0898e0e81&type=1 I didn't do anything fancy like cl

Re: [hexayurt] H15?

2011-09-22 Thread Al Razi Masri
And on further consideration as fun as all these other constructions methods are I'm gonna keep working on designs directly related to the disaster relief aspect of the hexayurt, as simple as possible. On 22 September 2011 14:31, Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project) < hexay...@gmail.com> wrote:

Re: [hexayurt] H15?

2011-09-22 Thread Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project)
"Nomadic furniture" is, far as i know, where that sort of design originated, not PlayaTech. They got right up my nose a few years ago, but no more said of that. V> ps: plywood bends, to lock in the last side, and rain sucks. On 22 Sep 2011 14:22, "Al Razi Masri" wrote: I have only worked with

Re: [hexayurt] H15?

2011-09-22 Thread Al Razi Masri
I have only worked with plywood construction which have used nailing blocks. I never considered playatech. I'm gonna have to take a crack at that later On 22 September 2011 14:13, Cody Firestone <4x4c...@gmail.com> wrote: > > reviewing the sketch up, it has nailing blocks inside? > > > -- > You

Re: [hexayurt] H15?

2011-09-22 Thread Cody Firestone
reviewing the sketch up, it has nailing blocks inside? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to hexayurt@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.c

Re: [hexayurt] H15?

2011-09-22 Thread Cody Firestone
so looking at your design change, it seems you are using slotted panels? like in PlayaTECh furniture? they SLOT into each other to provide the rigidity? On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 8:31 AM, razi wrote: > Someone of the Facebook Hexayurt group recently showed his H14 > prototype. I have reservati

Re: [hexayurt] Swamp cooler tech

2011-09-22 Thread Cody Firestone
Can you post photos / design of your swamp cooler? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to hexayurt@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.

Re: [hexayurt] H15?

2011-09-22 Thread Lucas González
Alternating Sri Lankan corners seems to leave room for vertical poles, good for reinforcement. So does coincident corners, but it's different. (Will end up having to learn to use SketchUp or similar software. Some other life.) Lucas 2011/9/22 razi > Someone of the Facebook Hexayurt group recent

[hexayurt] Re: H15?

2011-09-22 Thread razi
In case I wasn't clear enough H14 simply applies the H13 roof modification to both sides totally removing the reciprocating nature of the roof -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to hexayurt@googlegroups

[hexayurt] Swamp cooler tech

2011-09-22 Thread Mike Katell
Hi everyone, It was great meeting some of you at the happy hour - and getting to thank the Danger team personally for their online yurt design contributions. It was our second year doing an H12 hexayurt - much improved experience setting up and breaking down using the Danger Camp folding method. W

[hexayurt] Hexayurt Interior Design

2011-09-22 Thread Paul Van Heden
While I can find lots of plans & pics for construction of hexayurts, there are few images or descriptions of how people set up _inside_ the structure. Does anyone have any interior decorating ideas/suggestions/pics? - pvh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gr

[hexayurt] H15?

2011-09-22 Thread razi
Someone of the Facebook Hexayurt group recently showed his H14 prototype. I have reservation on if it would work. I have only worked on ply/osb hexayurts and right now I would not trust it in the slightest. From what I have read concerning the H13 I still doubt it would work with the Polyoso constr