Folded Homes FAQs
PERFORMANCE,
MATERIALS
&
TESTING
(PMT)
BEAR ATTACK – HOW TOUGH IS EXTRUDED PLASTIC?
A large
curious bear
climbed up on
his hind legs,
jabbed his
front paws
into the eaves
of th
UtiYurt
being tested
in the Sierra
Mountain
range, and
tried to rip
open the side
of the shelter.
All he left
were some
dirty swipe
marks, a few
bite holes,
and one 3”
(7.62 cm)
gash in the
side of the
UtiYurt
.
There wasn’t
any food
inside so he
probably
didn’t try too hard, but nonethe
e
less he didn’t get in.
We’re not saying that the plastic walls of a
FH Yurt
will keep a determined bear
out, but we are saying that these walls are tough! [See M:
EXTRUDED PLASTIC – WHAT’S THAT?
(Updated 9/24/2008)
DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING (FH YURTS)
The
Folded Homes
®
TekYurt
and
UtiYurt
shelters were developed and field
tested over a period of two years following the devastating earthquake in
Pakistan in the fall of 2005. Engineers at
Alliance Packaging
and
Folded
Homes
®
collaborated in the development and testing of the structures in a
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