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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.
LiteYurts can be disassembled in less than an hour. Because of the ‘memory’
characteristic of the plastic material, both the wall and roof components nest
nicely for efficient storage. The two main piles of materials (triangular roof
components on the left and rectangular wall and door components on the right)
are light enough that a single person can carry each pile. [See A:
PREFOLDING
EXTRUDED PLASTIC PARTS ]
Updated 1/5/2008)
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DISPOSAL (FH YURTS)
FH Yurts are manufactured from fully inert, safe, and non-toxic materials. They
can be fully recycled. If burned, the polypropylene plastic burns cleaner than
cardboard. But in most places where
FH Yurts will be used for humanitarian
applications, the materials used to construct a FH Yurt will be recycled by the FH
Yurt’s users into other applications such as flooring, water catchment materials
and other shelter applications.
[See PMT: HOW GREEN IS EXTRUDED PLASTIC? , PMT: EXTRUDED
PLASTIC – WHAT’S THAT?] , and SC: REUSABILITY (FH YURTS) ]
(Updated 1/24/2008)
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