geodesic domes made simple

[Serpo]

http://buildwithhubs.co.uk/index.html#top

[Glass]

cool idea.

[expat4ever]

Estimated delivery feb 2016. Pay now so they can steal all your money and file bankruptcy before they even produce a thing.
Anyone who wants to order these I am taking orders as well. Mine will ship sometime in the future and free shipping on the first 10,000 orders..

[Hitch]

If you live in San Francisco, you could build one of these in your back yard and rent it out for $2000 a month.

[Serpo]

If you live in San Francisco, you could build one of these in your back yard and rent it out for $2000 a month.


Bit of chicken wire ( three layers) , cement ect ...ferro cement............on out side and then plaster inside ......

Any other ideas to clad it?

[Serpo]

Estimated delivery feb 2016. Pay now so they can steal all your money and file bankruptcy before they even produce a thing.
Anyone who wants to order these I am taking orders as well. Mine will ship sometime in the future and free shipping on the first 10,000 orders..

Maybe better to wait.................

[gunDriller]

Bit of chicken wire ( three layers) , cement ect ...ferro cement............on out side and then plaster inside ......

Any other ideas to clad it?


metal wallpaper, painted to make it less reflective.

then, non-conductive coating using recycled Apple boxes.

[Cebu_4_2]

Once this is produced in china and they just fall apart the idea is moot.

[palani]

Their hubs have 5 connections. Their examples have 6.

http://buildwithhubs.co.uk/img/ideas_x2.png

http://buildwithhubs.co.uk/img/hub_close_up_x2.jpg

[Glass]

it seems like they have both 5 and 6 point hubs.

[hoarder]

There is no way you can beat conventional rectangular construction for cost-effectiveness. Much easier to keep the rain out, too.

[Jewboo]

There is no way you can beat conventional rectangular construction for cost-effectiveness. Much easier to keep the rain out, too.

http://activerain.trulia.com/image_store/uploads/6/7/4/0/6/ar120568553460476.jpg

Geodesic domes were a fad with the hippies in the early 1970s and most all of them eventually failed due to roofing leaks. Round and sloping walls are just not very usable. Pie-shaped rooms ditto...lol.

:D

[expat4ever]

Yea that looks like a roofers worst nightmare.