Terra-Dome Earth Shelter Build

SamWalton · Aug 28, 2010

We are close to completing all the conduits. We have 33 conduits going into a 24" x 24" x10" NEMA 1 steel enclosure which will open to the main 200 amp circuit breaker panel. Also we have a few friends watching over the place for us.

SamWalton · Aug 29, 2010

We finished all but one electrical, which allows us to bring in the 3/4" chip stone to level the floors in the great room. We decided to run some 1/2" conduit to run the rear speaker in two possible locations.

mjncad · Aug 30, 2010

Not many people can truthfully say they have driven their tractor in their house.

jinman · Aug 30, 2010

Sam, I don't see anyone with kneepads.

With all that crushed stone, I'd expect to see everyone with kneepads or a piece of foam to put down. I hate kneeling down on crushed stone.

Great progress! You'll be pouring the floor in no time.:thumbsup:

SamWalton · Aug 30, 2010

mjncad said:
Not many people can truthfully say they have driven their tractor in their house.

Well our tractor in the house days are limited, as soon as we get the stone needed to level the great room our Kubota B26 will be to tall to enter. Our tractor has served us well during the construction of our 800 plus foot drive way, our 270 foot of septic field, our 1000 gallon septic tank, numerous conduit and pipe installations and moving unthinkable amounts of dirt\stone and moving anything else you could think of. I couldn't imagine doing all the inside work manually. We all would be crippled by now.

SamWalton · Aug 30, 2010

jinman said:
Sam, I don't see anyone with kneepads. With all that crushed stone, I'd expect to see everyone with kneepads or a piece of foam to put down. I hate kneeling down on crushed stone.

Great progress! You'll be pouring the floor in no time.:thumbsup:

I am careful to remove these items before taking any pictures. I have used various materials to shield my knees from this stone.

HiddenHollow · Aug 30, 2010

Will you do the electrical work yourself? Thats a lot of wire to pull!

SamWalton · Aug 30, 2010

HiddenHollow said:
Will you do the electrical work yourself? Thats a lot of wire to pull!

Sure, I will train my two sons on the electrical code requirements and installation methods and have them do most of the work. With all our conduit we have the option to do it several ways.

SamWalton · Sep 3, 2010

We have completed all the conduits in the garage. The rest of the house is also complete with the exception of four half inch conduits that will get the surround sound speaker wires from the stereo to speaker locations. We will compact the stone and begin the next phase. Which is to install a vapor barrier, insulation and PEX radiant heat zones. Then rebar with chairs and then pour floors. Yea Ha!