More Ballan Dome Photos
These are the continuation of photos of my three storey house being built at Ballan, near Melbourne, Victoria Australia. The house is at the back of Ballan train station.
WELCOME PAGE
Nice view of the land, shed and dome
Putting in the steel and bearers for middle floor
Some of the steel
More steel and bearers with floor being laid above
More steel and the SmartFrame bearing system that was used
We continue our photos of the framing
Gary Doran
Framing and bearers
This was being done on freezing June days but it was always mild inside
Most of the middle floor is laid. This was left so big items could be hoisted up
Steel framing starts being put in place.
My father, Cal Clarke, Gary Doran, Bob Doran, Zac Peoples
Ground floor
Ground floor
Middle floor
Middle floor showing how high it is to the top
View from the shed once the Targee Concrete pump was put away
That’s me with the dome in the background
View from Denholms Road
View from near Denholms and Walsh St corner
26th August 2007, Ballarat Goldfields Car Club visit the dome
The car club visit
Car club members inside
In 1972 we built a Geodesic dome in Beech Forest. This chap’s daughter bought it.
More car club visitors
Car club visitors
Samantha MacIntosh (rt), endorsed Liberal (Howards party) for Ballarat
The sun
Samantha MacIntosh, her son, and my father
The dome with them standing in the car entrance
Middle floor nearly complete
Middle floor
A view inside from middle floor
My nephew Age and his wife Melissa visit
Me again
Photo 342
Middle floor nearly complete
Smart Framing on middle floor
Smart framing on middle floor
Wall steel framing being placed on middle floor
The hired little portable scaffold for working on each level
A series of photos of steel supporting posts
Steel supporting posts
Steel supporting post and beams
Steel beam
Steel beams and post
Steel beam supporting joists
Steel beam
Ground floor
On Ground floor
Ground floor living room and window and door section, beams
Beam and post
Beam and post
Beam and post
Beam connection to wall
More posts and beam
The temporary door on middle floor enables plaster sheets etc to come
View from the middle floor door
In the middle floor
Middle floor with flooring sheets which will go to next floor
Steel post and beam on ground floor
Steel beam
RSJs and steel post
Middle floor door
View from middle floor to top floor as top floor gets built
Top floor window place
Top floor being built
Top floor
This is me on the top floor
Gary Doran, Davey the electrician
Gary, Davey and Mick playing Osama!
During the election Samantha’s caravan is somtimes parked her
In Australia the Liberals are the more conservative party
View of the caravan from the side of the dome
And again
Plaster is going into place
A ground floor room
One of the shower bases with an old rag
A bathroom I think
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Another shower base
Stairs from ground to middle floor
Middle floor
Middle floor
Middle Floor
The Australian Football Grand Final. Geelong (Cats) won
Middle Floor large living room looking to kitchen area
Middle Floor
Middle Floor
Bath setting in master bedroom ensuite. Oct 2007
Some of the racking for the ceiling plaster, October 2007
You can see the dome behind the trees 11/11/07
Taken from Atkinson St near train line
My half acre for sale. Check the separate internet page.
You could buy this and I could help you build a dome house here
It is close to my current dome and all the equipment and personnel are handy
The half acre from its other street frontage
See the temporary top floor windows 11/11/07
The garage area in the dome on 11/11/07
Ballan Dome House
