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Must a dome be built on a concrete slab or is it possible for a dome home to have a basement?
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It is on a sloped lot, so it is a daylight basement. The bottom of the dome overhangs the concrete foundation about 6 feet on each side. Used as lawn mower storage it looks like.
This is a geodesic. I imagine with a sturdy foundation there is no reason you could not have a monolithic on a basement as well.
AnswerThe last geo-dome I built, a 50' 3/8th's, was built over a daylight basement. which included a 2 car garage, a media room and a "Mother-in-law apartment.Once the sub floor is down, the dome structure doesn't really care whether it's built over a crawlspace or a basement.
If you do a basement, build it of concrete and NOT pressure treated wood.
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