Re: [hexayurt] New To Group, Need Info

2011-08-12 Thread Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project)
I think you'd very likely be OK in a good thick marine ply, but that's a question for a structural engineer - we don't want anybody crossing their fingers and having a hexayurt fall on them! In general, once you move out of the "foam and cardboard" domain into real construction, safety becomes muc

Re: [hexayurt] New To Group, Need Info

2011-08-12 Thread Donna Simonds
Ken, thanks for the reply: When I wintered up in the mountains west of Capitan we had cougar and bobcat who laid claim to the area. It was not not uncommon to see their tracks in the snow drifts around my RV, or, for me to hear the sudden thud on my roof of four paws after dark. The mighty lit

Re: [hexayurt] New To Group, Need Info

2011-08-12 Thread ken winston caine
> -- > *From:* ken winston caine > *To:* hexayurt@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 9, 2011 6:37 PM > *Subject:* Re: [hexayurt] New To Group, Need Info > > RoadScribe, where are you in New Mexico? I'm completely off grid not far >

Re: [hexayurt] New To Group, Need Info

2011-08-10 Thread Donna Simonds
, now living in tent cities.   RoadScribe > >From: ken winston caine >To: hexayurt@googlegroups.com >Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2011 6:37 PM >Subject: Re: [hexayurt] New To Group, Need Info > > >RoadScribe, where are you in New Mexico? I'

Re: [hexayurt] New To Group, Need Info

2011-08-09 Thread ken winston caine
RoadScribe, where are you in New Mexico? I'm completely off grid not far from Santa Fe and am doing something similar this month and next with an adapted/modified hexayurt design. Looks like I'll be experimenting with poured (and sprayed) fidobe forms. If you're not far away, maybe we could share

Re: [hexayurt] New To Group, Need Info

2011-08-09 Thread Joshua Keroes
If you intend to keep food inside, I'm wondering if steel isn't a good option. Bear are no joke. On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 8:18 AM, RoadScribe wrote: > Recently, I bought a small piece of land up in the New Mexico > mountains. I am interested in your Hexayurt as an inexpensive shelter > I could bui

[hexayurt] New To Group, Need Info

2011-08-09 Thread RoadScribe
Recently, I bought a small piece of land up in the New Mexico mountains. I am interested in your Hexayurt as an inexpensive shelter I could build myself, as opposed to a tent, that could be left build on the property. Weather conditions could include high winds and hail. Wildlife in the area are be