Alex of Autograph Electric arrived to rough in the electrical work for the shop and one garage. He routed out a 3/4" wide trough in the foam to lay the conduit into and mounted electrical boxes on the wall. | |||
He taped over the face of each electrical box so they will not be filled with cement when the wall is created. | |||
The first (of many) concrete trucks arrive and positions himself behind
the concrete pump. Keeping the pump hopper filled is key here. The pump pumps the concrete into the dome through large hoses and air pressure is used at the end of the hose to spray the concrete onto the wall. |
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Spraying concrete is a very messy job! Mark prepares his outfit complete with duct tape bow tie. Mark it isn't necessary to dress up! | |||
Mert is ready, indicated by his thumb's up. He begins to spray the first coat of shotcrete onto the shop wall. | |||
Continuing around with the help of his helpers. Soon he will have the entire interior of the dome coated. Mark where are you? It gets very hazy the more you pump. |
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Wow! The next five domes are stored under the trailer. Hard to imagine that only a few months ago we made each of them ourselves (see Airforms). The largest dome shell weights about 40lbs. Hard to imaging that that pile of plastic will become our home. Keep watching and you will see it happen. |