Building a dome home in rural Maine
The Monolithic Dome home in Maine that Travis Pribusauskas is building, seen here during inflation. (Travis Pribusauskas)
Looking up the valley to home location, before any work had been done. (Travis Pribusauskas)
Looking down at the home location, before any work had been done. (Travis Pribusauskas)
What the road to the site looked like before the new road was put in. (Travis Pribusauskas)
The site of the home after a bit of land clearing was completed. (Travis Pribusauskas)
Putting in the new road, as seen from the home location. (Travis Pribusauskas)
Another vantage point from the home location looking at the new road being put in. (Travis Pribusauskas)
The cuts made for the new road. The home site can be seen through the cuts in the dirt. (Travis Pribusauskas)
Travis on the new road. (Travis Pribusauskas)
Looking down at the home site after a week’s worth of digging. (Travis Pribusauskas)
A larger view of the site after a week’s worth of excavation. (Travis Pribusauskas)
The home site after two weeks of excavation. (Travis Pribusauskas)
A side view of the home site after three weeks of excavation. (Travis Pribusauskas)
A straight on view of the home site after three weeks of excavation. (Travis Pribusauskas)
The site of the home after the excavation was complete. (Travis Pribusauskas)
Roughing out the footing measurements at the site. (Travis Pribusauskas)
A view from the top of the hill at the home site. (Travis Pribusauskas)
The footing is complete. (Travis Pribusauskas)
During construction, it rained for the firs time in four months, thus creating an unwanted pond on the site. (Travis Pribusauskas)
The site after two winters, the footing stayed in place without any damage. (Travis Pribusauskas)
Spreading the Airform at the site over the footing. (Travis Pribusauskas)
The Airform is set out and ready to inflate. (Travis Pribusauskas)
The rain started right at the Airform was starting to inflate. (Travis Pribusauskas)
Inside the Airform during inflation. (Travis Pribusauskas)
Inside the Airform during inflation (Travis Pribusauskas)
The Airform fully inflated. (Travis Pribusauskas)
The Airform fully inflated from the back. (Travis Pribusauskas)