Looks great!
Key question: do the ladies like it?
The Frameless Geodesic Dome I currently live in
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#22I like how the plastic panels overlap to prevent leaking as framed geodesic domes often have leaking problems.
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#23I like geodesics but I don't think they are any more practical than a Yurt.
This link is written by somebody with quite a lot of experience with domes. http://www.shelterpub.com/_shelter/domebuilders_blues.html
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#24This homebuilt dome might interest you: http://youtu.be/OQu_FaTKkiE?t=4m46s
This guy's a classic: "My name is Jamie, and I have decided to build a giant robot damnit!"
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#25I wonder how many people could make money putting a couple of these in their backyards and renting them out on Airbnb.
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#26It would be very interesting to see the door. Anything I can think off would easier break the structure of the dome or be awkward.
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#27I like geodesics but I don't think they are any more practical than a Yurt. This link is written by somebody with quite a lot of experience with domes. http://www.shelterpub.com/_shelter/domebuilders_blues.html
Please read the post. My post is essentially a response to the many problems of building domes.
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#28In my country I'm not sure what the legal situation would be - as I understand it you can't just throw up a trailer park where you want. And a plot of land with permission for a permanent residence is worth about half the cost of a house. What's the legal situation in your country? Have you ever invited girls home, and if so how did they react? I think your dome looks awesome and fascinating, but I don't know if ever…
> Have you ever invited girls home, and if so how did they react?
Some standup comediant joked that if women agreed to have sex in cardboard boxes, men wouldn't buy houses.
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#29Bravo! Fantastic attempt (thinking way outside the box), with interesting results (low cost, rapid construction). Great step in the tiny house concept. Not sure how to reconcile the shape with societal expectations, as we're trained to expect 3+ rooms with rectangular layout (even "tiny homes" adhere). Does look a bit tight inside, at least for usable floorspace juxtaposed with headroom. Cost is impressive (low), but…
One issue with deviating from the standard rectangular construction is that furniture is designed to fit in square spaces.
Beds, tables, chairs, etc. are mostly rectangular.
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#30Any concerns about living surrounded by all that polystyrene blueboard? Either indoor air quality or flammability? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polystyrene#Fire_hazards
This is definitely a consideration and a trade off. I don't advocate having a wood stove in this structure. I haven't done any tests for air quality. The polystrene isn't exposed that much on the interior.
But this is a really good question which applys to all structures that use this material.