This is the Aircrete Earth Dome Home I plan to build for my family and I. These are sustainable homes built from cement and foam made from non toxic dish soap! This material is fire resistance, pest resistant, superior insulation and acoustics, waterproof, superior durability, labor n cost effective and safe for the environment.
This beautiful Dome home below was built for $9000. That included material and labor. These homes are really easy to build it only takes about 4-5 days for one structure. I really like the design and ease of building one of these homes for my family. It will be a really great bonding experience. The aircrete blocks are super light. Lighter than concrete so I am truly looking forward to having my oldest boys be a part of the building process.
I am going to buy some land in New Mexico. This is where my ancestors are from. My family history can be traced back Geranimo and yet I do not know very much about my family. My mother has a birth certificate that is hand written from her mother with the names of all of our family. This was the way it was done when Native Americans were converted to American ways. My Apache ancestors were fortunate enough to live on their own land in New Mexico. My people are from the Mimbreno Apache tribe. They were nomadic people who traveled all along the Mimbres river in New Mexico.
Mimbres River flows through the Gila National Forest
Native Americans living in earth Dome homes made from straw grass and clay packed earth.
The land I Would like to buy for our Dome home is Ideally in Silver City, NM because that is the closest city to where my ancestors roamed. I have been to that town and it is a very cool peaceful area. Silver City is a bit expensive so I have been scoping out land Deming, NM Timberon, NM and Ramah, NM. We would like to be somewhere warm with a mild winter. An acre of lightly treed, secluded land, near water will be the perfect climate for my families future Dome home.
The name Ramah is a Biblical name. In Biblical the meaning of the name Ramah is: Elevated, sublime.
I'm contemplating these pieces of land. This first one is near Silver City. The closes area to where my ancestors lived. It is a small parcel less than an acre but is offers trees, and it is near Lake Roberts. Our Dome home would look quite at home nestled on this parcel. The price is a bit high for the amount of land, but Silver City is near so it will be very close to my ancestors land. I will be walking on the earth that they once set their feet upon and my children as well. The concept fulfills my being with purpose, belonging and home.
Lake Roberts in Mimbres, Nm.
This second parcel is also very nice located in Ramah, NM. It is a large parcel. Located higher north than the Mimbres area but along the same longitude which still allows me to feel connected with my ancestors land. It is 8 acres which is more than enough space to build a few small Dome rooms all connected.
Which land does Steemit like best?
The possibility for building these Earth Dome Homes are endless.
This is a community of these Dome Homes. These homes can also be used in Haiti, which gets slammed by hurricanes and save a great many people the loss of their home.
The material is used a lot in Europe as are the Dome and arch shape because there is only one length the radius which proves to be the best shape from an architectural standpoint for load stability.
Air Crete Dome Homes Process laying these lightweight revolutionary bricks in Dome formation. Leaving space where windows and doors will be.
A larger design which would be a significant gain in square footage for my family. We currently reside in a 300 sqft living space. Trust me when I say, a lot of time is spent outside of our casita! But space can be an issue for 8 people.
An inside look at one of these Dome Homes. They are super cozy. Image of Steve Arleen's Dome home he built in Thailand.
I am so looking forward to building this Air Crete Dome home. The materials are easy to get.
I will have to order the Little Dragon machine which is a foam maker. The machine is $499 on Domegaia.com. All I will have to do is add water and eco dish soap to creat a rich foam that will aerate the cement mixture. Making light and strong blocks.
Here is how the aircrete block making process is explained from domegaia.com website.
I will be making this Aircrete Dome home and land as cost effective as possible. The most expensive part of making this homestead is probably going to be the land. The Dome home I will be reusing and recycling materials. Aircrete is a cheaper building material because it expands the cement by 60% making more out of the materials. I currently live in Southern California so the cost of scouting for land in New Mexico is another added expense I will try to navigate as frugally as possible. The Steemit community support will be much appreciated as I make this sustainable home into a reality for my budding family of 8.
I am so excited about making our future Dome Home and I look forward to documenting the process here on steemit. I am sure that their is plenty input that the Steemit community can offer me. I would find it very beneficial as this is my first time building a Dome shape home. I would welcome all and any support from steemit.
Wish me Luck!
Source:
Www.domeGaia.com
Good luck.
I've always wanted to do what you are doing.
I've never understood why folks build such fragile buildings to live in. Domes are NOT fragile.
...one thing...If you're looking for mild winters new mexico is not the place. Get's damn hot in the summer, cold in the winter. (sometimes it's HOT in the day and Cold at night same day). I used to haul water on the Jicarilla Apache the weather was NOT mild.
I've been investigating domes for a very long time. First time I've seen one built that way. There are other methods to build domes. One I'm fascinated by are monolithic domes
Thank you for the pertain net information. Domes are indeed a strong stable structure and the look really cool on the land as well. I am slowly realizing the mild winter won't be found in New Mexico. I will plan accordingly. Maybe a winter Dome in the carribean in the future could be the solution. 🐠
I'm building a solar powere house boat.
possibly spend winters south
winter north.
That's a good idea. We recently went on a whale watching expedition and really enjoyed our time on a big boat. Who knows maybe we will be sailing the seas in the future too. My wife is from the Virgin Islands. I would like to spend some time in the carribbeans at leisure.
Very cool. I'm starting to research minimal living to see how early I can retire if I really go minimal! Thanks for sharing
Yes, minimalism is the way to go to save money and gain time. There are also a lot of options and ways to achieve minimalism. Whatever you feel comfortable with you can find something for u.
I am preparing for this exact same thing. we are on similar paths brother!
To the point that i was even looking at land in that area as recently as two months ago.
Make sure to do all the due diligence on the land, call the county, make relationships up front with the statist enforcers so that everybody is on the same page.
Such a beautiful post man, has me inspired like
Your post format and pics are especially good. Upvoted and Followed.
STEEM ON!
Oh my goodness! That is crazy! Greta minds think alike! Are u from New Mexico? I would like to hear more of what you find out about a good place to build and purchase land. I have been looking on eBay too. Lol. Thank you for upvoting and following me.
see now this i ggave you a 100 percent upvote!
And I resteemed and I paid 2 SBD to promote!
this is the type of story u shoudl ppst,
Imagine building THIS!!!
God im so envious, i wish you well with this project
oh they will! hey u need a profile photo!
use this one!
bismuth crystal
Thank you so much, my friend. Your well wishes mean a lot!
hey lets play chess!!!
Copy the image open it inMS Paint and just cut the puece u want and paste it overthe square u wwant!
Im white side, youre the black side, my pawn just moved, now your turn!
I don't have ms paint. I use my iPad or iPhone for Steemit. I'm not sure if this would work though cuz the color on ur piece got cut n pasted elsewhere as well. Might confuse the board. Cool concept though
@gigafart and @thejohalfiles can you please check out this post by struggling minnow @monkimo I really think it deserves to get an upvote by someone who likes domes and off grid living its a reallly cool plan! i thinkk u guys will enjoy it! and helping this post will help its spirit of decentralized off grid living! having decentralized steemit support housing systems across the country where we can help people setup an earthship after showing dedicationto steemit they get to have a place to live! haha nit like a cult but an autonmous corporation! encouraging people to put DIRECT dreams that are actually POSSIBLE like building smalll structures and earthships onto steemit! And then we can show them coming true!
https://steemit.com/life/@monkimo/focus-on-goals-land-and-aircrete-dome-house-in-new-mexico-for-my-family
this post is really good! Its formated correctly has all the right images and realy cool #earthship plans i think they just need more tags i think u two ill like it giga and johal (and hey johal i think i found ur instagram that u havent been using in a while, is that you? ask prem johal or whatever on instagram? haha it was the only johal on instagram who talked about bitcoins!
also look how i setup a chess game inside a steemit post!
That is an awesome idea. I have family in new mexico on my dads side but sadly I do not talk to them. I am currently setting my home up to be off grid to prepare myself for a fully off grid house. I guess my way is to use baby steps into self sustainability. great write up explaining what you want to do.
Nice post, remember: thoughts,become,things, thanks for sharing :) I have a plan on doin Earthship, whitch was first made and tested out also in Mexico #keepsteemin
I'm in love with Dome houses as well ! so glad to see soul-brothers in @steemit community! Big up!
Great post! I built an aircrete domehome with Hajjar from DomeGaia and other students last year in Mexico and it was such an amazing experience. Once you work with aircrete it will blow your mind! I also met Alosha their and he is doing some great work as well on building dome homes, water collection / recycling.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzHlI4B6iBHbaw7a9j4ZgLA/videos
Good luck!
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