Trillium Domes - How to build a Zome cabin

[@phillipdavidhaskett7513]

As a union construction worker since the 1970's, I've usually been amused by how incompetent most "home builders" tend to be, but plainly you are in the opposite camp. Everything you've shown here is a fine example of how a professional builder would do things right. I'm impressed.

[@trilliumdomes]

I appreciate you saying so!

[@phillipdavidhaskett7513]

@@trilliumdomes It doesn't take a general contractor long to tell if someone can walk the walk, or can only talk the talk. This unit is so aesthetically pleasing, I'm considering using your plans for a couple of AirBnB rentals on my land near the Grand Canyon.

[@asherasky8147]

Go back to 10:08 dangerous way to cut your lumber with a chop saw

[@11mr.niceguy11]

@@asherasky8147 I noticed that as well but I'm also guilty of that as well.

[@thomasdemaio53]

Agreed, brother. Much, much less incompetence in commercial. Local 276

[@scottcates]

An impressively stable build without complex bevels. Making a lot of the parts identical looks very helpful!

[@trilliumdomes]

Thanks, Scott! Yes I am really impressed with the Zomes ofrm and function.

[@davefletch3063]

That skylight is gorgeous

[@markhedquist9597]

Over the years, I've helped a builder friend of mine put together a number of geodesic dome he designed. They are made from SIP (structural insulated panels) and are super cool. Your done here is very intriguing. $7,000 is a very reasonable cost. And the sky light? Amazing! This is a beautiful structure!

[@HealedBySpirit]

You've reinforced a dream I've had ever since I saw the dome a dear friend in Austin, TX, built in the 1970s. Solid as a rock, suspended from an anchored side on a hill, supported underneath with the entire building becoming a roof for the patio and garden space below. I SOOOO want save the money to do this on some land I'm eying in NM. THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH FOR YOUR LOVE and shared wisdom!

[@trilliumdomes]

You're so welcome!

[@Faesharlyn]

I'm super looking forward to seeing the greenhouse, this is such a beautiful design it deserves to be showcased at every opportunity ❤️

[@woodandwaveskayaks]

Most beautiful and unique design so far! Love the shape and flower shaped window

[@trilliumdomes]

Thank you! I love the skylight

[@todpatn9782]

Love that deck layout plan. With just one panel. Block placement was an ease. Each piece pre made then all put in place. Awesome, I watched this video before and never noticed it.. great job with all the inconveniences of not having a shop. On top of a time crunch I love it.

[@trilliumdomes]

Thank you!

[@oldreprobate2748]

Insulation and a mini- split you have a space for a number of four season activities, including a guest house.

[@MessyTimes]

Thanks for walking us through the process. I'm thinking of putting one of these on my land and now I am even more confident it is do-able.

[@quantumtripper]

Great video! That cabin is the second-best thing about the video though. The lady has one of the best builds I've ever seen! 😉😍

[@katydavis4289]

Ok groomer.

[@kegelcompare]

thanks for taking the time to put this video together!

[@lonniekropf808]

Mahalo for sharing. I’m on the south side of the big island, and I think you just sold me on this idea. Aloha.

[@RoadToFreedom29]

These would make an amazing glamping pin 😍 Definitely going to get the designs off your website once we get done land

[@horsetowater]

Well done, thanks for taking us along with you

[@trilliumdomes]

Thanks for being here!

[@JOHNW2999]

Would love to see a detailed video on how you lay the shakes. No familiar with that type of roof but love it.

[@jonatasdp]

Very well explained and organized! Inspiring work, come to Brazil teach us!

[@BigMountainCustomRC]

Yes! I'm from Hilo and the scenery in this video brings home to me...oh and the zome is awesome too!! Thank you.

[@shaunhall6834]

Wow! I still can't get over how quickly you can build these. I think this would be perfect for my art studio! I do stain glass so you know what I would do for the skylight?

[@randybacurnay8089]

Looking forward to build one here in the Philippines. Domes house is perfect here since Philippines is one of the most visited by typhoons. Thanks for sharing, I love the whole builds and details.

[@trilliumdomes]

Keep me posted on your project!

[@ernestinewatson4444]

Great idea. Brilliant for camping sites.

[@tp4382]

Awesome video, I love how simply you break it down. Big Mahalos 🌊🌊

[@paulalee4195]

Hi Johnny, Thanks for putting the video together and posting it. My favourite part was picking up the tip about how to set a reliable stop without a permanent workbench. I always pick something up in your videos. I'd say there is a good chance I will try a zome once I have finished the current dome. Outbuildings are making the project drag on....

[@trilliumdomes]

Things tend to drag on more than we hope don't they? Thank you for the kind words, Paula!

[@Wam3Studios]

Great use of the 360 camera!

[@trilliumdomes]

Thanks!

[@TheWorldBelow360]

Great build! The Space Age looking delirious.

[@ryenmadsen5183]

Looking forward to this.

[@drjonritz]

Beautiful design! I can picture using the templates for the outer panels for inner ones, too...

[@Stephen.sullivan]

Fabulous video, great explanation and amazing outcome huge congratulations I can imagine that your customers were over the moon with your professionalism and talents 👍👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@sharonsjv]

WANT TO COME BACK TO BI!?! My husband a great chef!!! Great work beautiful

[@shamama4868]

What a beautiful structure 🤩looks like your team did an amazing job. Thank you for sharing and inspiring others to create functional beauty. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@aleclyrae1804]

Compliments! Excellent work!

[@lah1743]

Just gorgeous! Someday.❤

[@ScarCaskt]

Pretty sweet idea, it turned out real nice. Just my 2 cents, I would have primed all of the pieces and the floor before I put it together. That way all of your plywood is nice and sealed up.

[@bryangelb507]

You guys are impressive artists and true masters in your abilities to create with wood. I'm 45 a craftsmen and a mason, I've had dome fever for half my life and never have been able to convince anyone to let me try and build one for them. Keep living the dream that all us condo handyman wish we had.❤

[@stevethecat9194]

This is awesome. I'm so glad I bumped into this video. I've made a zome out of conduit but never got to the sheathing stage. This is epic. Please make more videos.

[@trilliumdomes]

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it. More to come for sure :)

[@jsmith7701]

Great narration of the process.

[@3andB]

We love what @Trillium Domes is doing!

[@craigm5713]

Beautiful. A lovely & peaceful looking building

[@joshuasarfati5520]

You have done a fantastic job on this. And you have explained the process brilliantly. Full marks

[@LuckyDog-v3h]

I love that it's so beautiful the style of it I can hardly wait to see how you built it.

[@hardstylelife5749]

Once again, amazing job! With the right amount of consistency and experience one day I’ll eventually and hopefully be able to catch up with your professional skills 😅 great video as always, bravo

[@jimc3891]

Nice job. Big Island fits your style.

[@ge2735]

I Love this Project ❤ Hi from Brazil🥰

[@rogermariart]

That is a gorgeous building, you imagine your bedroom in their or my art studio!!!! it must be awesome

[@opreciousgemo]

This is gorgeous and totally feasible!!!

[@oChambador]

Please show how to cpver the dome, how to do the roof.

[@shalanosara]

very nice video . A pleasure to watch. Looking forward to my build.

[@ChristopherRoy-y1l]

Love your stuff, bought the buckyball plans to try my hand at this.

[@trilliumdomes]

Let me know how you get along!

[@danwhiteman2529]

Awesome build! Thanks for sharing.

[@trilliumdomes]

My pleasure, Dan!

[@krissfemmpaws1029]

I'm glad the build went well for you. I do like the look of the zome.

[@trilliumdomes]

Thank you. I like them too :)

[@SamiCoopers]

You need a version that allows for think insulation, for climates that have cold winters.

[@trilliumdomes]

You can make this with any thickness material you want!

[@Foxynaut888]

Super impressed. A zome is now firmly part of what I want for my future property. The Space looks amazing and it naturally draws you to gaze towards the apex. Beautiful, and your system is so straightforward I feel like this is very doable for a competent DIYer.

[@paulalee4195]

Even if you have never touch a mitre or table saw before, you can do it. Everything is in the plans.

[@spudgn]

I love this cabin

[@hephzibahbradshaw9509]

Thank you for sharing.

[@justmyopinion5234]

Is there a way to do this with all 90° cuts on the frame work

[@seetheworldfrommyharley]

Nice!! New subscriber after watching this.

[@michaeltaylor8084]

Nice job folks ! Thanks for sharing

[@charlesallemang9177]

You guys are truly professionals😊

[@Norbingel]

2 questions: 1) Why didn't you use your ultimate platform design? 2) What's the thickness of the plywood you're using for the floor (and the dome panels?)?

[@trilliumdomes]

I use different method for zome decks because there's less sides. 3/4 for deck and panel sheathing on this one

[@Norbingel]

@@trilliumdomes What are the dimensions of the 3 divisions between the pizza slices?

[@johnnybayles7412]

Its all in the plans ​@@Norbingel

[@matthewnardin7304]

I'm curious to know how many panels in a geodesic could be openable. I have an idea of making something that nearly fully opens in the heat but still seals up tight or at least sheds water well enough to keep everything dry.

[@johnnybayles7412]

the frame is strong on its own so every panel could open theoretically

[@karenvolkman540]

Amazing, I love it!

[@sadams6663]

What about bathroom?

[@trilliumdomes]

There won’t be a bathroom in this one but you could certainly add one!

[@larrypahl5756]

@16:23 what is the angle?

[@136feral]

Could you disassemble to move it without it getting loose?

[@johnnybayles7412]

Yes! Just use through bolts and nuts instead of wood screws when connecting the panels to each other.

[@johnmichaels4330]

Can we get the owners to video an update with footage of the inside and outside?

[@paulalee4195]

Just wondering when screwing the panels together, is it more difficult without the bevel? When I assembled my panels the bevel provided a nice solid surface that i clamped, wiggled a little for good alingment, then screwed. I am trying to picture how panels would be assembled without being able to clamp. Also, from the outside, before covering you must glimpse screws as the pass from one panel to the next? Lastly, for now,😅 is the time you saved, just the time to send all the struts through the table saw to put the bevel on it? Nothing boring or dry about your video BTW. Such a generous unique contribution to the world of dome building. 😊

[@trilliumdomes]

Good questions! I do not find it more difficult to screw them in without the bevels! Not significantly anyway. We were still able to use clamps. And yes you will see the gaps and screws before you cover the zome, which is why I only recommend this method if it will indeed be covered up. The time saved was mostly not having to make a bunch of compound cuts!

[@paulalee4195]

Thanks.

[@TT3TT3]

Very nice!

[@mikeconnery4652]

Beautiful build

[@bensun432]

awesome build, I want to make some domes now. Do you have plans on that hanging sculpture @8:47 or could you do a video on making one of those!

[@trilliumdomes]

I should! Hopefully I’ll get some time, might have to be a winter project. It’s just a scaled down version on my zome plans, made into a full zome shape instead of bisected. Shoot me an email if you want my zome builders guide, it doesn’t have specific numbers but it does have step by step instructions on how to do the beveled method

[@bensun432]

@@trilliumdomes thanks, I will try this!

[@jamespaxton4133]

Love this disign will need to do this for my place

[@WilliamsSkilliams]

Awesome work man great project!

[@strawandstone]

love to see this in my part of the world.

[@harmonic3350]

Beautiful work! ( ✴ ) You guys rock.

[@trilliumdomes]

Ty !!

[@TheCornBanana]

This is incredible. Great video I look forward to the next videos

[@b_ks]

Are these zomes like the zomes Steve Baer (and others) made out of car hoods in Drop City in the seventies?

[@spudgn]

I think that building a hollow block multi sided foundation under the floor joists.

[@jimc3891]

Really great project.

[@gihonmonks]

so dope bro big up yo self

[@rosemeadehart1904]

How would you insulate & finish the interior for a cold climate?

[@trilliumdomes]

I would probably use poly iso foam board and 1/4" tongue and groove wood between the frames. I'd probably make them a contrasting stain so the frame stands out! But you could use drywall, plaster and pretty much any type of insulation.

[@alexxander7289]

are all the pizza slices the EXACT same size(interior angles) ? if so, what are the angles ? thank you !!!

[@johnnybayles7412]

Yep! All the details are in the plans on our website !

[@crawford323]

Yipes, lots of places to leak. What is the prediction of durability? It is unusual and visually attractive.

[@trilliumdomes]

every roof has lots of places to leak if not properly. That's why everything is lapped and flashed. If water gets into any roof it will leak through plywood.

[@mrbrianbray]

My county allows for up to 300 sq ft sheds or greenhouses and this size some is a tiny bit over. What is your experience with this?

[@trilliumdomes]

Sounds like you could easily build a 20' diameter dome or zome!

[@georgedoan3475]

I like the Zome green house, can it be down sized to 10 or 12 feet?

[@trilliumdomes]

The acorn zome plan we have is about that size but yes any of the plans can be scaled!

[@leandrocaffaro]

Nice work

[@ZinasVideo]

Are your zome and dome plans mitered and beveled so there are no gaps inside and out?

[@trilliumdomes]

You have the option to do one or the other.

[@craigdawson7632]

Very cool building. I didn't think about the cost of goods there being on such a small island. It's through the roof here in NZ. I think min wage here is about $26NZD -20% tax at the lowest rate. A good healthy loaf of bread here is $10-12. Take aways are about $25/meal for cheap fast food

[@RawsomeFood]

Can you build a zome on a stem wall??

[@johnnybayles7412]

Yep!

[@shellyvester1737]

I’d loved to build one of these for a chicken coop!

[@skatingcuziwant2]

Hey you guys look very familiar, do you have another channel about ADV riding some Suzuki DR350s down the PNW?

[@dianeclemmer1344]

Absolutely,,, beautiful ❤️ what is the size of that?

[@paulrosaly]

great video love your work very informative.

[@trilliumdomes]

Glad to hear that!

[@DPaquette]

Hi, I am just wondering if you have done a 4 season zome by any chance?

[@trilliumdomes]

You can use any depth of material to add insulation!

[@frankenstein3163]

Great job as always. Ty for shearing. Are dome's the most energy efficient structures for supper hot summers ? And would you say a small dome can handle not using a ac on 90 degree Fahrenheit days ? I'm wanting to build a small studio for my standing desk. What clear material do you suggest as I want a great view.

[@trilliumdomes]

Domes are extremely efficient because they generally have 30% less surface area per unit of volume. You would need a lot of insulation to not need AC on a 90 degree day but you can do that.

[@billybethel]

what do you mean by "your host" someone just lets you come build your own home on property that they are hosting? Sounds like a great deal to me. How long are they hosting your house for? And how often are you there?

[@trilliumdomes]

It was a work trade

[@danielwillits2173]

Beautiful structure and a really enjoyable video

[@philipbouslaugh1386]

How difficult is it to scale this down from your plans? I'm wanting to build a kids playhouse/fort up at the family cabin and am currently thinking 12ft diameter.

[@trilliumdomes]

Our acorn zome plans are about that size. But yes all the plans can be easily scaled !

[@rickkieffer5028]

That was awesome.

[@Hadassah-KaquoliMReno]

It was very interesting!

[@EmJayOh83]

Very nice job with the construction and video.

[@danielhalsey2679]

Excellent work. Impressive. and instructional, especially detail oriented. Thanks.

[@trilliumdomes]

Glad you enjoyed it!