HURRICANE PROOF BUILDINGS

"Juan Jimenez" wrote in message

Geo, ever heard the story of what happens when you try to teach a pig to
sing?

Speaking of pigs I'm beginning to understand the biblical quote: "cast not
your pearls before swine". Progress is ever thus: ridiculed, decried,
grudgingly accepted, mainstream. What a drag on civilization a closed mind
is.

From: "geo"
Date: 8/28/2004 12:26 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id: sf3Yc.9642$qY.1642@trndny05

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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Blueskies wrote:
The concrete homes are cooler also...

Until they get warmed up and then they stay hotter.


Who in their right mind would build an uninsulated concrete home in a
tropical (or freezing) environment? The Monolithic Dome technology utilizes
polyurethane insulation (the most efficient insulation generally available).
Then they're 50% - 70% more energy efficient.
http://www.monolithic.com/plan_design/rfairy/
http://www.monolithic.com/plan_design/polyurethane/

You keep posting the company brochures. If you are going to continue to push
their products how about coming up with an independent citation from a
verifiable source.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

From: "geo"
Date: 8/28/2004 12:32 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id: 6l3Yc.2815$B91.692@trndny08

"Juan Jimenez" wrote in message

Geo, ever heard the story of what happens when you try to teach a pig to
sing?

Speaking of pigs I'm beginning to understand the biblical quote: "cast not
your pearls before swine". Progress is ever thus: ridiculed, decried,
grudgingly accepted, mainstream. What a drag on civilization a closed mind
is.

In other words you accept the company's claims as fact since you can't produce
one case of an independant study or of one of these being built let alone
having survived a major storm.

Bought any bridges lately?

Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired

geo wrote:
"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
...


Blueskies wrote:

The concrete homes are cooler also...

Until they get warmed up and then they stay hotter.



Who in their right mind would build an uninsulated concrete home in a
tropical (or freezing) environment? The Monolithic Dome technology utilizes
polyurethane insulation (the most efficient insulation generally available).
Then they're 50% - 70% more energy efficient.
http://www.monolithic.com/plan_design/rfairy/
http://www.monolithic.com/plan_design/polyurethane/



Then they aren't cooler becaues they are concrete, they are cooler
because of the insulation. You can insulate any form of construction,
not just concrete.


Matt

"B2431" wrote

You keep posting the company brochures. If you are going to continue to
push
their products how about coming up with an independent citation from a
verifiable source.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

What gets me, is the idea that they would make a great shelter for
aircraft. Some of the pictures I saw, showed the building in one piece,
with the doors blown off. How would you put big doors in one of the domes,
anyway? Seems like all the strength would be gone, then you still have to
worry about the strength of the doors.
--
Jim in NC

From: "Morgans"
Date: 8/28/2004 2:45 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:


"B2431" wrote

You keep posting the company brochures. If you are going to continue to
push
their products how about coming up with an independent citation from a
verifiable source.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

What gets me, is the idea that they would make a great shelter for
aircraft. Some of the pictures I saw, showed the building in one piece,
with the doors blown off. How would you put big doors in one of the domes,
anyway? Seems like all the strength would be gone, then you still have to
worry about the strength of the doors.
--
Jim in NC


Another concern would be the wasted space and difficulty in cleaning the floor
near the edges of the floor. I'm 6' 2" and don't relish the idea of not being
able to stand up straight in most of it. Just doing rough math in my head I'd
say that if the dome was 10 feet high on the inside I'd be unable to stand up
straight in 2/3 of the place.

I wonder if any have been built as hangars and if they have ever been severe
weather tested.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
...

Who in their right mind would build an uninsulated concrete home in a
tropical (or freezing) environment? The Monolithic Dome technology
utilizes
polyurethane insulation (the most efficient insulation generally
available).
Then they're 50% - 70% more energy efficient.
http://www.monolithic.com/plan_design/rfairy/
http://www.monolithic.com/plan_design/polyurethane/



Then they aren't cooler becaues they are concrete, they are cooler
because of the insulation. You can insulate any form of construction,
not just concrete.

And the Monolithic Dome would be 50-70% more efficient.

"B2431" wrote in message
...


Another concern would be the wasted space and difficulty in cleaning the
floor
near the edges of the floor. I'm 6' 2" and don't relish the idea of not
being
able to stand up straight in most of it. Just doing rough math in my head
I'd
say that if the dome was 10 feet high on the inside I'd be unable to stand
up
straight in 2/3 of the place.

Depends on the angle of curvature Dan. Don't you know that?

From: "geo"
Date: 8/28/2004 5:52 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id: 318Yc.7568$Yo2.6196@trndny01

"B2431" wrote in message
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Another concern would be the wasted space and difficulty in cleaning the
floor
near the edges of the floor. I'm 6' 2" and don't relish the idea of not
being
able to stand up straight in most of it. Just doing rough math in my head
I'd
say that if the dome was 10 feet high on the inside I'd be unable to stand
up
straight in 2/3 of the place.

Depends on the angle of curvature Dan. Don't you know that?

The site you are flogging has partial spherical domes. I don't know if they are
true hemispheres, but I based my rough calculations on a hemisphere.

In any event, despite repeated requests you have provided no proof of
survivability or even that and have been built. As far as I am concerened they
are a waste of money.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

geo wrote:

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
...


Who in their right mind would build an uninsulated concrete home in a
tropical (or freezing) environment? The Monolithic Dome technology

utilizes

polyurethane insulation (the most efficient insulation generally

available).

Then they're 50% - 70% more energy efficient.
http://www.monolithic.com/plan_design/rfairy/
http://www.monolithic.com/plan_design/polyurethane/



Then they aren't cooler becaues they are concrete, they are cooler
because of the insulation. You can insulate any form of construction,
not just concrete.


And the Monolithic Dome would be 50-70% more efficient.



More efficient that what? Certainly not very space efficient. When did
you get your dome distributorship?

Matt