Dome Pix

Some pictures showing the demolition of our old geodesic dome and the construction of the replacement.

P7310103 is the old 'Dome' cabin with a bunch of its contents sitting outside. It had fallen into beyond-hope condition through bad construction and years of neglect.

The name of the picture is P + month (7) + date (31) + sequence number (picture 0103 since I re-formatted the memory and re-started the sequencing).

P8060001 shows the demolition in progress

P8070060 shows the demolition nearly complete

It took three thirty-yard dumpsters to haul it all away, over the course of several weekends!

P8120016 shows just the foundation left and a big red dumpster in the background mostly obscuring the new garage.

P9040017 shows the crew enjoying a meal (if you can call it that!) around the campfire, with our tent in the background. We slept in the tent each time we were up there for all of July, August, September, and October, including some might cold nights (down into the 20's!).

P9040038 shows Megan and Paul's dog Charlie -- he's helping, in among the floor joists.

P9210001 shows Judy hard at work building a segment of the 'riser wall' -- the three-foot straight (right-angle) wall that supports the Dome's strut-work.

P9230008 shows the riser-wall in place and the struts taking shape. In the foreground is Joe Frawley -- the elderly gent who builds and sell the Dome kits. He just turned 90! In the background are his assistant on the ladder, and my business partner standing and looking on.

P9230015 shows the whole strut-work in place. Only took a couple hours, but that was the easy part!

P9240038 shows Meg and Paul nailing in place some of the forty triangles that create the geodesic dome itself.

P9240042 shows fearless Kate and Meg adding some supports across the middle of the triangles near the top.

PB (B = November) 160004 shows the Dome covered in tarps and early snow!

PB260005 shows the big 'picture windows' and the roofing going on. We hired someone to do that, and the plumbing, and the electrical work, and the siding. Of course, that meant coordinating schedules, tolerating delays, etc.

P1070001 (now we're into 2006) shows Kate's wonder dog, Toivo, enjoying his native habitat. He's a Finish Sptiz, after all.

P1070018 shows Meg and Paul working on interior paneling -- tongue-and groove 1x8s, about a dozen boards per triangle.

P1080052 shows the whole crew, with a finished bit of paneling and the big windows in the background.

P2120010 shows Kate teaching Judy some 'pilates' exercises to relax (?).

P2130017 shows Kate in the loft working on a panel featuring cut-outs around a light switch and the smoke detector.

A fifty-second video of the Dome's interior, as of Nov '06.

P3180005 shows Judy working on interior paneling in the loft near a window.

P4150013 shows the ladder to the loft and parts of a couple freshly painted walls.

P7070008 shows the interior, looking toward the big windows, at night.

PA280019 shows the wood stove and the new carpet.

P1010024 shows the snow-covered dome at night in January 07.

P1010065 show blue winter sky behind snow-laden branches.