Progress on our Timberline 45ft 3/8th Dome;
The dome building process was extremly satisfying and lots of fun. The frame was up in two days.
December 2008:
Here is the latest addition to the project; Window blinds with a difference (YouTube video in ".wmv" format)
January 2008:
We are finished - Yeh !!!;
Driveway view from parking area
Driveway view back to the road
Some fun you can have inside a 9mtr high dome
And then it can become the kids cubby house
Do you want to go into outerspace on a 4 mtr rocket ship?
May 2005:
My god, it's been 12 months since my last update. We have finally done it. We've finished the inside so these photos should support my excuses for not keeping this page uptodate;
The open plan mezzanine level has become the train set play area
The timber balcony rail and the carpeted staircase feel great
... and here is an exterior shot - more to come
April 2004:
I have been very slack with my updates but as you can see, we have made some progress;
The second iteration of kitchen space. This is the food preperation side
Here is the beginnings of level 3
Level 3 looks like the poop deck of a ship
The third iteration of kitchen space
This is the food preperation side
October 2008:
Very slow progress in the last few months;
Our camping kitchen for the past 12 months
Wild venison(oops, I mean deer), in the back yard
May 2008:
There's no excuse for being so slack. We have made some progress over the past few months but I must admit, not much. Here is a short selection;
The finished deck looks fantastic
Laying carpet in the hall way to finish downstairs
We finally have stairs up to our bedroom level
December 2002:
Slow progress coming upto the festive season but we do have our balcony railing up just in time for all the BBQs
The stainless steel railing offers us uninterrupted views
Welding the railing around the fern spot
Now how the hell are we going to get a tree fern in there?
Andrew shows me how to get up and clean the windows
The windows get cleaned for the first time
This is what it will look like from our bedroom level once it's ready
November 2002:
Finally, we're in. It's been a very traumatic time these last 3 months, but check out what we have done. It's by no means finished but who cares - when you can enjoy something like this;
The kitchen area (as you can see, we are using a camping stove)
August 2002:
We are so close to habitable stage, we can hardly wait.
Starting the stonework around the fire place
The painting of the inner lining is coming along well
The pentagon window is a masterpiece
The internal painting is going well
Tracey & Daniel sitting on the door step
'R'ating 3 insulation goes into the walls and ceiling
The office fitout is going well
July 2002:
We have just returned from 3 weeks holiday to find some great progress has occurred. The shingles are on and the inner panels are in although the finish is not satisfactory. We also still need to get our big window installed but that should happen around the 23rd July.
The view from the lower tank after shingles have been finished
The stonework inside looks great
The mains pressure gas is ready to be tapped
Our Pentagon window still needs glass
The balcony doors from the top of the scaffolding
The bedroom walls from the top of the scaffolding
The entrance way stonework looks fantastic
The entrance way view from the driveway
The entrance way view from the driveway again
The glass goes into the pentagon window
A great photo of the internal space so far
The pentagon window is finished now
The stone work after the acid wash
June 2002:
June will see us through to lockup stage without a doubt. Our estimate is that the shingles will take about 2 weeks to install.
The guys installing the shingles have designed a great chair for manouvering around the dome
All the windows are glass and this is one of the openable ones
These windows are fixed and the flashing blends in very well with the shingles
The spot for the lowertank (below the house), so we can catch rain water
The local Kookaburra keeping an eye on things
The office door and the garage door
A classy toilet window which will have leadlight glass in it one day
The shingles guys are doing well now but I hope the rain doesn't beat them
Now the lower tank is connected
The stone work around the triangular window will be great
Our pentagon window starts to take on another dimension
The shingles are almost there :)
The shingles are almost to the top
The driveway view from the top
May 2002:
May will be a bit slower
because we are waiting for the dome windows to be made and
installed before we can continue. Currently the estimate is about 2 weeks.
The actual time was 3 weeks and now the windows
are installed (it only took 2 days). Now the shingles can go on and
we can get to waterproof stage - Hoorah :)
This is what the inner panels will look like
Everyday the stone work seems to change
This is what the house looks like from lower down the block
The view from the living room floor
The fire place with flue extending through to the roof
The first open fire in the Dome down-under, and you can see the shingles going on (to the left)
This stonework photo also shows the spouting style
April 2002:
Installing the first layer of triangles
Tracey on the scaffold installing struts
We put the base structure up within 8 hours
The stonework is coming along really well
Once the studs are finished, the outer panels go on
Two nail guns would be handy for this job
Someone needs to bring the panels up
Me nailing the panels on (with a harness)
All the outer panels are on now and it took 1 week
The view from the road makes it look like a planitarium - where's the telescope
Ken the painter doing the windows and doors
My mate Sandy welding the skyhook to the very top of the dome for future access
The stonework is looking great now
The entrance will look fantastic
The last entry for April will not disappoint
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