The thermal battery aspect of the Monlithic Dome cannot be overstated. Considering that the dome never dropped below fifty degress through the long winter, with only a chicken coop heater inside -- we're convinced the utility bills will be next to nothing.
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Now that the interior of Trinity Dome can be turned back over to the plumbing and electrical folks, we've turned our attention to making the exterior a little more presentable.
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Here you can see the accent siding installed on the north side windows and front entry openings. The stone look is very complimentatary with the airform fabric, and will be even nicer once the dome is coated.
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The front of the dome looks very nice now. Once the cedar trim is in place it will be a very attractive and welcoming entry way.
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This shot shows the south window with the start of the cedar trim.
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Here's the inset portion of the garage door...
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...and is the same section from the inside of the garage.
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Things have really started picking back up at TrinityDome. We're in the full swing of framing the interior with metal studs and starting to hang the drywall. The metal framing isn't completely solid until you sheath it with something, so we're hanging one side of each wall to give it some rigidity. This should make it much easier for the plumbers and electricians to do ther work.
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Here's a shot of the large divider wall between the bedroom and living room. At over 12 feet high, it's actually a little imposing -- especially to hang drywall on. It will be a great place for hanging lots of pictures though.
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This is the Master bathroom. The missing wall will ultimately be the location of a pocket door. To the left is the toilet, the sink will be in the middle and the shower stall to the right.
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This view shows what will eventually be the "McDonald's Kitchen". We jokingly use the term to describe the kitchen since that's where the homeowners tend to eat. Although it's small, the kitchen will contain extra overhead storage cabinets, an in wall mini-pantry, and a full compiment of appliances -- including an under-counter washer / dryer combo.
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Those of you who have visited the jobsite may recall that the garage door hadn't been installed in the spring, and we had sealed it up for safe keeping until time allowed for installation. Well, now it's done.
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Here's a shot of the opening from the inside. In the end we did end up using some green treated lumber for framing the jam. This seemed like a much easier solution than firing up the shotcrete pump -- plus it will make it easier to convert the garage to bedrooms later on.
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This view shows the brackets fabricated out of angle iron to support the garage tracks and springs. For those of you with curious minds, the red markings are spray paint -- used to help spot the anchor points while shorthanded.
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A couple of the things we were able to get done are evident in this photo. First, we sealed up all the openings around the windows and doors to keep the weather completely out, then we relied on the heavy spring showers to help grow some "grass".
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Here's a shot of the rubber flashing around the patio door. At this point it just needs some trim to finish it out. We have experimented with using synthetic deck boards for this function, but have found them difficult to work with -- and awfully heavy for vertical applications. It looks like simple cedar may be the better route.
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Okay, it isn't actually grass -- mostly weeds. But it's green and makes the jobsite a lot less muddy!
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