Did you decide you wanted a Monolithic Dome because of its inherent disaster resistance? Is your town building a Monolithic Dome community disaster shelter disguised as a school or gymnasium? Do you live near a dome safe-room or wish you did? Post details here!
I was more attracted by the non-conventional look (conventional is so boring) and the energy efficiency. However, the safety is certainly a wonderful additional characteristic. When we EVER get this thing off the ground (or rather in the ground!) we will also be looking at a Monolithic structure for a horse barn. The horses need protection from tornados, too!
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Hi, Rebecca,
Glad to “meet” you!
Thanks for sending this! Between you and me, that’s not tall enough for that horse. The ceiling height for horse shelters should exceed the height of the tallest horse’s head when rearing, to avoid injury to the head and/or neck.
We will be wanting a much larger building (probably Eco-shell, with our milder winters) for 10 horses, with room for tack and a wash rack, and I imagine the larger building would automatically be much higher. We’ll probably just use those pre-built wooden stall panels inside. Our horses will be outside most of the time, but in bad weather and during tornado warnings we would shelter them in the stalls.
Cute photo, though! And great protection for a horse in weather like Canada has.
Thanks again,
Jeanette
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I agree! While cute, that little dome does not give the horse much room. I can see your point about it not being big enough. It would be fun to see any sketches you’ve made!
Hi,
No sketches on the horse shelter yet. I’m thinking it will be pretty simple - just the shell with a window for each stall and doors at both ends of a wide center aisle. Probably those arches outside over the windows for protection from our all-too-rare rain!
I do have a detailed (maybe TOO detailed!) drawing of the earth-sheltered, two-Partial-Torus, 4,000-ish SF house we want to build, though, if you’d like to see that. It also shows the two 30-foot geodesic domes for the cats that I ended up with when my county TNR organization would not respond to my calls during Covid. I want them to “feel” like they are outside thanks to the transparent material, but be totally protected from heat, cold, precipitation, wind, and predators.
I left a copy of the house at the Monolithic office when we were there earlier this year, but I’ve made changes to that drawing since then. It’s very much a work in progress, LOL!
Jeanette