Framing the interior walls has been challenging and slow due to the multitude of non-90 degree angles. We have to think in 3-D, which isn’t easy for me. Good for our brains, I guess. We do a lot, a lot, a lot of measuring and Jon usually sketches out the angles, sometimes compound, for each… Continue reading Interior Wall Beginnings
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Utility Dome Extensions
We just finished sheathing our extensions!
Dome Triangles
All the triangles of 3/4″ plywood sheathing for our 2 Natural Spaces Domes kits arrived precut and color coded. It was great! Both our domes are large for a 2 frequency (2v) dome, so the triangles came in 2 or 3 pieces that fit together with tongue and groove. The Dome Manual recommended starting with… Continue reading Dome Triangles
Garden Dome, Garden, & Orchard
Ooo, she’s a long one! Read all about our Greenhouse Dome and Garden and see lots of pics of the process and details.
Dome Raising
I am so excited to announce that our geodesic dome struts, which form the triangle framework, are up!!! It looks awesome here!!! A few days before pouring the patio and greenhouse piers, Hardcore helped us move the extremely heavy riser walls and other prebuilt components from where we’ve been storing them in the cage to… Continue reading Dome Raising
Dome Foundations
We hired a contractor to complete the concrete work for our foundations.
Mr. Famous
Jon was interviewed about our dome building adventure for an article in the New York Times and then a San Francisco TV station KRON!
New Plan – 2023
After a couple years of waiting for our main dome home and garage plans, we decided to start with a small, pre-designed house plan so we can get on our property, already!
Delay
Oh dear! I read the County code and thought all this time that we could work on the temporary power, water, and septic before we had a building permit from the Building Department. Septic is approved by a different department, Environmental Health, and it isn’t spelled out that we can’t get started on that stuff… Continue reading Delay
So much Code!
Planning for our dome is apparently our latest hobby. Jon and I have been spending many hours studying the California Building Standards Code, so we can correctly plan and build our dome. Actually, to quote Dennis Johnson of Natural Spaces Domes, “If you build a house to code, then you just built the worst house… Continue reading So much Code!