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Started by tracysaboe, June 13, 2006, 02:03 PM NHFT

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tracysaboe

June 13, 2006, 02:03 PM NHFT
Per Russell's Suggestion. . .

Post everything Dome Related here.

Tracy

aries

#1
June 13, 2006, 02:38 PM NHFT
What is a dome, in this context?

Are they conceptual or for sale?

tracysaboe

#2
June 13, 2006, 02:44 PM NHFT
QuoteDo we need a dome thread?

http://www.monolithic.com/thedome/index.html

Kat even knows a guy that works there in Italy TX ..... pronounced itlee

They're kits you can buy to build your house with in a dome as far as I know. I don't know much about it. It was just cluttering up the underground house thread :)

Tracy

Lloyd Danforth

#3
June 13, 2006, 03:33 PM NHFT
I have a copy of 'DomeBook 2'  I'll try to remember to bring it to SD/P'fest.

Pat K

#4
June 13, 2006, 05:20 PM NHFT

KBCraig

#5
June 13, 2006, 06:06 PM NHFT
I've been working on a dome. It's been rising up out of my hair for several years now....

Kat Kanning

#6
June 13, 2006, 06:21 PM NHFT
Do you have to pump it up with air for it to keep its shape...like when they're building their cement domes?

aries

#7
June 13, 2006, 08:17 PM NHFT
My biggest question now is..

Why a dome and not a traditional house?

The first FSPer brave enough to go survivalist and build their own house in NH should have an FSP "barn-raising," so we could all go help put it together and finish it off.

Pat K

#8
June 13, 2006, 08:53 PM NHFT
Domes are extremly energy efficiant and can take huge wind and wieght loads, they dont burn to well either.

tracysaboe

#9
June 13, 2006, 09:44 PM NHFT
What about lateral stress? Can I put in in the ground to get the heating benifits of an underground house.

(Oh, there I go. Hijacking my Dome thread so the underground house one doesn't get cluttered by cluttering it with underground house stuff  :o  I tell ya. Some people.)

Tracy

FrankChodorov

#10
June 13, 2006, 09:47 PM NHFT
QuoteCan I put in in the ground to get the heating benifits of an underground house

the company I worked for spray foamed a partially underground monolithic dome in the upper valley of NH...

Kat Kanning

#11
June 14, 2006, 04:46 AM NHFT
My friend said that the domes will stand up to tornados.

Russell Kanning

#12
June 14, 2006, 05:50 AM NHFT
Nice for handling rain .... very insulated if it is made thick......could be backfilled or dug in I would imagine.

Since it has been raining every day ..... a really tight roof sounds good. :)

Russell Kanning

#13
June 14, 2006, 05:51 AM NHFT
Insulation ideas for any kind of house

http://www.monolithic.com/foam/index.html

FTL_Ian

#14
June 16, 2006, 08:53 AM NHFT
Domes rock.  I plan on having one someday.  Need more wealth first though.   8)
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