Geodesic Dome Roof Construction

I am writing this to recommend john and daniel johnson of new age construction based on a terrific outcome on the re roof of my geodesic dome.

Geodesic dome roof construction. The natural spaces domes complete building system ensures a watertight and leak free home for decades to come. See more ideas about geodesic dome homes geodesic dome geodesic. Lloyd alter cc by 2 0. On october 1 1982 one of the most famous geodesic domes spaceship earth at epcot in walt disney world resort in bay lake florida just outside of orlando florida opened.

Re roofing a geodesic dome. They have seen all the possible problems. He demonstrated a high level of expertise on the difficult process. A lattice of angled glulam beams each 8 7 inches wide and ranging in depth from 25 2 inches to 26 7 inches connect in diamond formation via steel knife plates welded to custom hollow steel tubes.

Our extensively illustrated construction manual shows you or your builder roofing techniques that we have perfected over the last 47 years in the design and construction of over a thousand domes. The largest roundel 60 feet in diameter houses the main lecture theater and is topped by a geodesic timber roof. We have completed 3 of these projects and it is very important that you contact the manufacturer of the building if it a pre built or if it is a kit set you need to speak with the architect or company selling the plans. A geodesic dome home in california.

His dedication and commitment to excellence was evident from day 1. Then i read some horror stories online about concrete guys who normally deal only with rectangles screwing up people s 15 or 20 sided dome foundations and decided maybe it should be an owner built concrete form as well. Popularized by futurist philosopher buckminster fuller the geodesic dome home is easily identified by its circular construction which has about one third less surface area than a traditional box. Apr 5 2020 energy efficient homes.

These homes utilize a single thick layer of concrete and other materials for their shell. The original plan was to just pay a concrete contractor to build us a slab and then i d take over from there. John sent us a seasoned crew headed up by his son daniel. Finally i added a cabin behind it that became the new kitchen and eating area the wood building with metal roof to the left and the dome became a living area only until.