Thank you for your fast response, ElfN
Actually this is the group in Italy, TX--Monolithic Institute, not MD.
I'm not familiar with this man you are talking about. Can you tell
me how to contact him?
Connie
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "ElfNori" <elf@...> wrote:
>
> You cannot beat the house for the price. At $8500, that's only $11
a square foot . . . I'd be inclined to grab it and figure out how to
handle the dome part after the fact. Why don't you talk to Mert
Hull. Unlike the team at MD, he truly can think outside the box and
can tell you how to do what you want.
>
> google "Mert Hull" dome builder
>
> ElfN
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Robert & Connie
> To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 10:49 AM
> Subject: [papercreters] Hard decision to make--adding onto moved
house
>
>
> We have a chance to get a "freebee" house, 20X36, a neighbor 600
feet
> from us just wants to get rid of on property he just bought.
>
> Best price so far is $4,500 to move it 600 feet! And another
$4000
> to set it on pier and beam. Neither serious movers I talked to
were
> willing to put slab under it.
>
> House leaves a lot to be desired, but we came up with 3 different
> nifty floor plans to incorporate it in a larger design over time.
> Our preferred plan is building a 44 foot one story dome around
it,
> using all of its present framing for the rooms. This framing
would
> take care of all rooms except an additional bedroom, bath and
living
> room. Nearer completion, the roof would be removed so that the
dome
> could be completed. We wanted professional blue prints from the
Dome
> Institute so we could accurately communicate with a foundation
and
> house mover contractor, but they can only think about the baloon
> building method and told us it couldn't be done--couldn't get
their
> scaffoldiing in, and many other excuses. Well we didn't
necessarily
> want them to do the work, just prepare the blueprint for us. But
> after the attitude we got, we felt we would waste our money on
their
> preparing blueprints.
>
> Now we are against the wall. The man wants the house moved
> yesterday! And no blue prints, no contractors lined up.
>
> The problem is these two house movers won't do the slab, only
pier
> and beam, which makes me wonder if a dome plan is doable. I see
the
> pressure from a dome design making a lot of outward force on a
pier
> and beam. Can you safely and effectively build a dome on a pier
and
> beam?
>
> Would you dome lovers go this route if you were in our shoes?
>
> Connie
>
>
>
>
>
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