This house might be a world-landmark someday. The 10th Wonder of the World.

@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

8 ай бұрын

LOL, very possible!

This might sound odd but finally being covered with dirt is something to be thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving!

@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

8 ай бұрын

We are very thankful 😊 happy thanksgiving!

Dom is looking great Rich you need to start a drone photography business you're going to have such a warm winter this year can't wait to see what you do inside

@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

8 ай бұрын

Maybe one day on the business...after the dome is done! LOL We are definitely looking forward to a warm winter and lots of inside work

The snow is on the ground. You are all covered up now=nice and toasty.🙂👍🇨🇦🌲🌲

@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

8 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

Looks like you reached the finish line just before the snow - well done!

@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

8 ай бұрын

We did! It was literally the nick of time:-)

Sooooo glad you're all set for winter :)

@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

8 ай бұрын

Us too! Thanks!

Talk about just making it in the nick of time, you couldn't have cut it any finer than that! And you were so blessed to find the right heavy equipment operator to bury you!!! He's an excavator artist.

@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! And yes, he’s definitely an artist and we are so thankful for him and his skill!!

Great work! Just in time for our 4+ inches this morning. I was just noticing that, from certain angles, the entire plot looks like a crab or lobster with claws extended. Very cool!

@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

8 ай бұрын

Thank you :-) and yes, we said the same thing about being crab like! Have a happy Thanksgiving :-)

Hello you two, I congratulate you on having finished the excavation work just before the first snow. And I hope that you will now have a nice, warm and dry winter in your house. Greetings from Berlin

@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! We are definitely looking forward to a warm winter and hope you are having great weather in Berlin!

@hansmuller9121

8 ай бұрын

It's currently 28°F for us, luckily with no snow :) it's supposed to go down to 23°F next week. It almost sounds like winter but it will probably be the whole winter like it has been in recent years.@@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

Creting~ thank you, cool ,

@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

8 ай бұрын

:-) Thanks!

YEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE CAN'T WAIT TO START OURS IN NW MONTANA!!! THANKS FOR ALL THE VIDEOS, ADVICE, TIPS, FEEDBACK ETC.... IT WILL HELP US A LOT! MAY YOU AND YOUR FAMILY HAVE MANY MANY MANY YEARS OF FUN AND RELAXATION IN YOUR NEW EARTH-COVERED HOME! T-SHIRT IDEA: IT'S TIME TO "DOME HOME" HONEY!!!!!!! (a little ET reference there; you can send us some royalties to help us pay for our home!! ha! ha!) HAVE THE BEST THANKSGIVING EVER.... WE LOVE THE BOTH OF YA!!! Mr & Mrs Bowen Retired, Veteran

@chaosplan

8 ай бұрын

Please post some videos of your project and let us know, there are a lot of people interested in earthen homes and dome construction here. Plus, I’m in western mt too and would like to hear about a local project!

@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

8 ай бұрын

Love ET! Lol hoping you share your experience and that you’re as happy as we are! It was difficult but we love it😊

@BowenOrg

8 ай бұрын

@@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid Will do!!!! Have The Best Turkey Day ever!!!

Epic!!!

Good Evening To Both Of You 😇😇👍👍You are going to have an Warm Winter 🔥🔥👍👍👌👌😇😇 Happy Thanksgiving Cheers 🍻🍻

@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

8 ай бұрын

Thank you and happy thanksgiving to you as well!

Looks so good I had to watch it twice. Lol Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🥂✌️

@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! We wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Again…Congrats on getting the Dome covered and dried in ! So glad that you will have a dry and warmer winter and be able to start finishing the interior. Take scare and have a Happy Thanksgiving !

@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

8 ай бұрын

Thanks! Happy thanksgiving to you too!

Heck,of a good job 👍

@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Rich, I am really hoping to see you take the inaugural ski run down chimney rock summit. Kathie, considering your fear of heights I imagine you would better enjoy a toboggan ride down the crab claw bunny hill. Yodel-ay-he-hoo!

@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

8 ай бұрын

Lol! We actually talked about that yesterday!

We do wish all your best on your building journey of this dome house! You make good videos all the time!

@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Happy Thanksgiving 🦃. I enjoyed watching you building your place 😊. Now for a peaceful winter ❄️ after a long time. It is beautiful and can't wait to see everything decorated next year outside 😊.

@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

How nice, the snow has come - but at this time of year it probably wont stay yet. Hopefully you folks are snug as a bug in the dome

@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

8 ай бұрын

Yes :-) but it is the first big snow on the dome so for us it is monumental! We are very cozy so far!

Is Richie still working or did he take this year off to help with covering the house? It looked exhausting all the work you have done.

@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

8 ай бұрын

He’s working mornings and afternoons so has about 5 hours kid-day. It was non stop for a few months 😊😁 happy thanksgiving!

Amazing drone montage and "conclusion" with the bonus of the changes in all the surrounding trees! Great filming and editing (and flying). Any water issues with the standing snow or melt off? Does snow actually add insulation to an earth covered dome/home? Blessings

@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! And thank you for mentioning the trees! I loved seeing how they changed through the whole house burying 😊 a little water collection in the east terrace due to settling but it will be easily remedied and yes, the snow definitely helps insulate us! Happy Thanksgiving 😊

Congratulations ... well done but just a little curious what the inside temps are now that your fully covered. We are now down to about 70 degrees inside without any heating being used but had our connected garage open quite a bit to rearrange the garage to make room for my huge tool box from work to fit now that I retired. I did not realize the connected garage could effect the inside house temperature so much. I think the insulation and drywall between the garage is an issue we need to address and very soon. Strange how life rearranges your priorities without any of your need for consent. But with the garage doors open it really drops the temperature in the home for the short term anyway. We drop to about 69 over the course of the day and recover overnight to just over 71 degrees with overnight temps outside in the very low 40s. We are going to need to do something to eliminate the transfer of heat and cold between the two structures very soon. The problem is we need access to the wiring for the power service panel located on that wall between the garage and home for our permanent wiring on the house. On a side note with our 30 cubic foot fridge and the chest fridge and chest freezer we are only dropping the batteries to about 89% overnight. So I'm very hopeful we can continue on our WW2 equivalent vintage technology lead acid submarine batteries for some time more. We put them in service to build the home in 1996 when Lithium Ion was not even developed yet for private use by consumers. We will eventually upgrade but not for a while we hope! The fed has crushed the housing market but we are told they will likely reverse course in January to prevent a total irreversible crash of the US economy. They really want an excuse to implement their wet dream of a CBDC for total monetary control, so they just may pull the plug and destroy our economy. Time will tell.

@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

8 ай бұрын

We were averaging about 60 with no heat but when we installed the 12’ slider we went down to 50. The wood stove really helps but we let it burn out overnight. When it’s sunny out it heats us up pretty good too. But even when we went down to 10 degrees overnight the bedroom was at 65 and the dome was about 62-63 in the morning with no heat on all night. We still have a lot of buttoning up to do so it should only get better from here.

@keppypaul

7 ай бұрын

@@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid Yes that is what we experienced as well. Garage door open and temps dropped dramatically. A 12' slider during construction process would be much the same dramatic drop in temperature. Takes a day or two to recover but it does seem to recover at least for us anyway. Very cool when folks visit us their first question is do you have heat now? We always say with pride no we don't have a heater it is all natural.

@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

7 ай бұрын

That’s great! Temps here have been low now for several days in a row so wood stove is keeping us at 67-68. I should add though that the stove is small and only intended to heat a 600 square foot house in our zone but we’re easily heating 1500😁👍

No, you can't post a video without telling us how the temperature is inside the house and if the house stopped dripping inside :)

@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

8 ай бұрын

We will be sharing all that information soon but so far so good and no leaks!

Did you guys use a binishell to make the dome?

@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

7 ай бұрын

No, I hadn’t ever heard of them before but looked them up and they are somewhat similar. The company we used is formworks building which has been around since the 70’s. They are a great company to work with 😊 www.formworksbuilding.com/

Good Day, I hope that you are doing Ok ? No Videos From you since 2 weeks 🙏🙏😇😇🍻🍻

@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for checking in with us. We took a little break and spent some time with family for thanksgiving and then we both had colds. All good now and act have a video coming out tomorrow. Hopefully back on track!😁😊

@RCAFpolarexpress

7 ай бұрын

@@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid 😇😇👍👍👌👌🙏🙏🍻🍻