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View Full Version : Dome homes Dude111 11-02-2022, 07:43 PM Hey anybody out there have,or know anybody that owns a dome home? I have a friend who has been thinking of purchasing one. Would really like pros and cons on quality,etc of theirs!! (Im Curious) Gracious :) GentlemanJim 11-02-2022, 08:55 PM If he's buying an existing dome, inspect the roof carefully. If it's ready for a re-roof there is a good chance the current owner is trying to dodge the excessive cost. Lot's of scaffolding involved. Wind likes to pick up the shingles on such a roof, due to the angles. People tend to put in fewer dividing walls due to "high ceilings", which make heating and cooling easier, but ambient noises tend to fill the house. Most furniture and mass produced cabinetry are built with square buildings in mind. This can lead to a lot of wasted floor space unless they really think things thru when furnishing Caroline13 11-03-2022, 02:23 PM Interesting and I know no one who owns one BUT in my "dreaming" years I thought of owning and living in one...but it never happened. Dreamed of a lot of stuff that never happened..... Babalu 11-03-2022, 05:38 PM If he's buying an existing dome, inspect the roof carefully. If it's ready for a re-roof there is a good chance the current owner is trying to dodge the excessive cost. Lot's of scaffolding involved. Wind likes to pick up the shingles on such a roof, due to the angles. People tend to put in fewer dividing walls due to "high ceilings", which make heating and cooling easier, but ambient noises tend to fill the house. Most furniture and mass produced cabinetry are built with square buildings in mind. This can lead to a lot of wasted floor space unless they really think things thru when furnishing I actually just came across this in the past couple of days and high ceilings make heating more difficult and expensive because heat rises and you are paying to heat the empty space above you. Not an attractive thought with the projected 20+% heating cost increase this coming winter. Dude111 11-03-2022, 07:43 PM People tend to put in fewer dividing walls due to "high ceilings", which make heating and cooling easier, but ambient noises tend to fill the house.Yes I hate that!! People live in these houses w/o walls between the kitchen and living room.... Its horrible!! Caroline13 11-03-2022, 08:01 PM Yes I hate that!! People live in these houses w/o walls between the kitchen and living room.... Its horrible!! It's not horrible, just a different way to live. Choices!!! GentlemanJim 11-03-2022, 09:23 PM Yes I hate that!! People live in these houses w/o walls between the kitchen and living room.... Its horrible!! Plus, with a dome, little sounds are amplified https://i.imgur.com/UaQ789m.jpg PhoenixAcres 11-03-2022, 10:59 PM When I hear "dome home" I always think of the Cape Romano Dome House (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Romano_Dome_House), which was built in 1982 but spent its last few years completely in the water. I guess some good advice is to not build your dome next to a rapidly receding shoreline. https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/117domehome.jpg?v=at&w=650&h=356 281743 Dude111 11-04-2022, 10:45 AM It's not horrible, just a different way to live. Choices!!!Yea I suppose so........ GentlemanJim 11-04-2022, 12:31 PM Yea I suppose so........ HA! I'll bet these hillbillies don't even know who Buckminster Fuller even was, yet even still they were smart enough to not build in a flood plain. https://i.imgur.com/4Lz7QnQ.jpg ;) Dude111 11-05-2022, 06:38 AM That looks neat Jimmy!! |