This is the distance from the inside of one SuperAdobe wall, across the centre-point of the dome, to the opposite inside wall.
Bag width
This is the width of bags, when unfilled and laid flat.
Foundation
This is how many rows of SuperAdobe your building will be buried in the ground. For safe building practices, at least 2 rows should be buried inside a gravel filled trench. If you live in a seismic risk area, more foundation is needed. Please contact us or your local engineers for more information.
Barbed Wire
Barbed wire is used to help the bags stick to each other, and to give the building tensile strength during a seismic event or collision with the Dome. 1.4mm-1.6mm wire diameter galvanised barbed wire is recommended.
Buttressing Rows
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Your Wall Width must not fall below 10% of the Inside Diameter of the Dome. Realistically, a builder can only lay a bag which is 500-600mm wide max, if experienced and strong enough, which leaves the maximum Internal Diameter of the Dome to be 6Meters wide. This 10% rule is great to follow, but can, in certain circumstances, be pushed to 8% if working with experienced builders and using adequately stabilised bags with cement or lime, and left to properly dry before building further. Please get in touch for more info regarding these limits.
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Two rows minimum of foundation is highly recommended, no matter the size of dome, to help protect against seismic activity, and flood.
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Structures taller than 3m (~9.8ft) require two rounds of barbed wire.