Dometastic

I am sure you have secretly placed your bets on the outcome of "How do we dig our test pits?". I am positive that if you know Mr. Dometastic you have placed your bets correctly but couldn't foresee the delays that have happened. We did buy the excavator BUT it needs a repair to a tred before we can move it. The tred is loose and needs a new part. Lucky for us the part is a whopping $40 and we know someone that can fix it. This means it will not be ready for the test pit holes that have ALSO been delayed..... just not enough to get the excavator ready for them. We are hiring someone to come with a backhoe for the new test day of May 31st. The excavator is scheduled to be repaired the first weekend in June. Hopefully all goes well and we get it delivered shortly after. Mr. Dometastic was not this kid when he was in kindergarten but he sure wishes he was! Mr. Dometastic has always looked at fun sports cars but his practical side just won't let him go for it. ...

It's been a few weeks since I have written about our progress. It was hard to keep writing when we were so stuck. We have worked out our engineering problem but it isn't official yet until contracts are signed. We are STILL waiting to get formal proposals to sign. We are hiring two engineering firms! They are willing to work together to engineer the house. Imagine that....professionals cooperating and willing to learn from each other! I talked to more than one engineer that would "never use someone else's work". We are hiring one that is experienced in dome engineering (but not licensed in our state) to engineer the dome superstructure and then teach a firm licensed in CT how it all works. The second firm is licensed in CT and will need to learn from the first so it can take responsibility for all of it and be the "engineer of record". This CT firm will also engineer the basement and floor. We did end up choosing the company in CT that showed interes...