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FOLDED HOMES
FOLDED HOMES SHELTER FAQs
(Frequently Asked Questions)
Folded Homes Proprietary
Copyright 2008
Version 1.11 1/10//2009
Folded Homes LLC
2824 NW Garryanna Drive
Corvallis, Oregon 97330-3509
(570) 240-7121
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  • Page 1 Folded Homes FAQs ® FOLDED HOMES FOLDED HOMES SHELTER FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) Folded Homes Proprietary Copyright 2008 Version 1.11 1/10//2009 Folded Homes LLC 2824 NW Garryanna Drive Corvallis, Oregon 97330-3509 (570) 240-7121 www.foldedhomes.com Page 1 of 90...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    10 QUESTIONS TO ASK ABOUT SHELTERS ............8 3-D PROMOTIONAL BILLBOARDS & EVENT KIOSKS........11 AREA & VOLUME – HOW BIG IS A FH YURT? ..........12 YURT FEATURE COMPARISON ( LITEYURT, UTIYURT, TEKYURT) .....13 CUSTOMIZING TEKYURTS & UTIYURTS ............15 DAMPNESS & HUMIDITY (FH YURTS).............16 DOOR DIMENSIONS (FH YURTS) ..............17...
  • Page 3 WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY (FH YURTS) ...........35 WINDOW DIMENSIONS (TEKYURTS) ..............36 ASSEMBLY (A) ....................37 ASSEMBLY – WHAT TOOLS ARE REQUIRED? (FH YURTS) ......37 ASSEMBLY MANUAL (LITEYURT INTERNATIONAL VERSION) .....38 ASSEMBLY TEAM (FH YURTS) ................39 ASSEMBLY TECHNOLOGY (FH YURTS) ............40 ASSEMBLY TIME (FH YURTS)................41 ANCHORING TO THE GROUND (FH YURTS)..........42...
  • Page 4 Folded Homes FAQs DOOR-HANDLE REPAIR (TEKYURTS & UTIYURTS) ........56 HINGE REPAIR (FH YURTS) ................58 REPAIRING EXTRUDED PLASTIC..............58 ROOF LEAK REPAIR (FH YURTS)..............58 STORING YOUR PLASTIC SHELTER...............59 PERFORMANCE, MATERIALS & TESTING (PMT) ..........60 BEAR ATTACK – HOW TOUGH IS EXTRUDED PLASTIC? ......60 DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING (FH YURTS)...........60...
  • Page 5 VALUE EQUATION – WHAT IS SHELTER PROVISION’S REAL COST?..80 VOLUME ORDER QUOTATIONS ..............83 WARRANTY (FH YURTS) ..................83 FOLDED HOMES, LLC (FH) ................85 ALLIANCE PACKAGING - FOLDED HOMES PARTNER ........85 FOLDED HOMES’ EXPERIENCED TEAM ............85 FOLDED HOMES MISSION ................87 FOLDED HOMES PRODUCT LOGO ..............87 MONGOLIAN YURT –...

  • Page 6: Folded Homes Faqs

    • Maintenance (M) • Performance, Materials & Testing (PMT) • Purchasing & Delivery (PD) • Folded Homes LLC (FH) • Production, Sales, & Distribution (PSD) In each of these subject areas, the question titles are organized alphabetically. • Access individual FAQs by clicking on their title listed under the subject areas in the Customer Support Web page.

  • Page 7: Faq Accuracy

    (Return to Table of Contents) - FAQ ACCURACY ® Our FAQ data base grows as people ask Folded Homes questions. If you have a question that is not answered in our FAQ data base or you need a clarification, submit your question by sending us an email at info@foldedhomes.com...

  • Page 8: Shelter Characteristics (Sc)

    Folded Homes FAQs SHELTER CHARACTERISTICS (SC) 10 QUESTIONS TO ASK ABOUT SHELTERS There are a lot of shelter solutions out there. How do you go about choosing which one is right for your needs? What issues need to be considered? Some, like seasonal weather conditions are pretty obvious.
  • Page 9 Folded Homes FAQs • Small rooms are easier to heat and generally support snow-loads better. How big is big enough? [See SC:AREA & VOLUME – HOW BIG IS A FH YURT?] • Long term human habitation requires privacy. It requires a sense of security.
  • Page 10 Urdu, will there be a problem? Can a team lead demonstrate assembly without speaking the local language? [See A:ASSEMBLY MANUAL (LITEYURT INTERNATIONAL VERSION)] 6. How fault-tolerant is the shelter? • People rarely read the assembly manual. They frequently assemble things imperfectly.

  • Page 11: 3-D Promotional Billboards & Event Kiosks

    A FH Yurt’s rectangular wall and triangular roof segments simplify the graphic ® design process. Contact Folded Homes for further details. (Created 1/9/2008) (Return to Table of Contents)

  • Page 12: Area & Volume - How Big Is A Fh Yurt

    Folded Homes FAQs AREA & VOLUME – HOW BIG IS A FH YURT? There three members of the FH family of yurts; the LiteYurt, UtiYurt, TekYurt. twenty-sided TekYurt and UtiYurt have identical area and volume, while ten-sided LiteYurt different dimensions.

  • Page 13: Yurt Feature Comparison ( Liteyurt, Utiyurt, Tekyurt)

    Folded Homes FAQs the walls is 10 feet (3.05 m). The LiteYurt is a single-walled circular shelter with a cone roof comprised of ten 3’ (0.9144m) wide wall and door panels and ten roof panels. Both the walls and roof are supported by 4” deep (0.1016m) ribs that lend the structure rigidity.
  • Page 14 Folded Homes FAQs Folded Homes FAQs Page 14 of 90 Page 14 of 90...

  • Page 15: Customizing Tekyurts & Utiyurts

    Folded Homes FAQs [See SC:LITEYURTS – WHAT ARE THEY?, SC:UTIYURTS – WHAT ARE THEY?, SC:TEKYURTS – WHAT ARE THEY?, SC:AREA & VOLUME – HOW BIG IS A FH YURT?] (Created 9/24/2008) (Return to Table of Contents) CUSTOMIZING TEKYURTS & UTIYURTS...

  • Page 16: Dampness & Humidity (Fh Yurts)

    • Two TekYurts connected together using a Connector Kit. Both TekYurts have four windows arranged around them. For safety, both TekYurts have a separate entrance to the outside. Folded Homes recommends that all FH Yurts that will be used for human habitation have a direct exit door from each room to the outside.

  • Page 17: Door Dimensions (Fh Yurts)

    (Return to Table of Contents) DOOR DIMENSIONS (FH YURTS) For simplicity of design, LiteYurt doors are folded out of the standard LiteYurt wall panel. Therefore they have a overall dimension of 3’ (0.9144m) wide by 5’ (1.5m) tall. LiteYurts are wheelchair accessible.

  • Page 18: Emergency Exits (Fh Yurts)

    Folded Homes FAQs TekYurts can be assembled with single panel Long doors instead of Dutch doors. The two varieties are interchangeable. [See SC:FH YURT LONG-DOOR KIT] (Created 12/19/2007) (Return to Table of Contents) EMERGENCY EXITS (FH YURTS) FH Yurt walls are quite robust and not easily torn open. In the event of an emergency, the only way to get out fast is through one of the FH Yurts external doors or a TekYurt window, though the latter are 44 3/4”...

  • Page 19: Fh Yurts - Folded Homes Yurts

    (Updated 9/24/2008) (Return to Table of Contents) FOUR-SEASON PERFORMANCE (TEKYURTS & UTIYURTS) Unlike the single-walled LiteYurt, the double-walled TekYurts and UtiYurts are true four-season structures designed to perform well in extreme conditions of ® heat, cold, wind, rain, and snow. Folded Homes has intentionally kept the size of the TekYurts and UtiYurts small because it is easier to heat a small space.

  • Page 20: Headroom (Fh Yurts)

    Folded Homes FAQs FH Yurts will not collapse under snow-loads [See PMT:SNOW-LOADING (FH YURTS)], and an ingenious system of interior gutters wicks rain water off the roof and away from the walls. [See SC:KEEPING DRY - ROOF DESIGN (FH YURTS), and SC:DAMPNESS &...

  • Page 21: Insect & Pest Control (Fh Yurts)

    The ground flaps extending out from the bottom of the FH Yurt walls make it difficult for animals to burrow under the walls. The wall and roof panels of the LiteYurt interlock in a way that prevents pests from entering through these joints. However the very basic LiteYurt door does not seal tightly unless additionally sealed by screens.

  • Page 22: Keeping Dry - Roof Design (Fh Yurts)

    A simple but effective system of deep interlocking ‘V’-gutters between the roof panels of FH Yurts keeps the water out. (left image) These gutters extend out beyond the roof and side walls of the single-walled LiteYurt to carry water away from structure.

  • Page 23: Keeping Warm - Wood-Burning Stoves In Fh Yurts

    Folded Homes FAQs (Return to Table of Contents) KEEPING WARM - WOOD-BURNING STOVES IN FH YURTS Yurts constructed extruded plastic. Extruded plastic will burn. Under CIRCUMSTANCES should Yurt come in direct contact with flame. Under no circumstances should open flames...

  • Page 24: Lighting (Fh Yurts)

    Folded Homes FAQs LIGHTING (FH YURTS) Yurts manufactured from extruded polypropylene plastic sheets that allow considerable natural light into structure even when doors windows completely closed (see image of grass growing inside a FH Yurt a year after it erected.)

  • Page 25: Liteyurts - What Are They

    LiteYurts are rigid-walled structures that are more than tent replacements, they are house substitutes. The LiteYurt is the simplest member of the Folded Homes Yurt family. Ten identical roof panels and ten identical wall/door panels form shell.

  • Page 26: Locking (Tekyurts)

    At 90 lbs. (40.82kg), a LiteYurt is light enough to be packed to its final destination on a donkey or a strong man’s back.

  • Page 27: Multi-Room Fh Yurt Structures

    Any TekYurt or UtiYurt can be connected to as many as five other TekYurts or UtiYurts. Any LiteYurt can be connected to as many as five other LiteYurts. What is more, those structures can be organized to also create enclosed external spaces or compounds which allow you to control access to the internal compound.

  • Page 28: Plumbing (Fh Yurts)

    Folded Homes FAQs TekYurts UtiYurts are connected together with short 8” connecting passageway s that come with a single full-length internal door that closes either one of the two ends of the passageway. You use a FH YURT CONNECTOR KIT to connect two TekYurts or UtiYurts together.

  • Page 29: Privacy (Fh Yurts)

    Even the single layer of these plastic sheets that form the walls and roof of the LiteYurt provide complete privacy. The walls and roof of a TekYurt or an UtiYurt are 3” (7.62 cm) thick with each of the sides of this thick wall formed from these extruded plastic sheets.

  • Page 30: Reusability (Fh Yurts)

    Folded Homes FAQs headroom throughout and are amply large in real-world situations. When connected together to form multi-room dwellings they will meet any capacity requirement. [See SC:AREA & VOLUME – HOW BIG IS A FH YURT?, and SC:MULTI- ROOM FH YURT...

  • Page 31: Tekyurts - What Are They

    Folded Homes FAQs TEKYURTS – WHAT ARE THEY? TekYurt’s are true semi- permanent, four-season shelters that easily combined into multi-room structures. Capable being assembled by a single- person in less than a day without the use of any specialized tools...
  • Page 32 Folded Homes FAQs TekYurts come with a locking Dutch door window standard equipment. They can be customized with additional doors and windows and connected to other TekYurts or UtiYurts. Light enough to be packed to their final destination on the backs of two...

  • Page 33: Utiyurts - What Are They

    Folded Homes FAQs UTIYURTS – WHAT ARE THEY? UtiYurt’s true semi- permanent, four-season shelters that can be easily combined into multi-room structures. Capable of being assembled by a single- person in less than a day without the use of any specialized tools or...
  • Page 34 Folded Homes FAQs ventilation to keep the shelter cool in environments insulated for cold environments using any locally available biomass. [See PMT:PASSIVE VENTILATION – WHAT’S THAT?, A:INSULATING DOUBLE-WALLED YURTS] UtiYurts can be heated with a wood burning stove vented through the double-insulated roof vent.

  • Page 35: Ventilating (Fh Yurts)

    WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY (FH YURTS) Wheelchair accessible doors must be at least 32” (81.9cm) wide making the 36” (91.44cm) wide LiteYurt door wheelchair accessible. At 17.75” (45.1 cm) wide, the standard TekYurt and UtiYurt door is not wide enough to accommodate wheelchairs.

  • Page 36: Window Dimensions (Tekyurts)

    Folded Homes FAQs ® If you require custom wheelchair accessible doors, contact Folded Homes for a special quote. (Updated 9/24/2008) (Return to Table of Contents) WINDOW DIMENSIONS (TEKYURTS) TekYurt windows have dimensions identical to the openings of Dutch-door uppers. The window openings are 15.25”...

  • Page 37: Assembly - What Tools Are Required? (Fh Yurts)

    While all the bolts, washers, and wingnuts are ‘outside’ the single-layer plastic walls of a LiteYurt, they are mostly between the inner outer walls TekYurts and UtiYurts. So to assemble these yurts you...

  • Page 38: Assembly Manual (Liteyurt International Version)

    TekYurts and UtiYurts require manuals with some text but like the LiteYurt can be erected without additional supervision. These manuals combined with our comprehensive on-line FAQ data base to present more complicated concepts related to shelter provision, facilitate deployment worldwide.

  • Page 39: Assembly Team (Fh Yurts)

    Folded Homes FAQs ASSEMBLY TEAM (FH YURTS) One person can put up a FH Yurt all by themselves, but it is a lot easier with two or more people. The most difficult challenge for a single person is getting the fully assembled FH Yurt roof up onto the walls without help.

  • Page 40: Assembly Technology (Fh Yurts)

    Folded Homes FAQs ASSEMBLY TECHNOLOGY (FH YURTS) You create most of the FH Yurt parts by folding them two-dimensional sheets into three-dimensional parts. Typically tabs pushed through slots in the parts hold them together. [See A:PREFOLDING EXTRUDED PLASTIC PARTS] Sets of bolts, washers, and...

  • Page 41: Assembly Time (Fh Yurts)

    ASSEMBLY TIME (FH YURTS) It takes about 14 person-hours to set up a basic TekYurt or UtiYurt the first time. It takes 4-5 hours to set up a LiteYurt. If there are two of you, it will take half that long.

  • Page 42: Anchoring To The Ground (Fh Yurts)

    9 inches (23 cm) from the outside wall of a TekYurt UtiYurt and 8” (20.3 cm) from a LiteYurt. Depending upon characteristics of the ground where you are placing your FH Yurt, this ground...

  • Page 43: Building Enclosed Compounds (Fh Yurts)

    Folded Homes FAQs away from the shelter. [See A:KEEPING WATER AWAY (FH YURTS)] Typically guy lines are not required to secure your FH Yurt to the ground, although in extremely windy conditions you can add guy wires which run to stakes in the ground from below the roof eaves of TekYurts and UtiYurts and from the ends of the gutters of LiteYurts.
  • Page 44 They will create a circular compound with a 24’ 3” (7.4 m) interior diameter. Eight LiteYurts create the smallest possible LiteYurt compound with an inside quadrangle that measures 8’ by 14’ 6” (2.44 x 4.42m).

  • Page 45: Chimney Installation (Fh Yurts)

    Folded Homes FAQs ® Contact Folded Homes if you are unsure whether the configuration you are considering will work. [See SC:MULTI-ROOM FH YURT STRUCTURES, and PD:FH YURT CONNECTOR KIT] Make sure to always provide at least two ways to get out of an enclosed compound.

  • Page 46: Climbing On The Roof (Fh Yurts)

    Folded Homes FAQs FH Yurt. [See PMT:FIRE DANGER (FH YURTS)] To mitigate the danger of fire, the installation of any wood-burning furnace or stove must be done in strict compliance with the manufacturer’s installation instructions. Furnaces or stoves should be set up in the c enter of the FH Yurt as far from the walls as possible.

  • Page 47: Disassembly Time (Fh Yurts)

    Folded Homes FAQs DISASSEMBLY TIME (FH YURTS) A FH Yurt can be easily and rapidly disassembled by simply unbolting and unfolding the various component parts. Below, Mary demonstrated that one person can disassemble a TekYurt or UtiYurt in 3 hours and 15 minutes.

  • Page 48: Ground Covers & Floors (Fh Yurts)

    Folded Homes FAQs (Return to Table of Contents) GROUND COVERS & FLOORS (FH YURTS) FH Yurts do not require any sort of platform or floor for assembly. It helps to have a flat surface (or at least a planar one) but the structure will adjust to modest curves in the surface it is built on.

  • Page 49: Extreme Wind Guy-Lines (Fh Yurts)

    Folded Homes FAQs EXTREME WIND GUY-LINES (FH YURTS) Under all but the most extreme conditions, you don’t need to attach your FH Yurt to the ground with guy-lines. It is sufficient to attach it using the ground flaps extending out from the bottom of the FH Yurt walls. [See...

  • Page 50: Insect-Borne Disease Prevention (Fh Yurts)

    TekYurt or UtiYurt to the earth with ten cables. LiteYurt guy-lines are attached to the ends of any of the ten LiteYurt roof gutters. (Created 1/5/2008) (Return to Table of Contents) INSECT-BORNE DISEASE PREVENTION (FH YURTS) Mosquito nets are used as a first line of defense world-wide wherever malaria, West Nile virus, and other insect-borne diseases are prevalent.

  • Page 51: Insulating Double-Walled Fh Yurts

    Folded Homes FAQs • Carefully examine the bolted connecting interface between the walls and roof of your FH Yurt and plug any small openings under the eaves between the roof and ceiling with tape, crushed paper or clothe or some other locally available material.

  • Page 52: Keeping Water Away (Fh Yurts)

    Folded Homes FAQs KEEPING WATER AWAY (FH YURTS) Regardless of how you anchor your FH Yurt to the ground, make sure that the ground flaps attached to the bottom of your FH Yurt walls are angled so that water is drawn away from the walls of the FH Yurt. In the image on the left, water falling on the improperly-angled ground flap runs towards the FH Yurt wall.

  • Page 53: Prefolding Extruded Plastic Parts

    Extruded plastic sheets have “memory.” This means that if you crease or fold the ® sheets, the plastic will “remember” those creases and folds. Folded Homes origami architecture takes advantage of the memory of polypropylene plastic sheets to make it easier to assemble your plastic shelter. The precut parts that you receive in your shelter kit have been stamped with creases where you need to fold them.

  • Page 54: Terrain Preparation (Fh Yurts)

    Any wiring of a LiteYurt must run on the surface of the wall or roof. Cut through the extruded plastic panels with a sharp knife to run lines. However, because extruded plastic is a relatively light material, any outlets or fixtures should be properly braced and should not rely structurally on the extruded plastic panels.
  • Page 55 Folded Homes FAQs Make sure that all electrical wiring and fixture installation is done by qualified personnel in complete conformity with all applicable building codes. (Created 1/6/2008) (Return to Table of Contents) Page 55 of 90...

  • Page 56: Maintenance (M)

    You can also use an opaque paint that adheres to plastic although it will not have particularly good water proofing characteristics. ® Since the damage from UV is cumulative, Folded Homes strongly recommends that if you plan to protect your FH Yurt in one of these ways that you do it as quickly as possible.
  • Page 57 Folded Homes FAQs plastic handle “T” heads clipped into the inside of the latch. These would be replaced by rope knots if a rope handle was installed. To install a rope handle you feed each end of the rope through the outer panel of the door and the rope end into the door latch on that side.

  • Page 58: Hinge Repair (Fh Yurts)

    Folded Homes FAQs HINGE REPAIR (FH YURTS) After long and active service it is possible that a FH Yurt door or window hinge will break along the hinge fold. If this happens simply unbolt it and install a replacement. [See...

  • Page 59: Storing Your Plastic Shelter

    Folded Homes FAQs (Updated 1/15/2008) (Return to Table of Contents) STORING YOUR PLASTIC SHELTER ® Folded Homes shelters manufactured from polypropylene plastic have a prolonged shelf-life when not exposed to the sun’s ultra-violet (UV) rays. As long as the unassembled shelter is kept stored in its cardboard shipping box, it will not degrade.

  • Page 60: Performance, Materials & Testing (Pmt)

    Folded Homes FAQs PERFORMANCE, MATERIALS & TESTING (PMT) BEAR ATTACK – HOW TOUGH IS EXTRUDED PLASTIC? large curious bear climbed up on his hind legs, jabbed front paws into the eaves of th UtiYurt being tested in the Sierra Mountain...

  • Page 61: Extruded Plastic Degradation Mechanisms

    8 feet (2.44m) deep. Desert, wind, and burn tests were performed in the high desert country outside Christmas Valley, Oregon. The LiteYurt was developed and tested during the first nine months of 2008. ® Long-term testing of Folded Homes shelters is ongoing.

  • Page 62: Extruded Plastic - Does It Smell

    FH Yurts are not manufactured from translucent polypropylene.) A polypropylene shelter manufactured with UV inhibitors lasts roughly twice as ® long as a shelter manufactured from standard polypropylene. Folded Homes UtiYurts are manufactured from standard polypropylene. Our TekYurts are manufactured from UV-enhanced polypropylene. [See PD:UV-ENHANCED...
  • Page 63 • Polypropylene is extremely strong and rigid: Over short distances it is quite ® difficult to bend making it ideal for Folded Homes ’ tab and slot technology. Once you lock a tab into a slot, it is next to impossible to tear that tab out. The tab can be ‘unlocked’...
  • Page 64 Folded Homes FAQs • Polypropylene is impervious to water damage. You could set your yurt up in a swamp and leave it there, and no harm would come to it. Since it is 100% waterproof, it is an ideal shelter material for wet and humid environments.
  • Page 65 Folded Homes FAQs it is equally important to note that compared to other plastics on the market Coroplast is very low on a relative hazard scale. Two areas of flammability hazard must be addressed: rate of combustion and toxicity of combustion products.

  • Page 66: Fault-Tolerant Design (Fh Yurts)

    SC:KEEPING DRY - ROOF DESIGN (FH YURTS)] ® Keeping it simple is a Folded Homes company mantra. UtiYurts in particular are assembled from only six different plastic parts and three pre-assembled metal parts. TekYurts with their fancy latching and locking doors and windows, connector kits and so forth have a few more parts.

  • Page 67: Fire Danger (Fh Yurts)

    The good news is that the rate of combustion of polypropylene is not explosive. Even in the presence of direct flame, it takes a while for standard polypropylene ® to catch fire. Folded Homes conducted burn tests on the polypropylene used to produce standard FH Yurts. See for yourself.
  • Page 68 Folded Homes FAQs Toxicity of Combustion: “In a fire situation the amount of smoke and the toxicity of the smoke is perhaps more serious than the burn rate. Smoke evolution is dependent on the available oxygen present, but polypropylene copolymer normally generates little smoke.

  • Page 69: How Green Is Extruded Plastic

    Folded Homes FAQs HOW GREEN IS EXTRUDED PLASTIC? Although extruded plastic is not biodegradable, it is clean, non-toxic and recyclable. Over the long run, unless it is protected from the sun’s UV, sunlight makes it brittle and it disintegrates into a fine powder.

  • Page 70: Snow-Loading (Fh Yurts)

    Folded Homes FAQs environment and do not require some additional power source. Passive ventilation systems can be disadvantageous in climatic environments subject both high heat humidity together. In the absence of positive airflow such environments favor mildew growth. ® Folded...

  • Page 71: Purchasing & Delivery (Pd)

    PURCHASING & DELIVERY (PD) CODE COMPLIANCE (FH YURTS) ® FH Yurts are semi-permanent shelters. Other than that, Folded Homes makes no claims whatsoever regarding the compliance of its structures with any building code regulations, nor regarding the suitability of FH Yurts for any purpose.

  • Page 72: Deposits & Payment (Small Orders)

    (Created 1/7//2008) (Return to Table of Contents) DOWNLOADING A WEBSITE PDF-FILE READER ® You can download many of the documents available on the Folded Homes website. These are typically PDF-format files. If your computer does not currently have a PDF reader, you can download one for free from Adobe Systems at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.

  • Page 73: Extruded Plastic Options - Max Uv

    EXTRUDED PLASTIC OPTIONS – MAX UV To slow the process of UV degradation of an otherwise untreated FH Yurt, you ® have the option to select Folded Homes shelters manufactured from polypropylene plastic sheets chemically enhanced with a UV inhibitor additive.
  • Page 74 Folded Homes FAQs roof segments touches the edge of the overhanging roof eave of roof segment of the other FH Yurt. 2. You remove a pair of wall panels each of the Yurts. Viewed from the center of each Yurt,...

  • Page 75: Fh Yurt Dutch-Door Kit

    Folded Homes FAQs ® Please check the Folded Homes shelter price list for details. (Updated 9/24/2008) (Return to Table of Contents) FH YURT DUTCH-DOOR KIT TekYurts come with a single Dutch-Door as standard equipment. This kit provides everything you need to install a new Dutch door in either a TekYurt or a UtiYurt.

  • Page 76: Fh Yurt Long-Door Kit

    TekYurt or UtiYurt if appropriate. A FH Yurt long-door is shown here inside view on the left and outside view on the right. ® Please check the Folded Homes shelter price list for details. (Updated 9/24/2008) (Return to Table of Contents)

  • Page 77: Fire-Retardant Plastic (Fh Yurts)

    PRICING – PERSONAL USE SHELTERS & HUMANITARIAN SHELTERS Folded Homes has adopted a two-tier pricing structure for our shelters. The volume pricing of shelters sold to humanitarian NGOs is partially subsidized by the pricing of our shelters sold to our personal use shelter clients. In this way our personal use shelter clients participate in our mission of delivering humanitarian shelters where they are needed most.

  • Page 78: Shipping Container Capacity (Fh Yurts)

    7.5” (19 cm) tall. The packed FH Yurt weighs 160 pounds (72.6kg.) Individual LiteYurts are packed in a 79 3/4" (202.6 cm) x 51" (129.5 cm) x 4" (10.2 cm) panel box and a second smaller chimney hardware Box. The LiteYurt weighs 90 lbs. (40.82kg).

  • Page 79: Tekyurts & Utiyurts - What's The Difference

    FH Yurts are relatively light weight. Two people can carry a boxed 160 lbs. (72.6kg) TekYurt or UtiYurt. A boxed LiteYurt weighs only 90 lbs. (40.82kg). The unassembled shelter is small enough that it can be delivered to its final destination on the backs of two men (or one donkey.) [See...

  • Page 80: Uv-Enhanced Plastic (Fh Yurts)

    Folded Homes FAQs Because FH Yurts take advantage of origami architecture, they pack and store extremely efficiently. This also means that large quantities of these shelters can be palletized and shipped efficiently. [See FH:ORIGAMI ARCHITECTURE – WHAT’S THAT?, and PD:SHIPPING CONTAINER CAPACITY (FH...
  • Page 81 Folded Homes FAQs • After a year, the cotton or nylon thread holding tents together begins to disintegrate from UV exposure. These are some of the temporal realities that affect the type of shelter that is appropriate for a given crisis. How long does the shelter need to last? What are...
  • Page 82 Folded Homes FAQs • delivery of required shelter deployment accessories such as ladders and stakes, • the size and type vehicle required for delivery and whether local transportation infrastructure at the crisis location will support those vehicles, • heavy equipment required for loading and unloading during transit, All the delivery requirements imposed by the shelter selected should have a bearing on which shelter is chosen in order to reduce their contribution to cost.

  • Page 83: Volume Order Quotations

    ® the Folded Homes warranty. This warranty explicitly excludes any assumption of a TekYurt’s, UtiYurt’s or a LiteYurt’s suitability for any specific purpose. ® The lengths of Folded Homes warranties are shelter dependent since they reflect the types of materials used in manufacture. LiteYurts and UtiYurts are...
  • Page 84 Folded Homes FAQs covered by a limited 9-month warranty. TekYurts are covered by a limited 18- month warranty. [See SC:TEKYURTS – WHAT ARE THEY? SC:UTIYURTS – WHAT ARE THEY?] (Updated 1/24/2008) Return to Table of Contents Page 84 of 90...

  • Page 85: Folded Homes, Llc (Fh)

    Alliance Packaging is more than just a manufacturer of Folded Homes shelters. ® The development of the FH Yurt was a joint effort between Folded Homes Alliance Packaging motivated by our common desire to develop an effective humanitarian shelter solution.
  • Page 86 After Icosa Village was closed down against Markus' wishes in the spring of 2006, Markus improved folding structure technology and developed a new shelter in collaboration with the engineers of Alliance Packaging. [See FH:ALLIANCE PACKAGING: FOLDED HOMES PARTNER] Alliance Packaging General Manager Scott Younger and the AP design team...

  • Page 87: Folded Homes Mission

    [See SC:TEKYURTS – WHAT ARE THEY?] (Updated 1/6/2008) (Return to Table of Contents) FOLDED HOMES PRODUCT LOGO ® The Folded Homes product logo is inspired by the more than 7,000 Hawaiian petroglyphs at the Pu’u Loa site in Volcano National Park on the Big Island.

  • Page 88: Mongolian Yurt - The Fh Yurt Progenitor

    [See FH:FOLDED HOMES MISSION,] ® The approach to origami architecture developed by Folded Homes improves upon the original technology Rose reported on in three important ways. Folded ® Homes...
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  • Page 90: Production, Sales, & Distribution (Psd)

    INTERNATIONAL MANUFACTURE Alliance Packaging enjoys exclusive manufacturing rights to the TekYurts and UtiYurts. It has the option, at its discretion, to sub-contract as it sees fit. [See FH:ALLIANCE PACKAGING – FOLDED HOMES PARTNER] (Created 1/11/2008) (Return to Table of Contents) WHOLESALE PRICING ®...

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