How Do You Make A Geodesic Dome Home?
Making a geodesic dome into a home can be done with minimal skills and few tools, creating a house that is extremely efficient–a properly constructed dome can weather sub-zero climates as well as relentless desert heat with minimal maintenance. Using a steel conduit sub-structure placed onto a rammed earth foundation, the average home builder can make a livable dome home in about two weeks. Dig a level foundation about 2 feet down from the surface of the ground chosen for the home. The shoveled dirt can be set into one pile, to be sifted and used as aggregate with the concrete later. The dug out area should be 2 feet wider than the dome that is going to be built, and should have a sloped area for entry on one side. The foundation area should be tamped by foot, and the walls smoothed (and made vertical) with the shovel as much as possible. Create the rammed earth foundation by filling tires with mortar, stacking them like bricks. Start by placing tires around the inside of the foundati