40 pictures of the inside with the ceiling panels in – just before we started walls.

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Taping the fire barrier

The completed disco ball

The waterline from the well

Sara wiping down a triangle

Mike spraying a coat of stain

Most of the 35 larger triangles we stained

Triangles out drying.  We also had another swath of trees cleared – you can see one of the two brush piles on the left.

A couple triangles didn’t stay together too well

The trench for the water line to the house.  On the left is the second brush pile – in the center is our new gigantic log pile.

Progress on the fire barrier.  We may need flashing lights – we’re going to have the inside of a disco ball!

The bottom well pump – it’ll be 220’ down in a bit…

The well head and the metal piece holding the pipe from falling

One 9’ section of pipe at a time

We brought Tinka.  She was thrilled! 

Pumping water

Neil worked on closet shelves while Sara and I worked on firewood.

Piles of wood and our well after a weekend of work.

We added another layer of plywood – giving the dome a ‘new’ look.  As usual there were way to many angles though!

We got one last snowy weekend the last weekend of March.  We were able to drive up but moved the car and hiked down ‘cause we weren’t sure how buried we’d get.  We got a few strips of vapor barrier up.

In April we finished the last triangle of insulation and started taping.

Continuing taping earlier in May.

Cutting Tyvex strips to the ceiling panels to help them hold together better.

The back extension inside wall framing:

A 50 year old maple fell sometime in the last month blocking the driveway.

And the bathouse we hung 5 months ago…

Didn't make it too long

At least it fell the right way!

We finished most of the rest of the insulation and have a clear driveway now though.

Backfilled!  A final driveway, re-grading, and more tree removal is still in progress…

We installed our first stove to help keep warm this winter.  You can see the insulation rolls on the far side and some of the ceiling panels on the right.

Neil gets the basement.

It rained all weekend but we stayed nice and dry!

About 350 photos of our dome and surrounding area combined into a 3d model you can navigate.  Requires Windows, a relatively recent computer, and Photosynth - a free plugin from Microsoft.

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A more complete ‘picture’ of our roof coming soon…