DomeMountain
NEW URL

http://domemountain.spaces.live.com/

Well we built the second floor and put up most of the walls. It seems more like a place to live now. We have keep most of the 1st floor open by using heavy support beams. It looks great. We are in the process of adding R30 batts to the foam insulation that we already put in. The foam really stops the air penatration.
Come visst we have 0ver 58 picture books of differnt steps in the building.
VISIT: http://domemountain.spaces.live.com

It is always harmful to misrepresent the truth. Domes are relatively new upon the scene as a family living space.

I think a version of them will eventually be the common living solution. It may be far down the road, maybe not.

The technology for constructing one of these building is rapidly changing as materials improve. There are vendors of Domes that are very serious about making sure their product works and builds well; and then there are a few bad apples that give Domes a bad taste.

I think separating the myths from the facts will only help to drive the Dome Market!!

I think vendors that exploit there customers just to get sales should be left to go out of the business and those that provide exceptional design and 'SERVICE' to the "would be" owners and or builders should be pushed to the forefront of this relatively new industry.

'New', only in the fact that so few have been built that very few people understand how to build them well. This is true of almost any idea that breaks with tradition.

There are hundreds of pictures on my website. You can watch the Album that plays when you get there and or switch Albums. I hope that you will enjoy them!
http://domemountain.spaces.msn.com
You can also make the slideshows full screen.
Also there are links to many other Dome sites to visit!!

Well last night we celebrated Fathers Day
A day or two late
And then we dragged a piece of plywood
Up onto the rafters.
Next we slid up a matress
And some pillows and covers.
I opened the window next to the bed
And spent my 1st night upstairs.
It was great.
I had to not roll out of bed
But I was real happy.
Used pillows on my side not to role.
So I have spent the 1st night up top.!!

May 18, 2006
"FROM "DAILY OM"
Working Way
Being Happy With Your Job
In our search to define ourselves, we often look to our job to show us our worth. Society does not judge all professions equally, however, and it is not uncommon for the individuals who hold what others may consider to be ordinary or menial jobs to feel that they themselves are ordinary or menial. Yet, in truth, many wonderful and wise people throughout history have held what have typically been perceived as ordinary jobs, and this in no way has had any bearing on whether or not they have managed to contribute their skills and talents to the world. Whether you work in business, education, medicine, retail, or another profession, you worth is inherent to who you are and not what you do for a living.

A job that you enjoy, lets you meet your needs, and allows you to live in accordance with your values will always be more gratifying than a high-status job that you dislike. But while experiencing professional satisfaction can be a vital part of being fulfilled by your work, it is important to remember that it is possible to find happiness in any job. This is because what you do is often less important than how you do it. Your attitude and intention can turn a mediocre job into work that fulfills you because of the way that you approach it. If you do your job well and what you do benefits others, then you are doing work that is making this world a better place.

I've read through several of your posts. Most poetic. Pleasure to see. Wish you had other photos, start to finish... Would've liked to have helped you. Similarly, not impressed with Timberline products as you have experienced -- specialized parts and lack of technical ability of the company. Seems their domes are still too much inside the box. Can't say I have any more technical ability, just some (un)common sense. The hubless node method with drop-in panels seems the best over-all scheme. Learned icosahedral dome construction in part from a friend near Memphis, TN... the mathematics and geometry I figured out on my own a few years ago. Its really quite simple.

I think Hugh Kenner's book "Geodesic Math...and how to use it..." is utterly confusing and basically worthless for the average person who just wants to figure out how to make it work. All of my drawings and calculations fit perfectly. The only thing I use is this Cosine Law calculator I found online:

www.analyzemath.com/Geometry_calculators/cosine_law_calculator.html

Scroll down a bit to section 2 "Solve Triangle Problem when 2 sides and the Included angle are given (SAS case).

Its just to figure what is essentially the base of the isocles triangle that is formed from the 2 equal lengthed radii from the dome/sphere center -- the intersecting points set from the triangular grid I draw upon the single (triangle) face of the icosahedron... its easy to plug in any frequency. Simply draw it up, line up all the points/vertices/lines, and once you know all the angles (I just use a protractor) I simply plug in the length of the radii and the angle.

For the online calculator: SAS... when two Sides and the Angle of a triangle are known... A + b + c yields a + B + C where "A" is the known angle, "b" and "c" are the lengths of the radii [both the same length for the isocles triangle]. "a" is the length of the base [length of the strut--just what we want to know!!!], "B" and "C" are the cooresponding angles. So for a 32' 4-frequency diameter dome, we have 16' radii... the easy angles to draw and measure occur right along the frequency line... so we'll have 4 struts, 2 of one length, 2 of another: x,y,y,x. X's are shorter, y's are the longer... The radii could be thought of n,g,h,g,n... 5 radii for 4 struts. The angle between n and g is 14 degrees = strut "x" length of 3.899819 feet. The angle between g and h is 16 degrees = strut "y" length of 4.453536 feet.

This process might be take longer than simply using some dome program, but I feel it really acquaints people with whats really going on with the geometry -- even if they can't handle the trig or calc... I know I can't!!!

So once you know all of the angles and lengths for each strut, you simply cut to length with compound mitres for each strut, toe-nail (but with wood screws) 'em together, add some metal straps(I use roofing nails with the metal straps you get with certain pallets and lumber) across all the nodes, and viola'!!! Dome (frame) done. Very easy to build. I hope to one day build my own home with said technique.

Picture is worth a thousand words... that's about what I've done so far... wish I could show you a few pictures...maybe sometime I'll post 'em...

It all physically began the day we hunted out a space on the new land.

After rejecting one we found 'our place'. Out came a 22 1/2 feet stick nailed to the center of a stake pounded in the woods. We swung around clipping small saplings that were in the path. Then we took out the yellow marker paint and holding the other end of the string I sprayed a yellow circle on the green and brown on the forest floor. I was so excited that I sprayed right over Alex's shoes that were a little to close to the new circle. We will always remember the look on his face. A 45 foot circle had been completed. We would live inside of it!

Then we proceeded to clip out all the growth in side the circle and a little father out. Rocks were pilled in the center and at specific points along the circle. Words like, Well, Septic, Kitchen Door, Front Door were sprayed on them, orienting the new house.

Today, a couple of years later I begin the second floor with a clean up inside and the delivery of the wood from Lowes. Tomorrow the beams come from the saw mill.

These are exciting times.

Ian

if you have any pictures of your recent progress, let me know, i'd be happy to post them to the BFI website

best
- jochen

--Site Administrator--
jh@bfi.org

=====================

I am getting the columns and beams to support the second floor loft and bedrooms it will hold from a friend, who has a saw mill, who owes me a favor. You know I never realized how many favors I had accumulated. It's a pleasant thing to discover them now.

I trimmed the shingles along one of the four eves of the extensions for the doors and put drip edge under those shingles. That should keep any water that comes of sideways from staining the cedar face boards I just installed.

I moved all the video equipment out to the garage to make more space for the new work and will move the extra computers out today.

I started to finish the repairs to the back hoe but it took me a couple of hours just to remember why I was working on it. Ha.

26 Sky Lights
All are installed.
A long time coming from the day we started.

Now for the large wooden columns that will hold up the second floor loft and bedrooms.

Then the large wooden beams on top of them that will support the floor and all that is built above.

It's getting pretty much finished! 24 are in.
There are only 26 that can be put in now
and one needs some repair.
April 27, 2006
FROM "DAILY OM"
Listing Magnificence
Five Things I Like About Myself

Our primary relationship in life

Is with ourselves.

No one else goes through every experience in life with us.

We are our one permanent companion, yet we are often our worst critic.

To remind ourselves of our magnificence, we can do this exercise:

"Five Things I Like About Myself."

Begin by writing down at least five things that you like about yourself. This is not the time to be modest. If you are having trouble coming up with a total of five items, you know that this exercise can really benefit you. Be sure to include more than your physical attributes on your list, since our bodies are only part of who we are. If you are still struggling with what to include on your list, think of what you like about your favorite people, because these traits are probably qualities that you possess too. Another way to complete your list is to think of five things you don't like about yourself and find something about these traits that you can like.

Continue this process for a week, thinking of five new things you like about yourself everyday. At the end of the week, read the list aloud to yourself while standing in front of a mirror. Instead of looking for flaws to fix, allow the mirror to reflect your magnificence. You may feel silly about standing in front of a mirror and reading aloud a list of your admirable attributes, but it might just bring a smile to your face and change the way you see yourself. Remember, it is when you feel the most resistant that this exercise can benefit you the most. Because we are constantly looking at the world, instead of looking at ourselves, we don't often see what's magnificent about ourselves that others do. When we take the time to experience ourselves the way we would experience someone we love and admire, we become our best companion and supporter on life's journey.

Today Alex and I will get the 22nd sky light in.

We are working at the base

putting in the largest ones.

Mostly of these are operable.

Then actually have a shell that will wind open

a foot or so.

Pretty neat!!

Yesterday I found tiny wild violets. They look like little orchids.

20 Sky Lights IN
It rained all morning
but we got 2 large ones in
at the bottom of the "CAT".
One opens and
one is fixed.

The Last three of the other 5 widow cluster are getting finished today.

I had them in yesterday but they are not fitting well.

I will try and fix that today.

It's so beautiful to see

trees with leaves,

mountain tops ,

etc. through them.

Well up to 15.
Finished the 5 widow cluster over the front door.
Looks nice!!

April 11

Sealing Windows

I have to secure all the shingles around the three sides of the sky lights with roofing cement. Then run a bead along the line where the roof meets the shingles. It's must be done. Yesterday was a great day and I got a lot done. I need to let some of the places dry before I can work on them again but there are other areas to work on. I've taken down most of the outside scafolding that I used for the roof but I need to dispose of it. It's really nice to see the mountains and the woods throught the windows that are in, and it is so bright inside now. Some of the shingles just will not lay flat to work on so I have to weight them down and prop boards against them. So far so good but we have only had light rains or short hard rains.

Today we got in the 14th sky light. My back seems to know that I 'm hanging on the ropes more. It has rained lightly a few times and no leaks yet. They're will be but we need a heavy rain to get this to happen. Then I can seal.

11 Sky Lights In

Today another large tinted one and an operable one for the master bedroom on the second floor.

9th Sky Light In

The sky Light that is the highest,
next to the chimney,
and it is tinted brown.
I have to start sealing them prety soon
but these so far should stay pretty dry because of the slopes they are on.

8 Sky Lights IN

The count is now "EIGHT"
Unbelievable.
The two cats ears, in "tinted brown".
Two clear, in the cluster that makes up "his head".
Four, in the cluster, over the front door.

4 Sky Lights IN

On Saturday we got two more in. "One" of the top of each "5 Window" cluster. I need to figure out how to best seal them before I go around the rest of the clusters.

2nd Sky Light IN

Started at about 8AM.
Finished at about Noon.
An hour faster this time.
It is just so neat
to look out at the tree tops
and the clouds that pass by!!
These were tinted light brown
and make up the
"Ears" of the Giant "Cat".

March 11,2006

Got the 1st sky light put in and it went well. Glorious. Started at 8AM and finished up around 1:05PM. It was one at the top of the cat, high up. I think I learned a lot doing it.

The shingles are done and I am moving on to the 30 sky-lights. This will be an exciting part of the project. I will keep you posted as to the progress and how it works, what works, etc.

The New Thing

As the roof comes closer to being finished, I should be overjoyed. Instead I find myself awestruck with the reality of 'THE NEW THING'.

It was hard but I always got better. It was a long pull but it always got closer to being finished. It was a great task but it got smaller as I moved forward. It was hard but it was defined.

Now I must re-think what to do next, the order of things, and discover new skills. The unknown can be exciting but it also can be a bit much.

I'm not quite there but I already see myself on these new tasks as I close my eyes. Prepping the windows, making the transition from the roof to the Cupola with flashing and then cedar. Finishing around the Cupola windows.
Putting the Dome sky-lights on. Getting them up into place without damage. Sealing and securing them. Finishing the entrance way with wood then cedar lap.

It all has to be juggled. Out come the books and the thinking cap. Making mistakes and then getting things right. WOW!

Why not a small cabin or an apartment? A tepee?

FINDING NEVERLAND

DomeMountain
Well almost all the shingles are on. Great! But this 20 degree night air is very cold even with blankets and a large wood stove. The next step will be to add the wood finish around the Cupola and then prep the 30 sky-lights to be put on. This should take some thought as how to raise them my self. Large Domes are sure a challenge to construct by oneself.

DomeMountain
I've had a few exceptional days to roof with. I've been able to get to some of the top triangles. This is fantastic. It really can go quickly at the top. Carrying up shingles is ruff though. I'm about to run out again and need to go to the city to get a few more bundles.

The weather finally gave out and as the snow flakes, which are beautiful, came down, I had to stop again. It has been below freezing and high winds for a while. It taxes the wood stove even. I've retreated inside and am planning my next warmer day adventure.

Finding the right wood for the fire is a big chore also. So is carrying up singles to the top of the Cupola. I let them warm there and then place them just above where I'm working. I probably will need one more roll of flashing to do the cats eyebrows in that fancy window set up.

I'm already starting to think about how to possibly get the windows up the sides so that I can put them in place. I'm not sure If I Need to wait for spring or exactly what. There also needs to be cedar added to the outside of the Cupola and the front and back entrance ways. This will probably come first.

I figured a way to tape so of the edges of the leaking windows better and I don't seem to get small floods for now. This is great.

My farther thoughts deal with being able to wire the inside for electric, add Kraft insulation over the sprayed insulation, cover it with plywood and pay for it.

My funds are running very low. I may have to start to sell something or do something else for a while. This is very bothersome. There have been some unexpected large expenses that drained large amounts of building capital away.

I'm trying to think about ways to save the dome project from financial trouble. This is hard to think about but is becoming a real problem soon.

I keep fighting the good battle to make the dream realer each day. I fight the elements, disbelievers, and money shortages. Some time I fight myself, but not as often. It's hard to get so close to a dream and wonder if it will work. I have to have a lot of faith to move each day. I'm going to have some coffee and bread and try to get the fire going. I may rest some but rest doesn't build domes.

I could use all your good wishes and encouragement and a check from the Millionaire.

Take Care All, Ian

Ian -
Viewing your blog after searching for "dome homes" on the BuckyFullerInstitute website made me realize that here are more than several things that we have in common...

We have lived in our 29' Geodesic Dome since 19991125 It was intended to be the garage. Our living dome was originally 49', but the economy of scale made a 60' Geodesic Dome a better use of resources.

Your comments on your BLOG struck home "If only the weather and our resources hold "
We built our 29' Dome using a kit from Natural Spaces Dome in 1999. Starting in May 2005, we manufactured the 60' Dome kit in my neighbor' shop using plans and templates from NSD.

We are making every attmempt to complete the Skin of the dome before spring.
Interior design is pending completion of exterior but it will be limited to Master Bedromm and Bathroom with Library and 1/4 bath above that.
Kitchen will be on main level.
My interest in Buckminster Fuller was activated in 1968 by his dome in Montreal. It has taken me over 30 years, but I am realizing my dream.

Elizabeth: HELLO Elizabeth!!!!
The postings from "ECHOHOUSE" are most intersting, but really break up the flow of this conversation. Can they be put into a seperate forum possibly? Thanks

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

From: gabriel esnaurrizar diaz [mailto:gabrielus_ed@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 12:46 PM
To: ian2590@verizon.net
Subject: hi

Hi Ian,

Your page is good. Your thoughts about finding you inner strenght and all that are awesome. Look, I'm intersted in domes. I'm gonna be building a few dome houses in the future and I want to ask you, wich dome vendor did you get your house from? How long did it take to build the frame (without the skin)? would you recommend that dome company?

Gabriel

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

We ordered from

http://domehome.com

A CA company owned by Bob Singer.

They seemed like a really good product as we read the web pages and all his write ups.

Alas, I could not recommend them to anyone for any reason.

The 1st dome sent from Ca didn't go together at all. We tried twice and then had BOB and crew come out and they split the structure trying to assemble it.

Finally on the 3rd go round we got one together. We put the spec's up on a cad program and discovered that the dimensions we incorrect.

This experience cost us a lot of time, money and much heart ache.

I believe that this is not the company to deal with.

It was supposed to go together in about a week with 3 people. This is a mighty joke if you ask my opinion and one finds that none of the interior is included or are the instructions very good.

Don't just search. Find. MSN Search Check out the new MSN Search!
omeMountain

As an aside, Fuller's vision of the domes business is that it'd come from the aerospace sector. The home construction biz took it on, with the kits and wooden solutions, but that's not really where Bucky was going. Fly's Eye is a lot closer. Many of the models should be air-deliverable (by helicopter) even in assembled form.

For more on this, see my 3' 17" video clip (if you have the bandwidth), from a presentation to Wanderers (wwwanderers.org) in like 2002. I was curious what Jay thought of this video, since he's in it. I did 'Ask the Expert' for feedback, but I think he's on dial-up or something -- anyway, he does talk about Eden Project in one of his replies.

Video clip

Kirby

Materials for manufacture of envelopments - a spring wire, marks:
65G, 70, 50HFA, 50HG, diameters - from 1,5мм. Up to 10 mm.
At the price is three times more dear than a usual building wire,
engineering marks in 5 times are stronger, and it under condition of,
formations of bonds without welding and drillings, on bolts or rivets,
reduces specific consumption of materials and complexity in 3 times.
Thus in a building conditions in boreal and remote neighbouring
communes terms of construction ecoeffective buildings reduced in 10 times.
One million people, for a month, from a ready panel of the house in the
container 2,5 on 3 meters can construct to itself a safe and autonomous
roof above a head.
This that as to perspectives of construction and safe buildings.
And today, to save in the big project it is necessary to find the order
for manufacture of a small lot of envelopments of saving for firemen.
It is uneasy.
Not many enterprises and fire - saving calculations interest to invest in
a new product. That who excretes means, does not work in the locus of a fire.
The author of the given project himself has worked the fireman -
the rescuer of 13 years and well knows all deficiencies of the fire
equipment and heat-reflective suits as they "effectively" rescue
from thermic and chemical burns. The heat-resistant material with
impregnation and strengthened by a spring framing made on spiral
technique allows not only to resist effectively to a flame, but also
protects from impact of an electric arc. Today these materials use
power engineerings for the guard at operation on power stations.
The offered envelopment of saving for firemen "COLOBOC" with use
of nonflammable materials allows to increase a time in use of a fire fire
in the locus in 3 times, and at a three-layer coating with regional alveoles
filled by foam of an average multiplicity, in 6 times. Thus, give thanks
capacity of an envelopment, in it it is possible to output the victim from
a flame. The envelopment of saving "COLOBOC" differs that give thanks
to a reticular framing and regional frame of an awning with filling from foam,
heat-shield the layer between the fireman and a flame can be increased in
tens times and is filled by foam. The envelopment can use at quenching
forest fires and oil wells. Speed of its putting on makes 5 seconds, that in
5 times is faster than at clothing usual heat-reflective than a suit. Weight
of an envelopment of 6 kg. Also can be lowered at use of a framing from
composite materials. Thus in it it is much more convenient to work, because
it does not hold down locomotion of a body and arms. The fireman transfers
it on the shoulders and a girdle to a place of work and it is independent,
resting on a priming coat costs, instead of hangs on the fireman. The fireman
during this moment can freely work, save the life and life of other people,
being in such safe lee. In the combined sort it does not borrow a lot of place.
"COLOBOC" can serve as a backpack and a sleeping bag. Considering high
performance a functional performance and multifunctionality of an envelopment,
to it is not present analogs in the world. Therefore in connection with forecasts
for a great demand for such envelopments in the world market expediently
deriving on itinternational the patent, both for a construction, and for a method
of its manufacture.
With little changes in a construction of an awning of an envelopment it can
with success use as boat, for example for fishing and simultaneously to serve
as lee from a bad weather and mosquitos. The problem of saving of fans of
winter fishing, by means of envelopments "COLOBCOVS" can be solved without
participation of the helicopter or the hovercraft.
I would like to live till that time when in everyone fire - saving calculation
there will be an envelopment "COLOBOC", and the reindeer breeder or the
oilman of the North can enter into the cosy and safe house - an
envelopment and will belucky person .
If ourselves we shall not construct the future, such in which we wish to live,
what for us waits? Matter not only in difficulties of introduction new, we
should change the attitude to an event, differently we do not have future.
Jury Shevnin.
The SUMMARY.
Today all world aspires to create general space of safety. How it can be
made if safety of one person, for example the fireman-rescuer providing
general safety poor neither the new equipment nor new materials? Architecture
of effecting of the universal saving envelopments, differing themes Is offered,
that they due to a harmonious reticular construction and modern materials
provide greater volume of safe space for operation in extreme conditions of a fire.
www.ecotheatr.org
http://gallery.takingitglobal.org/JURI

autonomos spiral technology dome-genome, waste to profitable domespring

infohabitat@unhabitat.org
Rural and urban development are interdependent. In addition to
improving the urban habitat, we must also work to extend adequate
infrastructure, public services and employment opportunities to rural
areas in order to enhance their attractiveness, develop an integrated
network of settlements and minimize rural-to-urban migration.
Small-and medium-sized towns need special focus
As the implementation of the Habitat Agenda will require adequate
funding, we must mobilize financial resources at the national and
international levels, including new and additional resources from all
sources - multilateral and bilateral, public and private. In this connection,
we must facilitate capacity-building and promote the transfer of appropriate
technology and know-how. Furthermore, we reiterate the commitments
set out in recent United Nations conferences, especially those in
Agenda 21 on funding and technology transfer.
We commit ourselves - in the interests of international peace, security,
justice and stability - to enhancing international cooperation and
partnerships that will assist in the implementation of national plans of
action and the global plan of action and in the attainment of the goals
of the Habitat Agenda by contributing to and participating in multilateral,
regional and bilateral cooperation programmes and institutional arrangements
and technical and financial assistance programmes; by promoting the exchange
of appropriate technology; by collecting, analysing and disseminating information
about shelter and human settlements; and by international networking.
Full participation of all interested parties(sides) in strategic planning, the project
and methods what to promote sustainability, efficiency, convenience, availability,
safety, safety, an aesthetics, a variety and public integration in the human
interstate calculations which are carried out by the central banks;
Interaction (b) between and among other public groups through development
and operation of a cultural infrastructure of means and communication
(connection);
Required delivery of accessible habitation for them;
The legislation to protect rights and interests of workers to raise consumer
rights and, to guarantee safety of stay;
The economic environment capable to generate an opportunity of employment,
and also offering(suggesting) a variety of the goods and services;
Support responsible(crucial) agencies in development of their opportunity to
estimate the requirement of societies and including such requirement in
planning an infrastructure of an environment of services;
To carry out the established and legal reforms necessary to delete unessential
overlappings(blockings) and redundancy in functions and laws of numerous
sector establishments and, to guarantee the effective coordination among
those establishments in delivery and management of services;
To enter economic tools and proxy measures, to reduce the loss of water
both to promote recycling and to be used repeatedly waters of waste products;
Development (h) strategy to reduce demand for the limited water resources
increasing efficiency in agricultural and industrial sectors;
To advance the healthy environment which will continue to support required
protection for all and the stable human interstate calculations which are
carried out by the central banks for the current and future generations,
the Governments at suitable levels, in partnership with all important
interested parties(sides), would be: To advance preservation and stable
use city and peri-a city biodiversity, including woods, a local biodiversity
of environments and a kind; protection of a biodiversity should be included
within the limits of the local steady development planning activity;
To protect existing wood resources and to advance, where it is possible,
an afforestation around and within the limits of the human interstate
calculations which are carried out by the central banks to carry out
basic needs to concern energy, construction, entertainment and food safety;
To promote, where it is necessary, to creation of productive and entertaining
green belts around of city and rural accumulation to protect their environment
(Wednesday) and to promote maintenance of food products; To reduce considerably
decomposition of the sea environment radiated from ground activity, including
municipal, industrial and agricultural waste products and to work, which has
fatal influence in productive areas of the sea environment and coastal areas;
To check, that children have access to the natural world on a daily basis
through free start-up on open air and establish programs of formation
(education) to help children to investigate their public environments,
including natural ECO-systems; To guarantee a required opportunity
for public participation by all absolutely levels of the interested parties(sides)
of decision-making of an environment.
The project of the mounted environment is recognized in quality to have
influence in a people's well-being and behaviour and, this most, on national
health. The good project in new habitation and in modernization and rehabilitation
has great value for creation of stable means of subsistence of conditions.
The project of multi-storey habitation should supplement a context of a
vicinity in which it(he) is located. In concrete, large-scale development of
multi-storey habitation can bring public and lacks of an environment; hence
the special attention should be inverted in quality of the project, including a
scale and the height, corresponding operational, regular technical check and
the safety precautions.
Use and transfer environmentally sound technologies what to have deep
influence in consumption and industrial samples are preliminary conditions
for the stable human development of interstate calculations which are
carried out by the central banks. The advanced both suitable technologies
and intellectual systems which support to their new opportunities of the
applied offer for more effective utilization of human, financial and material
resources, more stable industrial methods and new sources of employment.
The international organizations have the important role to be played distributing
and facilitating access to the information on technologies accessible to transfer.
It is understood, that transfer of technology will be taken into account necessity
to protect rights of the intellectual property.

THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT
WORKSHOP OF THE FUTURE-ECOHOUSE
DNA and architecture of a variety of cities.
Project ECOHOUSE is a smithy for manufacture of houses - SPRING-HARMONIOUS
of skeletons with a covering from a sheet material accessible under the
price and non-polluting on properties. Collapsible skeletons are sent in places
of manufacture for reconstruction of shabby habitation and construction
new in a combination to local plants. Houses - springs can be quickly
mounted and dismounted on trees or on floating islands. To high quality
of manufacturing of connections of skeletons, on the basis of structure DNA,
and durabilities spring WIRE, its(her) free transportation rather high availability
and low cost, a house - SPRINGS are capable to sustain any ultimate loads.
Houses of a spring are optimum in extreme conditions and provide safety at
a tsunami, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY flooding, hurricanes and are fireproof.
At an opportunity of fast training local residents, they will be capable to
construct ECOHOUSE with the minimal waste products and influence on
an environment. Sustainable energy the project it is checked up on already
realized miniprojects for people with the limited opportunities at support of
the international funds and the organizations.

http: //www.ecotheatr.org
4 - the PROJECT of the WORKSHOP of FUTURE NAME LVOVA. (ECOHOUSE)
Young people are highly affected by development, or the lack thereof, but
the potential of young people to play an active part in development has not
been fully recognized.We recognize the importance of promoting a culture of
prevention among young people as a long-term strategy for conflict prevention.
We further recognize that investing in the reintegration of youth combatants and
the creation of livelihoods for youth in post-conflict areas is especially crucial to
prevent the reoccurrence of war. We also recognize the role of civil society
organizations in peace-building and conflict prevention.Culture of peace and
initiatives on dialogue among cultures and civilizations

Recognizing the Declaration on a Culture of Peace and the Programme of
Action adopted and the value of different initiatives on dialogue among
cultures and civilizations, we commit to take action to promote a culture of
peace at the national level, as well as at the regional and international levels,
to explore enhancing implementation mechanisms and to follow up on these initiatives.
We recognize the importance of promoting a culture of peace and respect for
human rights and the rule of law among young people. We recognize the work of
young people in cross-cultural understanding and encourage institutional support
to such initiatives.

The purpose of the project: architecture and construction of a workshop on
tutoring children and students to construction of viable habitation from the
reinforced ground, manufacture mesh envelopes on spiral technique of DNA.
The workshop of future ECOHAUSE is a unique opportunity for students and children
from Children's home to receive useful knowledge and skills for operation on any
construction, and in the future, to construct the ecoeffective the house of the
reinforced ground. Construction of a workshop on manufacture of harmonious
mesh skeletons allows to minimize power expenditures of construction and migration
of materials for development of projects ecoeffective constructions in woods and
on the boggy sites traditionally unsuitable for construction of habitation.
PERFORMANCES of the PROJECT - the WORKSHOP In the form of the SPHERICAL DOME
ASSUMES CONSTRUCTION of the SMITHY in DIAMETER of 5 METERS, With the
FURNACE BUILT in ON the CENTER FOR HOT HANDLING METAL, IN TERRITORY
of the CHILDREN'S HOUSE - BOARDING SCHOOL – In a PAVLOVSK.
PARTNERS of the PROJECT - the INTERNATIONAL FUND of NAME VERNADSKOGO
And FUND LIHACHEVA, company EKOMIR, ADMINISTRATION of LENINGRAD REGION,
mass-media, the international Internet portal TakingITGlobal.org
TARGET GROUP of the PROJECT - STUDENTS, PUPILS of CHILDREN'S HOMES,
SCHOOLBOYS, LOCAL RESIDENTS.
REALIZATION of the PROJECT ALLOWS EACH PERSON TO PROVIDE INDEPENDENTLY
ITSELF with HABITATION UNDER the LOWEST PRICES And ON ANY SITE of
CONSTRUCTION AT the MAXIMAL SAVING the ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY And MATERIALS
C the ACCOUNT
EXPERIENCE OF HENRY TORO, NICOLAI LIVOVA, BAKI FULLERA, GEORGIA KRUTICOVA,
VLADIMIRA SHUHOVA, VLADIMIRA VERNADSKOGO, JANA CAPLISCI, NORMANA FOSTERA.
ENGAGING To CONSTRUCTION of the WORKSHOP - SMITHIES of VOLUNTEERS FROM
AMONG STUDENTS of BUILDING HIGH SCHOOLS, PUPILS of CHILDREN'S HOMES,
SCHOOLBOYS, LOCAL RESIDENTS, MILITARY.
PARTICIPATION OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IN CONSTRUCTION ALLOWS TO
TRANSFER IN PRACTICE TO REQUIRING PEOPLE NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE AND
SKILLS ON CONSTRUCTION OF AUTONOMOUS AND ACCESSIBLE HABITATION
FROM THE REINFORCED GROUND.

FOR DEVELOPMENT of the PROJECT - ENGAGING CITY, FEDERAL And LOCAL
ADMINISTRATIONS, mass-media, placing RESULTS And ANNOUNCEMENTS of the
PROJECT In the INFORMATION WEB And ON PORTAL TakingITGlobal - Discuss -
Thread - Ecotheatre.mht (ECOTHEATR the SMALL NATIVE LAND) and on a site

ecotheatr.org is recognized schedule
NOVELTY of the PROJECT - CONSISTS THAT AT CONSTRUCTION LOCAL MATERIALS;
STRAW, CLAY, PEAT, the GROUND, LEAVES - FROM MIXTURE With CEMENT , FROM THEM
are made ROUND BRICKS - CELLS WHICH WILL be ON the SPIRAL ON the SKELETON With
the PLYWOOD TIMBERING. MESH the COLLAPSIBLE SKELETON And HIS SHEET FROM METAL
And PLYWOOD is supplied ON the BICYCLE OR the MINIBUS. The YEARS VARIANT of the
WORKSHOP of the FUTURE is made OF the HARMONIOUS SKELETON And the
WATER-PROOF AWNING FROM the FABRIC. FOR GIVING the CONSTRUCTION of the
DOME of the HIGH CARRYING CAPACITY, the CONSTRUCTION FROM the HARMONIOUS
SKELETON of the MESH ENVELOPE of ROTATION FROM the SPRING WIRE And FORMED
ON SPIRAL TECHNIQUE of the MOLECULE of DNA WILL be used. In the WORKSHOP
HOUSES-spheres And In CONTAINERS WILL be made. And TO be supplied TO the
SITE In the form of ROLLS of the FABRIC And the HEATER, the HARMONIOUS
SKELETON, SHEETS of PLYWOOD And the ZINCED IRON, FIXTURE And INSTRUMENTS.
THE HOUSE - THE SPHERE IS A CELL - COLOBCI - ROUND BRICKS TOO CELLS
ON THE CELL FROM THE SPRING WIRE (DNA - RNA).
ACCOMMODATING FOR MANUFACTURE OF THE SKELETON WITHOUT WELDING
AND DRILLINGS REMINDS THE RIBOSOME IN THE CELL. prefabricated - FOLDING
SPRING ELEMENTS OF THE SKELETON ARE SIMILAR (X Y CHROMOSOMES),
FIXTURE - CLAMPS{FIXING AGENTS} ARE NUCLEOTIDES).
INPUTS And TRANSITIONS BETWEEN HOUSES - SPHERES HAVE MESH SURFACES
With the HYPERBOLIC GEOMETRY, INHABITED VOLUMES HAVE ELLIPTIC GEOMETRY.
LINK of INHABITANTS BETWEEN mosaic GEOMETRIES And FUNCTIONS is provided
with the BIOGENIC CURRENT of ATOMS In the WEB the INTERNET.
AT FLOODING THE HOUSE - THE SPHERE EMERGES{FLOATS} AND FLOATS ON
OTHER HIGHER SITE OF THE BOG OR THE WOOD.
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF AUTONOMOUS HABITATION IN CITY IT IS OFFERED
project RHOMBOX-ARTET.

The PROJECT CAN be realized, BOTH IN the NORTH AND IN THE SOUTH OF
Russia, And also In OTHER COUNTRIES of the WORLD With the BROKEN ECOLOGY
And THREAT of ACTS OF NATURE.
OFFERED CONSTRUCTIONS of HABITATION because of the DURABILITY
And ECOefficiency CAN SAVE LIVES of PEOPLE In EXTREME CONDITIONS of the
ELEMENTS, FIRES, earthquake And FLOODING.
BUILDINGS FROM the REINFORCED GROUND are accessible AT THE PRICE OF
And ALLOW TO SAVE WILDLIFE, WOODS And BOGS UNTOUCHED. SYNTHESIS
of KNOWLEDGE of GENETICS And MECHANICS WILL allow TO MAKE architectures
ACCESSIBLE HABITATION NOT LESS VARIOUS, THAN At ALIVE SUBSTANCE.
FOR CONSTRUCTION And MAINTENANCE ECOHOUSE the MINIMUM QUANTITY
of ENERGY And MATERIALS is required.
IN AREAS OF THE GROUND WITH TRADITIONALLY ROUND STRUCTURES OF
HABITATION, FOR EXAMPLE IN AFRICA AND ASIA, THE PROJECT CAN RECEIVE
MASS spread.
ECO and powereffective the project it is checked up, on already realized,
MINIPROJECTS for people with the limited opportunities at support of the
international funds and architectures.

DomeMountain
Happy New Year, May the Angels always be by your side.
Take Care,

Ian, Rascal, Rachel, Zeb and Alex

From DomeMountain:
To Elizabeth,
Can we get our resident expert to comment on these different heating and cooling ideas put forth so far? There seems to be some slight difference of opinions being voiced.

From:DomeMountain
To Doug,

I read the Expert Opinion Also:

Can you go into still more detail on your experiences?
Please tell me about the insulation.
What kind and how much?

How do you prevent heat loss
At the windows
In the dark and cold?

How much window space
Do you actually have?

Did you use a vapor barrier
Between the bedrock
And the basement?

Could a north east base side
Be burmed effectively?

On these cold winter days is the only extra heat generated by the 4 Humphrey lamps.
How many BTU's do they put off?

Would you take some pics
Of the natural circulating system
You have created and post them?

Are the floors all open?

In the Summer,
Do you use the 55 degree heat sink
In the opposite fashion
To cool the dome?
Pulling air across the basement floor
And Northern 1st floor wall
To begin to cool your Dome?

Thanks.

I believe the more input we can get on this the "Challenge of Heating" can be simplified

DOME MOUNTAIN

I wish to respectfully disagree with the resident expert re heating a dome. The time to consider heating a Geodesic structure is before it is built. Having lived in a 39 ft GEO DOme for 30 years and having the 3 story structure heat itself for 30 years while it sits atop a 5000 ft mountain in idaho with outside temp ranges from minus 20 to plus 105 and my only heat source is 4 humphrey propane lights in the bottom story, i classify my self as having been there done that.
When you are selecting your site, the earth under your home is a constant 55 degrees. Not utilizing that heat sink is a terrible mistake and very costly. My North and East side on the bottom story is built into the hillside and the 55 degree heat sink prevents the house from freezing ever. With NO HEAT SOURCE AT ALL the house stays a constant 45- 55 degrees because of the way the openings in the floorspaces is designed and the window openings and design. All windows 4'0 x 6'0 are facing the south and west side. and the angle of shade from the above deck is the same as the latitude. So the sun only shines inside and heats up the space from october till april.

I have arrived at the dome house on Jan ist in four feet of snow on snowmobiles, and found the interior to be 55 degrees at midnight. For years i kept a mason jar full of water with the lid on screwed tight in a metal bowl on all three floors and never broke a bottle b freezing. In fact now i dont even use antifreeze if i leave as i am so confident of its design. the Opening to the main floor from the basement is on the Northern most side. Allowing the sun and the heated air to heat the ceiling and then travel across the entire floor before rising into the main (Dome) area. The rising heat from the opening circulates to the top and then there are three small openings on the south side allowing a metered amount of air to travel to the Daylight basement area creating a constant flow of heated air and resulting movement. Result is nothing ever freezes. People are amazed to visit in the winter and we have no wood stove burning .
In fact Ive had the same 10 cords of wood in the wood bin for almost 9 years now. The bottom floor was poured literally on bedrock, and the top 2 feet of the walls are insulated with 4 inches styrofoam. Keeping out the frost line temp.

I recently re roofed the dome and after 25 years of cedar shingles and shake felt , i can attest to no leaks. I used a new product called "Grace Snow and ice shield" to seal it before putting a 50 year roof with composite shingles. I was standing outside during a rainstorm that dropped 4 inches of rain in one hour and not a leak.. Fantastic product for a dome. The rain completely filled a wheelbarrow in 30 minutes then passed by.. Happened before any shingles were on and not a drop.

So heating a dome is done with a pencil and thermal understanding of the airflow and the sun. If you dont take that into consideration before you build , or dont orientate your house correctly to the earth then enjoy being a lumberjack and stoking a fire place.

We are also completely solar powered, and have been for many years.
Total annual cost for all utilities on the place is 800 dollars for propane used for refridgeration , stove and the four lights.

enjoy. blessings to all..
doug

I had two years of sheet metal work in high school from a very good teacher. I'm not really that skilled but enjoy the work. Lindsay Technical Publications is a good resource for a lot of books at reasonable prices. Old time stuff and alot of how to books on metal working,lath operating,etc. Dave Gingery has a whole series of how to books on many different subjects. I've got a lot of very useful info. from them. For me metal is better than shingles because of the difficulty of roofing and life expectancy of the material but shingles have improved a lot over the years. Maybe I'm just too old to be hauling shingles up to the top of a dome.lol. I think copper would be nice but very expensive. Way out of my price range. Good luck.

Domebook 2 is out of print but I think you can still get it at amazon.com. I believe a friend of mine got it there. There is a lot of info on the web. Just type in geodesic domes or geodesic math. Domebook 2 shows how to do Fuller's spherical trig and I use a scientific calculator to do the calculations. It's very time consuming but enjoyable. Calculating one and building one are two very different events but fun anyway. Good luck.

Frequency refers to the number the ppt [the single triangle of the geometric solid you are using] is divided into. In my case it was four. The hemisphere is simply half a sphere. I used the icosahedron solid. I've done a lot of calculations on the octahedron, hexahedron dual. I'm a layperson with a great fascination with the geometry and math involved in domes. Fuller changed my way of looking at the world and I've been learning ever since. It never ends but it's interesting to me. Check out Blair's web page www.domeincorporated.com. He has a nice hub system and some good links. Good luck.

I had one system connected to the dome years ago but removed it. I didn't have a lot of time to cut firewood. Now at 800.00 dollars to fill my propane tank I wish I had left it alone. I'll probably buy a furnace. I'm retired now with plenty of time to cut firewood. I think those high temp furnaces sound good but it's fairly new technology. I don't have the skills to really design a furnace like the hi temp ones. My welding leaves much to be desired. lol. By the way, that was THE MOTHER EARTH NEWS in my other post. Don't want to leave out the spaceship that I'm on. lol. Good luck.

Metal roofing seems the way to go for labor. What source book did you learn how to use this skill from? Would "Copper" be best or do you have other thoughts on the metal surface?

Where do you acqire the resource book, Domebook2, that you refer to?

Roofing a dome is very challenging! It definitely is not the same as a square house. Different techniques are needed to accomplish the task. Many have to be invented as you go.

The triangles present special sealing challenges if you decide not ridge cap the entire structure (which looks poor anyway).

All Skylights (triangles are tough) have to be flashed on all sides, them overlap flashing to protect the corners. 6 individual pieces are used, and in order as to how they are situated.

Sealing the nail holes, (nails of a common material), sealing the strips against the tar paper and wooden framing. Then cutting step flashing for all the shingles that come in contact with the frame. This diverts water in case of a failure.

5 widow clusters present the greatest challenge of all in that there are so many angles to consider at each moment.

I have detailed a lot of this on my site for those attempting to try it. I'm sure you can take this experience and add to it. Check out all the photo's at

http://spaces.msn.com/members/domemountain/

Look under photo's "flashing and step flashing.
I think evey aspect of the roofing project is detailed at some place in the photo colection, though.

Excuse my lack of understanding terms, but what is a "four frequency" hemisphere? What do the frequency numbers refere to?

Have you thought about building a wood furnace? What features would you want included in one you could design yourself?

Most likely your leaks are from improper shingling. If your skylight leaks, it will leak if it is shingled the same way on a square house. If your chimney leaks, it will leak if it is shingled that way in a square house.

Any material that can be used on a square house can probably be used on a dome.

Blair