I do not know if any one would be interested but this is to cool
hexayurt.com/ .
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Re: This is cool
Mon, April 7, 2008 - 2:52 PMIt is an interesting exercise on building emergency housing, but it appears to be less sturdy than a good tent. Since you can find GP Mediums and guide sized tents for comprable prices, what would the Yurt do for you that a tent wouldn't?
It did not look like a storm shelter, built from aluminum coated foam insulation, it would not withstand a 30+ knot wind. You could build a yurt with a lot of different materials though. -
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Mon, April 7, 2008 - 9:45 PMThe more I think about it, the more I want a hobbit-hole.... fire, flood, wind, radiation, bullets..... all mostly negated by the nature of the structure, and it doesn't have the imposing militant appearance of a conventional bunker or bug-out shelter.... You can do it up inside to feel like a cozy cabin, a great little dwelling for family summer camping trips.
www.simondale.net/house/
Nobody said you have to make the kids wear pointy latex ear extensions or rennaissance clothes.
Okay okay This was out of line... I'm sorry for hijacking the thread with that link. Let me go post in on the cheap shelter tribe. -
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Fri, April 11, 2008 - 2:15 PMA hole is the answer to everything. That's why I'm a gopher. -
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Fri, April 11, 2008 - 2:51 PM'Till it rains, then you're a fish in your hole.
The ideas were interesting. You could make a wide variety of shelters in an apocalyptic situation. There would be a lot of debris around to choose from. Probably some human bones for reinforcement as well.
Maybe Mitch was right, just look for the guy who is did prepare, and take his stuff. Then you can live like the grashopper while eating like the ant. Eh? -
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Fri, April 11, 2008 - 6:14 PMI think I'll make my door out of human bones, as a warning to all the other human bones out there...
And I'll make my post-apocalyptic mailbox out of a barbeque grill with a hole shot through it, as a warning to all the robots....
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Fri, April 11, 2008 - 6:19 PMI never said it was useful, just cool.:) My owner wants to build one for Burning man. From what we have read it should stand up well.
I always wanted a hard rock mine for a house. Think of what one could make out of solid rock. -
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Tue, April 15, 2008 - 10:21 AMThe problem with Mineshafts is that they were shored up with whatever was most economically viable at the time, usually wood. While the supports may have been marginally strong back when it was built, they are usually ready to collapse after a few years.
A cave would do you better. They are supported by rock and have stood for millions of years. You just gotta find one big enough to live in. -
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Thu, April 17, 2008 - 7:39 PMBe careful in your cave selection.... most caves, at least where I'm from, grow in height from the top-down...meaning that every so and so many years, a chunk of rock falls out of the ceiling, and I suppose eventually erodes, or tumbles, or whatever out to the rockslide in front. I've never been in a cave when this happened, but many caves I've been in or camped around showed signs that it happened recently.... like a big rock on a freshly smashed plant, etc.
Be careful and watch the ceiling.
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RE: Gers
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 12:36 PMDon't dis the yurt, Dude. By the very nature of it's structure, it is HIGHLY conducive to extreme living conditions. Simply consider the weather conditions of the country of origin. Blowy, to say the least. Also, it bugs out quickly and packs down to nothing, like that magic case in "Glory Road". Three of us chicks were able to put one up, having NEVER done before, working from printed instructions, in three hours, asking questions like "Which one's the 2-buy-4?" Great tent, the yurt.
There's also something really groovy about living in a round domicile. -
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Tue, April 15, 2008 - 12:45 PMBut mine' s pretty canvas, though--not that godawful aluminum mess.
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Tue, April 15, 2008 - 2:48 PMOnce again I find myself enamored with you Mailcious. I have always liked true yurts. It has been my dream house, a yurt or a complex of yurts on acreage surrounded by BLM or National Forest or state Forest on three sides. Don't you think Curt's Yurt has a ring to it?
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Tue, April 15, 2008 - 11:49 AMTake the plans, then use 3/4" marine plywood, treated 2X2s, roof it like a shed with tar paper and shigles and paint it or side it with scourged materials and you'd have a very stable weather tight shelter for under 2000 bucks for any climate. Winterizing it for northern climes could be done for less than 1000 bucks I am pretty sure. A small wood stove and a stove pipe out the side (side easier to keep weather tight than the roof).
