Welcome to Penny Lane We’ve named our property Penny Lane after the song by The Beatles. In July of 2019, we purchased Lots 70, 71 & 72, giving us almost 5 acres of land. The blue line is a creek that runs the entire length of our property. This creek, we’ve affectionally named Swells Creek,…
Tag: Geodesic Dome Home
Building A 5 Partial Sphere 3 Frequency Icosahedron Geodesic Dome – Spring – 2024 – Framing Trapezoids
Framing Trapezoids – What is It? Framing the trapezoids is putting the slats of wood in each trapezoid. Basically from a bare trapezoid to one with slats of wood within, called framing. Unframed Trapezoid Framed Trapezoid Trapezoid Framing – Progress in Pictures I find locating the progress quite tricky as there are so many trapezoids…
Building A 5 Partial Sphere 3 Frequency Icosahedron Geodesic Dome – Winter – 2023/2024 – Building Of The Dome Structure Continues
December – Building the Top of the Dome & First Sheathing Using a scissor lift, Michael – with a few days help from Tyler – completed the top portion of the dome. January – Weather Slows Michael Down December 1st, 2023 & January 1st, 2024 – Progress Comparison January – 2024 These are two of…
Building A 5 Partial Sphere 3 Frequency Icosahedron Geodesic Dome – November, 2023 – Building The Dome Structure
November, 2023 – Progress in Pictures Tyler, a friend and carpenter by trade, took a month’s leave from work to help Michael build the dome structure. This was a true labour of love in the damp weather of November. Thankfully, the first snow held off until the end of the month.
Building A 5 Partial Sphere 3 Frequency Icosahedron Geodesic Dome – Bolting Lower Struts To Hubs, Raising First Triangles & Installing Hub Sets
September, 2023 – Final Steps Before Hubs and Struts October 2nd – Start of Bolting The Lower Struts to the Hubs Michael’s friend Tyler took a month off his regular carpentry work to help build the dome structure. October 28th – Exciting Day – First Triangles Michael used a come along to raise the first…
Building A 5 Partial Sphere 3 Frequency Icosahedron Geodesic Dome – Concrete Wedges For Foundation Hubs & Family Help
July & August – 2023 – Concrete Wedges For The Foundation Hubs The dome focused summer months of 2023 were spent making forms for 5 concrete wedges, pouring the cement, removing the forms, then preparing for hubs and struts. Family Help Michael’s brother Joel traveled from Ontario to help out for a week. Joel helped…
Building A 5 Partial Sphere 3 Frequency Icosahedron Geodesic Dome – Steps – Installing Under-slab Plumbing To Final Pouring of Slab
October, 2023 – Digging the Under-slab Plumbing Trenches November, 2022 – Under-slab Plumbing November/December, 2022 – Under-slab Insulation Spring, 2023 – Concrete Reinforcing Mesh July 7th, 2023 – Slab is Poured
Building A 5 Partial Sphere 3 Frequency Icosahedron Geodesic Dome – Rustproofing & Color Coding Hub Sets & The Origin Registration Tool
Autumn, 2022 – Michael’s Invention – Origin Registration Tool At the top of the pipe is a shackle Michael purchased on Amazon. The shackle rotates and pivots. He drilled a hole in the shackle and put a 35ft one-eighth inch thick stainless steel cable through it. He then crimped on a little swage so the…