LIVING ROOM DOME
CONSTRUCTION
The overall design
concept consisted of a dome, two vaulted roofs ending in half-domes, and the circular
kitchen with a flat roof. I framed the entire house working alone and found it was
not as difficult as expected. A steel beam cantilevered from the circular kitchen
supports 4x12 beams which were cut in curves from larger 4x20 beams. Similarly, the
rest of the framing members were cut in curves from straight dimensional lumber.
Naturally, this required a lot of cutting, but most of the curves could be ripped using a
regular Skillsaw.
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