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I may be camping with friends who don't like to run any generators.Bounce530 wrote:To prevent any joint slipage, I ran a sheet metal screw through the joints into the ribs. With the tarp I zig-zagged a rope through the tarp eyelets to rebar at the four corners. I also ran a rope from one end to the other and tied it to the roof rack of my van, then another rope from one end back to the other, and down to the ground. The thing never moved, all week long. I didn't pound the rebar very square so the tarp wasn't quite right, but...fuck it...it worked, and worked very well for what it was.
I wonder if Burners without Borders could use the PVC.Snow wrote:I also gotta say it seems MUCH easier to just buy PVC localy than to truck it half way across the country on top of a car. Seems like the MPG savings would pay for new PVC every trip.
F THAT!Just throw it in the trash like any other red blooded american. You aren't some kind of commie hippie nazi are you?theCryptofishist wrote:I wonder if Burners without Borders could use the PVC.Snow wrote:I also gotta say it seems MUCH easier to just buy PVC localy than to truck it half way across the country on top of a car. Seems like the MPG savings would pay for new PVC every trip.
I wouldn't use netting, it's pretty fragile and if it gets torn or burned by a cigarrette ember, it'll shred easilyeureka wrote:We're thinking about building a Monkey Hut for this years (our first burn). It's only purpose will be as a communal chill out shade area. No tents / sleeping underneath it.
Has anyone used shade cloth instead of a tarp? Does the extra ventilation affect how heavily the cover needs to be staked down?
What about something like this? http://www.shindigz.com/party/Forest-Green-Netting.cfm Good idea? Bad idea? Terrible idea?
Thanks!
We used a custom piece of cloth from here https://www.thenaturalhome.com/shadecloth.htmeureka wrote:We're thinking about building a Monkey Hut for this years (our first burn). It's only purpose will be as a communal chill out shade area. No tents / sleeping underneath it.
Has anyone used shade cloth instead of a tarp? Does the extra ventilation affect how heavily the cover needs to be staked down?
What about something like this? http://www.shindigz.com/party/Forest-Green-Netting.cfm Good idea? Bad idea? Terrible idea?
Thanks!
I tell you what, I would MUCH RATHER have something that came apart at the connections rather than broke. So much simpler to put something back together than to replace a support, especially when you are miles from anywhere. Best-case scenario for me would be a house-of-cards type event if my Monkey Hut fails out there. So yeah I'm focused on making sure the cover stays put.Bluemandrew wrote:Also, as an update, ours has now stood through a second New England Winter, and while it did collapse, once the snow melted I was able to put it all back together. I wouldn't feel too bad about it collapsing, as many buildings collapsed this winter, even real ones not made out of PVC
The legs ARE cut into 5 foot sections, with a 2.5 foot sleeve connecting them back together.
Edited to say: I guess collapsing means it didn't really stand through the winter...but it did survive
You don't need X connectors - following a tip I found (on tribe.net I believe, or maybe here, can't remember), we tied the spine to the ribs with innertube tires - works awesome! We had huge gusts of wind the other day and the thing held up fine. We also cut our ribs into 6' chunks, used 2.5' pieces of the 1-1/4" as "connectors" and made 24' ribs (instead of the standard 20') by piecing together 4 6' pieces of the 1", spaced them 6' apart and used a 12' spine. Makes the hut much roomier with lots of headroom for the tall folks.jlaux42 wrote:I've always used tarps and not cloth, but I've had 1-1/4" X connectors snap before, even in relatively modest dust-storm-free experimentation off-playa. (Learning experience: Bring spare X connectors to the desert.) I wouldn't go smaller for structural joints. You could use the 3/4" pipe for reinforcing the spine, as a spare rib in case one breaks, or for signs, showers, art, etc.