No -- I did essentially what Alex did. For most of my joints, I used 6" wide strips of glued on. But for the velcro joints, I only glued the 3" on the one permanent side. On the other half I attached the velco. I have videos and stuff. It would help if I dug those out.
- jeremy On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 8:57 PM, Ray S <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]> 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. -- 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.
