These are photos showing the construction of my three storey dome house at Ballan. The slab was poured in March 2007. The Monolithic Construction team of Randy and Jon South arrived in May 2007 and did the initial work for two and a half weeks. Since then a local team has been working on the project.
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Preparing the site for the concrete pour
The grounds were prepared in February 2007
More preparation
My Biolytix sewerage system for the house and shed/ofice
Tony Dudley, plumber and Noel Hodges, concreter
Curved steel to be placed in the outer ring foundation
Inside my shed/office just near the house site
More preparation
My shed/office near the house site
Thats me.
Plastic covering before the concrete pour
More preparation
House site and The Shed
You can see the deep channels for the concrete
Some plumbing
Plumbing in place
Steel grids being put in place
More steel
Tony Dudley - plumber
Concrete ring poured
Steel in place
Steel in place
Holding boards ready for main pout
Getting ready for the pour
Getting ready for pour
All is ready
Me, at the site.
A Foggy morning
A foggy March 2007 morning and the pour is on
Concrete
Working the concrete
View back to the shed and gate
The concrete boom in action
Concrete from the local Ballan supply
Working the concrete
After the workers have finished
Another view of the settling concrete
From the shed over the foundations to the line of trees at the train station
Showing the steel standing that is later attached to the wall steel
Spreading the airform in May 2007
The Airform getting ready for inflation
The Airform
Jon South getting the airform ready
Getting ready for inflation
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Inflation took 20 mins. 10 mins later the first reporter (Ballan News) arrived!
Airform now held up by airpressor with entry through the Airlock box
Inside, assembling the scaffolding on the Praxis turning device
The scaffolding was about five levels to reach every-where in 29 ft high dome
The stitching was then sealed with rubber sealer.
Randy South
Hanging the door and window buck placements
More placements
Window bucks ready for placements
After the dome is concreted windows and doors will be placed in these.
That’s me, Tony Clarke, in front of the scaffolding
Most Polyurethane has been sprayed and the hooks are being placed.
More hook placements
Scaffolding
Hooks all the way to the top
Final polyurethane coating to hold the hooks in place
A windowbox
Steel hanging from the hooks
More steel being placed
Concrete starts to be sprayed
Steel still being put in place at the top of dome
Concreting makes everything darker
More steel ready
The Scaffolding
The concrete pump - Targee
The Airlock
Darryl Bridgeman and Zac Peoples
The view from the shed
More concrete arrives. specially mixed at the local supplier
After enough concrete was sprayed we were able to remove fan and airlock
Mick the carpenter
Inside
Final loads of concrete were hand massaged into place to give a smooth finish
View from near Denholms Road gate
Zac Peoples spraying concrete
Zac Peoples
Final loads of concrete
Gary Doran doing the final coats
An inside view
Another inside view
Inside view
The base of Praxis scaffold system. Wheels turned to go around perimeter
Light showing through the window places
The scaffold
View from Ballan train platform to my five acres and dome
Another view from Ballan Train station
Inside after concreting completed
Gary Doran his uncle Bob. Yes: Bob’s Your Uncle!
After the scaffolding was taken down
After the scaffolding was taken down
Looking to all three floor heights
The large opening will the double door to the large middle floor balcony
