Well putting up this 42'' diameter, 18'' tall beast up has been bear, but we finally got it enclosed today! We tried originally with polyfilm, but had to switch to a skeletal frame and later wrapping the center triangles (nogins) with polyfilm, and the outside 3 sides with plywood. We are in Buffalo, NY are the winds were far too high to put up the dome otherwise. The good news is that it left us with a ''sun'' pattern that looks amazing, and it is MUCH stronger than otherwise. We also added french doors, and anchored it down with 4" sleeve anchors. Any questions chris@sunlightsheds.com
I couldn''t upload pics to the thread so I made a quick gallery link:
http://www.wnydrilling.com/geodesic-dome-pics.html
Enjoy!
Chris