Re:Jupe: Off-grid shelters that pop up anywhere on Earth
by Scoundreller on Sunday October 15, 2023 @02:56AM
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Negative, 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.
Re:Jupe: Off-grid shelters that pop up anywhere on Earth
by jdblair on Sunday October 15, 2023 @03:31AM
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A 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.
Re:Jupe: Off-grid shelters that pop up anywhere on Earth
by marssaxman on Sunday October 15, 2023 @02:58PM
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How did you affix the wallpaper?
Re:Jupe: Off-grid shelters that pop up anywhere on Earth
by jdblair on Sunday October 15, 2023 @04:19PM
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Wallpaper paste.
Re:Jupe: Off-grid shelters that pop up anywhere on Earth
by marssaxman on Monday October 16, 2023 @12:47PM
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I am surprised that it sticks! We'll have to try that with ours; the manufacturer logos are not such a pleasant look.
Re:Jupe: Off-grid shelters that pop up anywhere on Earth
by marssaxman on Sunday October 15, 2023 @02:58PM
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You 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:
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.