posted on Oct, 7 2004 @ 07:21 AM
Google search of monolithic domes takes one to the Monolithic Dome Industry websites.
Quotes for domes are $45.00 per Square foot, in comparison to $90.00 for conventional homes.
Some quote UP TO 90% of the cost of a conventional home.
Another fact, touted on the School websites, about 'dome' public buildings, is that the energy savings pay for the dome structure in only 20 years,
and that the structure can last for CENTURIES!
Our next home will be a monolithic dome, probably based upon an Orion II. We will have 2300+ square feet TWO STORY, at the cost of our present 1100
square foot ONE STORY, concrete block home, but, with NO ROOF SHINGLES to blow off as has happened in the four storms, and 40 inches of rainfall from
the rain shower bands and OTHER tropical storms, we experienced in the recent 35 days! Our utility expenditures will be the same in the huge 2 story
dome, as is currently experienced in the tiny 1 story house! Cost of the 2300 square foot Dome as we have planned it, is $162,235.00 while the
average 1200 square foot house in Seminole County runs $160,000! A seperate 36' domed Garage, driveway, and sidewalks add ~$20,000.00.
The cost of a conventional roof every 5 to 10 years, as is required by the Florida environment, along with the termite, Carpenter Ant, Cockroach,
Palmetto Bugs, Carpenter bees, dry rot, fungus, mold, Snakes, and 'Alligators ate the dog and kid, problems' in Florida, add up to a HUGE expense
that would not exist, or would be dramatically reduced, in a Monolithic Dome.
(Gators so thick, after the hurricanes, 40" rains, they got into the house and chased the toddler!)