Hugh Mayhew, Dome School Instructor from
Domes Northwest, demonstrating notching of struts for
ventilation system.
Dome School student drilling
holes in exterior struts.
Dome School students
attaching steel sleeves to exterior struts.
Dome School students using
air nailer to apply 3/4" plywood gusset connecting
exterior 2x6 strut to interior 2x4 strut.
Cutting exterior panels from
3/4" T&G 4'x8' plywood. Scrap is used to make
gussets for struts & risers.
Cutting ventilation slots in
first row exterior panels. Base vent drip edge is lying
on panel.
Dome School students
assembling section of a dome using components built
during class.
Hugh Mayhew and Dome School
students assembling the Natural Spaces Super-Wal dome
framework.
Dennis Johnson (left) Natural Spaces Domes,
and Hugh Mayhew (right), Domes
Northwest, demonstrating fiberglass installation (note:
typical installation uses 6' wide batts providing one
piece triangles)
Installation of skylights,
30# roofing paper and laminated asphalt shingles.
Dennis Odin Johnson, Natural
Spaces Domes, explaining ventilation &
superinsulation during dome school.
Typical dome school class
(taken at dome school held near Seattle, Wash.)
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