Q1. What features do the domes have?
Each standard dome has 2 standard sized, sliding , double glazed windows, one door and an option of full length, door-sized lattice window .
Each window panel provides an interior useful ledge, level wall space inside. The full length window and the door fit into the specially moulded door panel and a blank second door mould panel allows for a 2nd full length window or a 2nd door to be added later for access or is used to connect another dome. Doors or windows for extra domes can be ordered or be sourced locally and fitted. Interconnected door passages can be used to joined and create a cluster of domes for any need with carpenters building passageways and tunnels between them if required.
Q2. What other design /modification techniques work?
The domes can be interconnected via the extra door moulds to create multiple spaces. In some cases a tunnel has been built by owners joining and connecting domes with covered walkways.
Other options include creating bunkers, earth covered shelters and covering the dome with climbing plants. The waterproof panels will withstand these options along with similar concepts to change the look and texture of the dome.
Q3. How can the domes be fitted with plumbing, electricals, kitchens, bathrooms etc?
The domes are mostly erected on a concrete or stabilized earth slab, timber deck or platform of some type. As construction starts or proceeds, plumbing and wiring requirements can be fed up through the flooring or pre-placed in the concrete. In addition, holes can, if needed, be drilled into the panels.
Some dome owners' fit small kitchens into their domes using fixed benches. Others use tables, sinks and removable furniture to create a clever, efficient kitchen of some sort as one that can be dismantled if needed. Bathrooms can be built into the dome and or sited outside the dome on the raised timber deck or slab. We can provide 'modular' bathroom units. They are one single fibreglass shell complete with shower, toilet and vanity that arrives either flat packed or on a small truck and is then assembled, plugged in and brought into operation.
Q4. What about interior fit-outs?
The customer can choose any option inside they wish. This may include having one large open space without separations, creating interior timber walls or a simpler interior partitioning, blinds, curtains or fabrics suspended from wiring. Owners have applied a render to the inside of the panels to change the texture and colour of the dome inside. Others have created a timber lining inside or used soft fabrics and curtains. It can be as simple or as refined as needed according to your preference, budget.
Q5. How durable are the domes?
The durability of fiberglass ensures that the domes can withstand long term extreme weather conditions. Few domes if any have reached their shelf life to test their age limit, however they are expected to last approx 50 years.
Panel damage can be easily fixed and repaired and individual replacement panels can be sourced if required.