Bear Creek Dome Riser Walls
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The Bear Creek Dome house use the Natural Spaces Domes Super-Wal double strut system, providing a true super insulated dome system that is extremely energy efficient. It is pre-assembled with sleeves attached ready to erect.
The wooden struts used are select structural southern yellow pine grown in sustainable forests. Also, Domes are resource efficient because substantially less wood is used to build them than in the same size conventional home.
Sustainably Harvested Wood Products: http://www.fscus.org/
Riser wall corners and horizontal struts – Tues. morning
First row of struts – Tues. — Starting at 10:00am
Finishing first row of struts – Tues. — Break for lunch at noon. Finishing second row of struts – Tues. — 3:00pm
Starting 3rd row of struts – Tues.– 4:00pm. This dome has a total of 6 rows. However, at this point, 145 struts of the 245 struts are in place.
Wed. — 2 workers starting @ 9:00am. These pictures were taken @ 9:45am
3rd row completed. Wed. — 11:15am
Half way thru 4th row of struts. Wed.– 1:30pm (after lunch break)
Finishing 4th row. Wed. — 3:00pm After the 4th row is complete there are 15 more struts to complete the dome.
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Wed. — 4:45pm 8 struts left to go.
Struts completed; waiting for cupola to be installed. Thurs. Starting at 9:30am finished at 10:30am
Riser wall studs being installed prior to applying 3/4″ plywood sheathing. Thurs.10:30am: Almost completed dome. Most of the dome framework was assembled by 3 people. Remember, this is a 49′ diameter dome with 1800 square feet on the main floor. Rain has started and snow is forecasted for Friday so not much will be going on in the next few days.
Cupola vertical corner struts in place. Thurs.
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