Re: [hexayurt] Swamp coolers

2012-08-18 Thread ken winston caine
Wonder if this will work well? Not clear on the what the elbow is about. Is that for air intake or the mist exhaust? Would you incorporate a fan to quickly move dry air through the moist exhaust and help circulate the cooler air that results from evaporation? My swamp cooling experience tells m

Re: [hexayurt] Swamp coolers

2012-08-18 Thread Chita Jing
But how well does it work? Did you check it out? How large a space did it cool and how much cooling did it do? Was there a water-supply problem? On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Bill Senger wrote: > I'm lazy and didn't have the time to build a bucket swamp cooler as > described in Instructa

Re: [hexayurt] Building a 6ft strech yurt

2012-08-18 Thread The Distinguished ...
Hrm ... an interesting thought ... If I recall the construction of Danger-style hinges, there is a small sleeve area, in the hinge itself. If your measurements are particularly accurate, and you have the ability to do so, drive some rebar that will fit into those sleeves straight down into the gr

Re: [hexayurt] Re: Hexayurt Interior Design

2012-08-18 Thread The Distinguished ...
Greetings, As a thought, when making the roof hinge(s) incorporating a (series of) tape-loop(s) (similar to the tie-down tape-loops) allows you to hang things from the inside ceiling, without damaging the panels, and the weight actually pulls the panels tighter together (since it's attached to the

[hexayurt] Re: Tape for days!

2012-08-18 Thread Wendy Phares
Hi Matt, I live down in Nevada City and am a last minute hexayurter. I need 6 rolls, so Ill take whatever you are willing to part with and can come up on monday. Many many many thanks boo. xoxo On Thursday, August 16, 2012 2:43:46 PM UTC-7, Matt wrote: > > I recently purchased 16 rolls of 6i

[hexayurt] Re: Exhaust for swamp cooler

2012-08-18 Thread Chasomatic
Ray, I used a very similar swamp cooler, the Home Depot bucket, but I had a lot more holes in the bucket probably The top half of the bucket was holes, this gave me a lot more airflow and I think it made my cooler much more efficient. I also put in a standoff of pipe insulation on the inside of

[hexayurt] Re: Exhaust for swamp cooler

2012-08-18 Thread Chasomatic
I put them in there spaced one filter every two panels. They were about a foot down from the peak but I didn't even think about it raining actually but it worked beautifully with the positive inflow from the swamp cooler. A nice feature is the fact that the filters didn't interfere with me fold

Re: [hexayurt] Seeking 2-3 rolls 6" filament tape in SF!

2012-08-18 Thread Alejandro Moreno
Noam, did you see Matt's email "Tape for Days"? (pasted below). He has tape for $60/roll, last minute acquisitions like his meant higher cost I imagine, but at least he's got tape. "*I recently purchased 16 rolls of 6in (144mm) bi-directional filament tape. It's really hard for all of us procras