The Build

Well ...at long last the weather has improved, the mists of apathy have subsided and whilst covid19 still has a stranglehold on the world....Ive concentrated on what's really important.....The Geodome. Whilst the skeleton remains uncovered (waiting for a dry windless day!) ,it in itself is a personal triumph after all these months of trying to get everything right. 

 

From the outside the view is more appealing and quite the feat , built single handed due to covid19 restrictions. How? Well a quick glance at the following video will reveal all.

In summary, the structure is flexible and wobbly until it is complete and all joints are tightened fully. This is both forgiving in terms of breakage etc but aggrivating in terms of handling and manipulation. The task is to build a layer under the preceding layer by raising the structure on concrete blocks (4" at a time....at a number of points on the circumeference to minimise the stresses and strains within the framework.

There were more than a few hairy moments and the air was often blue but eventually ....success!

The covering of the skeleton with the hand crafter polythene cover will follow shortly.