So just to clarify a bit more - Jeremy it sounds like you actually put Velcro inside of the angled joints, so that when the yurt was put into position it would come into contact? If so, this seems a bit different than Alexander's description, as it appears he took a 6" piece of Cordura, sewed loops to that, glued the Cordura to the flat part of a joining side, and then glued the hooks to the other joining side, so the velcro is not inside the angled joints themselves, but on the outside facing. I have an H12 yurt and am thinking this may be more robust for the bigger yurts. Alexander, any chance you could link us to the Velcro you bought? I found some hook and loop 2" velcro at $50 for 50 yards on ebay, but not sure if the strength will be comparable.
-Ray On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 5:16:18 PM UTC-8, Jeremy Shaw wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Ray S <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Also do you connect the roof to > > the walls via this velcro method as well? (Replacing the tape ring). > > In my case, I modeled mine after this video: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itb3VG6zcdc > > The joints that he has to take apart I used velcro instead of > tape/vinyl/etc. Additionally, I also made the joint across the roof be > velcro so that I actually had two separate halves. I did that, in > part, because it is the only way it would fit the yurt down the stairs > and out of my apartment. Except -- I forgot to actually put the velcro > on (oops). So, on the playa, the top joint wasn't fastened at all. > But, running ratchet straps over the top seemed to hold the top > together plenty well. Plus it did have the velcro on the angled parts > of the roof. Only the completely horizontal part lacked velcro. > > - jeremy > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
