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26th October 2012, 07:43 PM
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Dome house
Can't make my mind up on this, seems quite interesting idea and cheap and energy efficient, they even claim it's fireproof. Started off in Japan and there is company in Ukraine supplying 44 square meter house for $3500 and it can be erected in one day. I have to say if I had building plot I might be tempted to have couple of them linked together. Not sure if they meet UK regulations or if you could get planning permission.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtJki...eature=related What do our chief architect think of it? There are more videos on: http://www.i-domehouse.com/movie.html
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27th October 2012, 01:33 AM
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its interesting as a garden building or office Ainars but I would struggle to take it too seriously as a permanent building. Its basically expanded polystyrene which is light but has no great thermal mass which means it will lose heat more rapidly in the winter and possibly be warm in the summer - like other types of thin walled temporary style buildings. you would therefore need to line it with phase change material for example to try and take the edge off the overheat and help it cool, or store heat in the winter and release it during the day.
Are you sure about the prices? $3300 dollars seems awfully cheap - less than 1/10th of the price quoted on the youtube video comments and then you have to pay to get the whole thing transported here and erected / connected up. Planning wise in some cases you may well get it classified as a temporary garden building type structure assuming you don't exceed rules on maximum floor area and distance from the boundary etc
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27th October 2012, 02:45 PM
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Valid point about thermal mass but that also means that it can be heated or cooled very quickly and 175mm polystyrene should be provide decent insulation.
The video and $33000 price is from original Japanese provider. Ukrainian copies sell for $3500. Which is line of affordability considering that average monthly salary is $320 in Ukraine and $3800 in Japan. The long dome version would make nice, cheap garage at the least if not too suitable for house.
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27th October 2012, 03:07 PM
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How do you order one? I want the Dome garage.
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27th October 2012, 03:35 PM
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I am not sure. Ukrainian video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=5olUNjsYVF4
It does show web address but not much use if you do not speak Ukrainian or Russian. If you are serious I can look into it.
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27th October 2012, 04:27 PM
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Quote:
 You could keep a few of these in it!!
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