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   calvin | Jul 10, 2012 07:03pm | #1

   Heck no,

   No cobwebs in the corners.

   You don't have to cut into the ceiling when painting.

   Don't try to shingle one., at least not without thinking.

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   DanH | Jul 10, 2012 09:08pm | #2

   And you don't have to worry that the contractor cut corners in the construction.

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   DanH | Jul 10, 2012 09:12pm | #3

   (I did work with one guy once who had a dome.  He never complained about the maintenance, but he'd only had the house a few years.)

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   calvin | Jul 11, 2012 03:29pm | #4

   Kevin

   Sorry for the less than helpful reply.

   What kind of dome and perhaps a picture or two?

   thanks.

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   DanH | Jul 11, 2012 11:37pm | #5

   It so happens that I ran into the guy with the dome home this afternoon, so I asked him.

   He's had the home, to my recollection, about 25 years.  He says he's had no maintenance problems.  The only issue has been that reshingling is expensive, because the whole house is roof.

   His house is frame with aluminum hubs, sheathed with plywood and covered with asphalt shingles.  Below there's a couple inches of air space (vented at top and bottom), several inches of foam, several inches of fiberglass (as a fire retardant), plastic vapor barrier, and T&G wood inside wall covering.  (He says using drywall inside is impractical since the joints would tear open as the frame moves seasonally.)  Don't know what the foundation construction is.

   This is in southern Minnesota -- lowest winter temps around -25F, signiicant amounts of time hovering near zero in the winter, temps often in the 90s in summer.  Can be quite rainy for weeks at a time, or quite dry.

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   kevinbrown966 | Jul 20, 2012 05:06am | #6

   Hey Dan, that's a priceless bit of info.. thanks a lot for your help.. i'll keep all of this in mind..

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   silkplanttree | Jul 23, 2012 02:38am | #7

   Maintaining dome homes

   Hello,

          Yes its hard to maintain dome homes according to all but not too hard, opposit of it in my point of view its so simple to maintain dome homes lets see how is it,

                          Dome homes are generally much easier to maintain than most "conventional" structures. The reason being is that the domes require less roofing to enclose the same amount of square footage as a rectangular structure and the roofing is subjected to much less stress from prolonged heat. The entire roof is never exposed to direct sunlight at the same time, therefore, the sun will "move across" the dome allowing the triangles to cool off as it does, thus preventing as much heat buildup as is prevelant in a flat or panel pitched roof.

      Anybody have any question? If yes then feel free to ask...

   
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   calvin | Jul 23, 2012 08:26am | #8

   silk

   Here's a question:

   How do you figure less roofing?

   Less than a hip roof, maybe.

   Less than a gable roof, how so?  In the picture you've got the whole second floor covered roof and side "walls" with shingles.

   At noon, like most roofs the shingles are in the sun.  B/4 and after noon, not much difference.

   Applying roofing correctly is far from easier on a dome.

   So, how'd you come up with your reply above?