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> There are already better "hexayurt" designs for BM better-designed to block/reflect all sunlight, made with foilized foam boards. Have you ever actually occ
by pengaru 3y ago
> There are already better "hexayurt" designs for BM better-designed to block/reflect all sunlight, made with foilized foam boards.
Have you ever actually occupied a hexayurt throughout a full summer day at burning man?
My limited experience was that the typical one as executed @BM is just a dark, sweaty, oven. Excellent insulation by itself is a trap. Once you insulate a space with polyiso, you need good ventilation and heat removal. It's not really a good match for something so ad-hoc.
- Scoundreller 3y agoNegative, but they appear popular. My guess is that they buy you a few extra hours of coolness in the morning if you open/close openings at the right time. Obvs you don't want to be in a hermetically sealed box ever.
- jdblair 3y agoA hexayurt with a standard window air conditioner powered by a generator is glorious. Ours was tall enough to stand in and also had designer wallpaper. A 12V-powered filtered ventilation system meant the AC didn't need to be turned on until close to noon.
- marssaxman 3y agoHow did you affix the wallpaper?
- jdblair 3y agoWallpaper paste.
- marssaxman 3y agoI am surprised that it sticks! We'll have to try that with ours; the manufacturer logos are not such a pleasant look.
- marssaxman 3y agoYou do need ventilation, but that's not hard; a small swamp cooler (plus a box fan) kept us as cool as we wanted to be: http://www.yurtcooler.com/ http://www.yurtcooler.com/