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Page 1 of 2 Ai's dome shell kit price is at least one half less in cost than the shell materials cost for a wood dome, monolithic dome or conventional house (exterior walls, roof trusses, plywood, tar paper, shingles, 3 1/2" thick insulation, siding, soffits, gutters, shell and ceiling/exterior wall - wall board, etc). Besides saving at least half on your shell materials cost versus the materials for the shell of a conventional house....you receive more with the Ai Dome Home....greater energy efficiency (insulation comparable to 11" of fiberglass batting), greater strength (hurricane, earthquake and tornado gaurantee) and lower maintenance because the exterior of your dome home is concrete with no wood in it or on it to rot, to burn or for termites to eat.
Why is the Ai Dome Kit so reasonable in price? Mainly it is because of the simplicity of Ai's component panel, the panel being manufactured in a factory and the philosophy of our company where each client pays for only what they need; i.e. building plans, engineer seal cost is paid by only those who need it. To learn more about our philosophy, click on Philosophy. To learn more about Ai's panel composition, click on Composition. To view a building plans sale pricing chart, click on Plans Discount. Ai's Building Kit and Option Pricing does not include the costs for the Building Plans, Engineer Seal on the building plans (if needed), Energy Audit (if needed in Florida, New York or California), 2x4's for the temporary wooden rib system, Semi-truck Shipping, Fork Lift rental to unload the truck at your site or the cost for a hoisting mechanism to lift the panels into place. Please click on Kit Assembly Consultant to view charts showing estimated labor costs, hoisting mechanism costs, etc. The money you save by purchasing Ai's Building Kit can pay for all of the above costs. For example if you purchase a $30,000 building kit from American Ingenuity, the shell materials for a conventional house can cost at least $15,000 more especially if you build the conventional house energy efficiently with 2x10 walls and 10" thick insulation. Ai asks you to make a comparison chart comparing what you receive in the Ai kit compared to the contents of a log home kit or conventional house kit or Deltec kit. If you do not want to asemble the dome building kit yourself with family and friends, you can hire a Kit Assembly Specialist who can supervise your laborers or your Contractor's workers and get the dome shell assembled. Then you or your local contractor hires local subs to finish the conventional jobs of plumbing, electrical, framing, flooring, cabinetry, window and door assembly, etc. To learn more about the Consultant, click on Consultant. To learn more click on: The following are items not provided with the Ai dome building kit that are needed on site to assemble the panels, finish the seam concrete between the panels and finish the building options concrete (entryways and dormers), etc.
For each additional entryway, add these cubic yards of sand: 22' - 2.6, 27' - 0.4, 30' - 0.4, 34' - 0.4, 36' - 0.5, 40' - 0.5, 45' - 0.5, 48' - 0.6. For a cupola, add these cubic yards of sand: 22' NA, 27' NA, 30' - 0.4, 34' - 0.5, 36' - 0.5, 40' - 0.5, 45'- 0.6, 48' - 0.6. For additional door dormers on any size dome 0.3 cubic yards of sand. CEMENT DOME SIZE bags of Portland cement The following is based on each dome having two entryways, four window dormers, one door dormer and no cupola
For each additional entryway add these bags of cement: 22' - 2.6, 27' - 3.5, 30' - 3.7, 34' - 4, 36' - 4.1, 40' - 4.5, 45'- 4.8, 48' - 5.1 For a cupola add these bags of cement: 22' NA, 27' NA, 30' - 3.9, 34' - 4.3, 36' - 4.4, 40' - 4.8, 45' - 5.2, 48' - 5.4. For an additional door dormer on any size dome add 2.5 bags of cement.
The methods used for lifting the panels includes: Small cranes and Highlifts (all terrain scissors forklifts often used by roofers). Monthly rentals on transverse lifts also called Boom Lifts, Horizontal Boom Fork Lifts, Roofing Lifts, Shooters are available from National Rental Chains like US Rentals, Hertz Equipment Rentals, United Rentals, etc. The companies can be found in the telephone book. The panels for the domes are best placed using a crane that is capable of lifting 300-400 pounds, 25 feet up and 25 feet out. With a four-person work crew, use of a temporary wooden rib system and proper bracing of the panels, a row of panels of a 40' dome can be placed in about a day of crane time. Cranes can be rented by the day, week or month. Sometimes larger domes with three to five entryways, the rental of a crane for one month maybe most cost effective. Besides lifting the panels, the crane can be used to lift buckets of cement. Cement is used to fill the seams between the panels and to stucco the entryways, dormers, link and or cupola.
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