Hey John,  how are you doing?

This is Aaron Bates.

Not sure if you remember me but you helped me with my order a while back. I promised you a couple photos of the dome when I finished the building . So here you go! I still have to finish up the interior.

This dome is 13 ft around and 10 ft high in the center. The dome sits on top of a three and a half foot tall kick wall. I built in a 6 inch gap around base for venting that is partially covered with aluminum panels in these photos.The foundation goes almost 3ft down into the ground with 6 inches of foam insulation built into the walls.

The geodome is made from your dual hub kit I made my own struts and painted everything with two layers of latex paint.

One layer of shrink is attached to the exterior and a separate layer is attached to the hubs on the interior then shrunk with a heat gun.

Covering a sphere was a little harder then I anticipated but the shrink really helped make it look complete, and added to the rigidity of my structure. I grabbed an old camper door off craigslist for $20, I think it worked well.

If you need any additional pictures or details I would be glad to share anytime.

Thanks for your time and confidence.

Aaron Bates

On Aug 6, 2015 4:47 PM, "Aaron Bates" wrote:

John,

I just wanted to drop you a quick thank you for the great communication and outstanding customer service.

I'm sure it can be daunting answering a lot of the same questions every day, but it makes a huge difference to do it your selfers like me.

Congratulations on an ingenious design and a successful business. I look forward to using your product as part of my design for my year round greenhouse.

Cheers,

Aaron Bates

On Aug 6, 2015 11:28 AM, "John Hurt" wrote:

Aaron,

Here is what I know.

There are 10 Blue struts that make up the foundation.

Each Blue strut for the 13' dome is 4' long.

Plus, the center ring is 2-3/8" wide.

So, the distance between  the center of each miter cut should be 4' 2-3/8" - if the dome is resting on the center of the 2x4.

There are 10 cuts that make up the 360 degree circle.  So each cut is 36 degrees total - or 18 degrees from hub - which is an 18 degree cut on each end of the 2x4.

You may have seen these examples:

http://ziptiedomes.com/customers/nathanbyrd.htm

http://ziptiedomes.com/customers/markleathers.htm

Call us at (931) 858-6892 if we can help.

John Hurt

On 8/6/2015 9:28 AM, Aaron Bates wrote:

Hello I recently purchased your 2v dual hub kit for a 13' dome I'm building.

I'm building a wood kick wall and was wondering if you had a diagram or idea of where to find info on cutting the correct miters to match the base of my 13 foot dome.

Thanks

Aaron Bates