Hey lucky - what kind of paint did you use? And also - any advice on how the tension ring of tape goes around (over/under) the anchors - this doesn't make total sense in my head and the sites/wiki's don't really address this directly. thanks! My opinion is that it would be better to keep the tensio...

I also have another question: I'm making the semifolding yurt with hopes of making it very reusable. Therefore, I'm adding extra tape on every seam that will require tape to be applied over it during on-playa construction, and the goal is that the tape will only ever touch tape. Then, when it comes ...

GOOD NEWS + ONE LAST QUESTION - We successfully built the yurt yesterday. It was an amazing feeling. When we trapped our friend inside and got the roof on the walls, and it all seemed to click together in place, a sudden weight flew off my shoulders and the dust on my fingertips started to tingle t...

[quote="jkisha"]Well, it looks good on paper. Like Kman said, the wind blows hard out there and I'd still like to hear back after the design is playa tested. If it were me, I'd also have a backup plan like a latch or something that you could install if the wind becomes a problem. A backup plan is ne...

I'll be curious to hear how the magnet door latch works out. Please post your experience with this here after the burn. Thank you EVERYONE for your input regarding staking the yurt down. I also wanted to share an idea I came up with regarding door latching.....not sure how well it will work yet, bu...

I'll be curious to hear how the magnet door latch works out. Please post your experience with this here after the burn. Thank you EVERYONE for your input regarding staking the yurt down. I also wanted to share an idea I came up with regarding door latching.....not sure how well it will work yet, bu...

Winds blow HARD on the playa. Those magnets had better be REALLY strong. Right. Well, there are two things to worry about, the door blowing in, and the door blowing out. To prevent the door blowing in, I cut the door jamb at a 45 degree angle, so that the structure of the door jamb itself will keep...

Thank you EVERYONE for your input regarding staking the yurt down. I also wanted to share an idea I came up with regarding door latching.....not sure how well it will work yet, but I will be implementing this weekend and can update based on my success/failure: I have built 4 semi-folding yurts for m...

I am sure this has been addressed a bunch of times, but I still need to ask: For a standard 8 ft hexayurt, is it sufficient to use just a total of 6, 18inch, J-shaped rebar stakes? It would be one at each corner tied down through the tape anchor method. I have seen others that use 12 of these, but i...