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• Welcome : Forum Essentials

  Survival and thrival in the Domegaia forum

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  @LeeR
  Aloha e LeeR, Nice to make your acquaintance. My partner and I are also excited to embark on the aircrete pathway. Happy to learn there are other "domies" on island. Lets stay in touch. Perhaps we can offer some assistance once we gain some basic knowledge of this process. I've been practicing woodworking and furniture making in Ka'ū for over 30 years..

  Malama pono,
  Thomas

• Domes and AirCrete

  techniques, methods, recipes, applications, experiments, ideas, developments, etc

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  My concern with using styrofoam is the long term environmental impact. In the short term it's great, we've managed to upcycle styrofoam and contain it in a building structure. But when that building eventually degrades or is demolished we now have fine styrofoam dust that would be impossible to contain. I might be wrong but this concerns me.

• Showcase

  Share with us your completed Aircrete creations here. Tell us the story of your project in words, sketches, photos, and videos

  Works in progress
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  @Zander WOW! That pic does look better being cropped. I'll try to get some better pics after I repaint the rain damaged ones. I'm going to checkout a product called StoneCoat ... its a company in Oregon that makes epoxy coatings for counter tops....here's a link: link text
  I'll find out if they have a product for exterior use.

• Workshops

  Share info related to DomeGaia workshops

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  Are there any workshops being planned for this summer and in the midwestern region? I plan to take my first workshop after I graduate High School.

• Tangents

  Topics related to aircrete and domes such as permaculture, building permits, alternative building materials, etc

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  @KnowItAllTeen
  I hadn't considered geothermal, but there's a possibility the land owner would build a cluster of domes, then they could maybe share one unit to heat all of them. He also has his own digger so the cost of trenching would be minimal. I love the idea of using the earth to heat and cool the domes. Thanks for the suggestion! If you have time on your hands next November come on down to New Zealand for our workshop. We're just in the beginning stage of pulling it all together.

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  Pls. Calle me back Im in Colombia
  Carlos Vidal
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