Surprise...domeguy lives in a dome

[Domeguy]

I am curious about the rest of the world that does not live in a dome. As stated above, domegal and I live in a 50' geodesic dome, built on a 4' riser wall that is of my own design. We also have a 24' dome built on a 6' riser wall. I was a factory worker at the time we started building, and my wife is a nurse in our small town. We built the dome by ourselves over 1 1/2 years and didn't even have blueprints. The bank gave us the loan with only a rough drawing of the floor plan, which by the way, I kept revising on the go.
I am curious if anyone else has built their own prepper home, and what special goodies did you put into it. Is it under ground, or maybe up on the side of a rocky cliff? Did you build in a safe room, or maybe trap doors in the floor?
And if you made it this far reading this post, you get the big prize. You get to tell us what you would do to build your own prepper paradise.

[Sniper-T]

pics?

[Domeguy]

I am not allowed to post pictures.:(
Amend that to I can not post pictures due to not having a high enough post count.

[Sniper-T]

huh? why not?

put them in photobucket, and copy/paste the image url into here!!!

ooohh!
might be a postcount thing eh?
if you want to post some, PM me, and I'll give you my email. I'll post them for you

[ElevenBravo]

Im interested!

EB

[mitunnelrat]

I am not allowed to post pictures.:(

For some reason or another I didn't think of this the other day when you mentioned attachments, but long story short, none of us can upload directly to the site. You have to use an image hosting site like photobucket or image shack and paste the link here. I personally like photobucket, because its image link pastes directly in here with no fuss.

[Grumpy Old Man]

I would be interested Dome in seeing what you have done.Strangely enough, when I get the property I want, I will build a concrete quonset hut and then shotcrete over it.

[ak474u]

I would be interested Dome in seeing what you have done.Strangely enough, when I get the property I want, I will build a concrete quonset hut and then shotcrete over it.

I know a concrete guy if you need to learn how... :D

[Sniper-T]

I know a concrete guy if you need to learn how... :D

bwahahahahaha!

[David Armstrong]

While not having a dome, I've often thought about building one. On my trips back to see family a slight detour takes me through Italy, TX, home of Monolithic Domes, Inc. A really fascinating design concept.

[ak474u]

While not having a dome, I've often thought about building one. On my trips back to see family a slight detour takes me through Italy, TX, home of Monolithic Domes, Inc. A really fascinating design concept.

I drive by that all the time. I'd say they're the experts at them by now. Their tiny house domes are pretty cool, they look like a loaf of bread with a door.

[Domeguy]

There are a lot of good things to say about monolithic domes. Usually you can become your contractor and do a lot of the work yourself. Two main things that come to mind are no roofing shingles to mess with on the outside, and no drywall to put up on the inside. They can be designed in almost any size and shape...but they are a bit to modern and smooth for my taste. I saw my first geodesic dome as a kid in the back of a Popular Science magazine, and thought they were the bees knees. I had just about forgot about them, and this little thing called the Internet brought my curiosity back...and the rest they say is history

[Stormfeather]

Still waiting on those pics!

[RedJohn]

I am not allowed to post pictures.:(
Amend that to I can not post pictures due to not having a high enough post count.
Nobody can upload pictures. But you can link them, no troubles.

[Domeguy]

Still waiting on those pics!

I sent a few to sniper last night, just a few I had on the iPad. He said he would post them for me.

[rentprop1]

there are used dome sections (parts) to build one here in FL for about $ 5000

[Sniper-T]

posted for Domeguy...

From a distance:
http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt140/Sniper-T/photo_zps2aeb0bb1.png (http://s605.photobucket.com/user/Sniper-T/media/photo_zps2aeb0bb1.png.html)

sweet:
http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt140/Sniper-T/photo3_zpsc55a99dd.jpg (http://s605.photobucket.com/user/Sniper-T/media/photo3_zpsc55a99dd.jpg.html)

This will make your eyes spin:
http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt140/Sniper-T/1071_zpsadb726f2.jpg (http://s605.photobucket.com/user/Sniper-T/media/1071_zpsadb726f2.jpg.html)

Inside:
http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt140/Sniper-T/2622_zps3653c81b.jpg (http://s605.photobucket.com/user/Sniper-T/media/2622_zps3653c81b.jpg.html)

Another:
http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt140/Sniper-T/2621_zps6704e1b8.jpg (http://s605.photobucket.com/user/Sniper-T/media/2621_zps6704e1b8.jpg.html)


Looks awesome domeguy. pretty wild construction.

[bacpacker]

Thanks for helpin out T. I've been lookin forward to seeing these pic's.

DG, I love the house, so does the wife. First thing she said, "I could live there". I agree. Very nice design.

[Sniper-T]

I love the hugely open concept that it allows.

[Domeguy]

Thanks for helpin out T. I've been lookin forward to seeing these pic's.

DG, I love the house, so does the wife. First thing she said, "I could live there". I agree. Very nice design.

Thanks Mr. B. You and the misses have an open invitation any time for some possum stew and a sip or two of some Jank Daiels to was it down

[Domeguy]

Just in case anyone missed it, Snipe-T was kind enough to post the pictures for me. I want you to knowi it was kind of you to do so. Thank you so much Sniper-T for posting the pictures for me. I owe my gratitude and if ever need anything, just let know, I'll be there.
Also the two of you are pretty close (compared to the rest of the world

[Domeguy]

Ummmmmmmmm...ok..........It looks like the new meds the neurologist put me on may just have a tiny little side effect.
What I was trying to say was thanks to Sniper T for posting the pictures for me, and thanks to everyone who likes our dome home.

[Stormfeather]

Nuthin like a little man luv. . . its all good man!

[Grumpy Old Man]

Great dwelling Dome. BTW The concrete dome concept is very popular in India. What I have in mind is more like a Seneca longhouse.

http://www.warpaths2peacepipes.com/native-american-houses/longhouse.htm

[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

I can speak from personal experience that they have a very nice home. Now you do have to have a stout vehicle to get up that driveway though.:) We thought the house was pretty cool, nice open floorplan.Too bad it was dark when we got there I would have loved to look around the property too.

[Domeguy]

I can speak from personal experience that they have a very nice home. Now you do have to have a stout vehicle to get up that driveway though.:) We thought the house was pretty cool, nice open floorplan.Too bad it was dark when we got there I would have loved to look around the property too.

Thank you, but I was glad it dark. We have a company come by every month and fertilize the weeds. The place has never been landscaped, and still has spots where broken concrete blocks and small pieces of plywood can be seen. It's only been 6 years since we built
And moved in. That's like yesterday in elephant years. I follow the motto "don't do today what can be put off until later."
A stout vehicle...I haven't the slightest idea of what you are talking about.:)

[Domeguy]

Thanks for all the interest in my dome home, but the main question is "What have you done to turn your average home into a prepper home, or what special qualities have you had custom built if it is a new home." For example, I built the cupola with 10 windows to bring in as much natural light as possible, and put in the sky light so when the sun gets far enough in the afternoon, the light comes in through the skylight to light up the living/dining room and kitchen.

[Domeguy]

Reviving the necro post. It been snowing here this morning, just about 1/2 inch, but it makes for a lazy day. So I've been reading a lot of back logged posts I have never read, and I came upon this one. Does anyone else live in a non-traditional home, or one that has been modified to fit into your prepping lifestyle? Have you done any energy modifications to make it more energy efficient, installed solar, geothermal, nuclear fusion reactor, ect? Without breaking opsec,do you have a secret entrance/exit as a back up? Do you have a bunker, or plan on installing one? As you know, I've built a dome, and after living in it for several yrs, it occurred to me, we have three doors, all facing the same general direction. So we have no way to sneak out. I plan to in the future take out one window in the sunroom, turn it into a door and giving me a rear exit. About 20' from that door, I want to dig into the hill and install a grand daddy of all root cellars, almost a bunker, to store extra food and supplies. It would have a reinforced door that would be hidden. Still all I the planning stage...but what kind of things do you have, or plan to have at your Prepper Ponderosa?

[Kesephist]

I never quite understood why domes really didn't take off in old Rome.They already had the fundamental units well understood and in use, being the arch and the vaulted ceiling.

Sadly, DG, my best hopes will be in the sandstone of the west side of the central part of the Spring Mountain range out here. Finding a relatively small mouthed cave, closing it off and carefully hand mining it out, using the "tailings" for connected outbuildings... something along the lines of the Pueblo Indians' constructions, now that I think on't.

[Domeguy]

Well, then I saw your twin brother in tv last month. It was a show, maybe Discovery channel, following 4-5 people living off grid. One was living in a cave system in Arkansas. He would dig for minerals to sell for ammo and barter. And just between you and me, he seemed just a bit south on his compass. So be careful my friend, keep your wits about you and watch out for cave-ins. I just hope you will let me come to visit, as I love caves. And for the Romans, they were quite the builders, but didn't seem to do many small scale domes for the masses, until Bucksamus Fullerium came into power...and as they say, the rest is history!
Amended...domes are still fairly rare to run across, but oddly, there are two others very near to Lynchburg, and within an hrs drive, there are 5 others in the area, and of the 8, 3 are concrete monolithic domes, made by American Ingenuity Domes.