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Folded Homes FAQs
experiencing catastrophic failure in them. 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.
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UtiYurts are manufactured from standard polypropylene. Our TekYurts are
manufactured from UV-enhanced polypropylene. [See PD:
UV-ENHANCED
PLASTIC (FH YURTS) ]
The easiest way to prevent the UV degradation of your shelter is to cover it with
an opaque material that blocks the sun’s UV radiation from reaching the
polypropylene. [See M:
EXTENDING THE LIFE OF YOUR SHELTER (FH
YURTS) ]
(Updated 1/24/2008)
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EXTRUDED PLASTIC – DOES IT SMELL?
No, polypropylene extruded plastic is entirely odorless. [See PMT: EXTRUDED
PLASTIC – WHAT’S THAT? ]
(Created 1/10/2008)
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EXTRUDED PLASTIC – WHAT’S
THAT?
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shelters are typically
manufactured from 4mm-thick extruded
plastic sheets. These sheets are stamped
out and scored with indentations which
define the necessary folds to transform
the flat two-dimensional sheet into each
three-dimensional part. Once assembled,
these parts are both strong and
remarkably light weight as Wendy is
demonstrating.
Extruded plastic has the same basic form
as corrugated cardboard. Structurally it
has two parallel layers of flat plastic
separated by fluting that runs
perpendicularly between the two layers.
Unlike corrugated cardboard, extruded
plastic is formed by extruding molten
plastic out of a form to create the entire
double-walled sheet in one go. So unlike
corrugated cardboard it cannot
delaminate.
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