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Re:Family Lives in the Arctic Circle by Building Cob House i... by knlje on Saturday January 07, 2017 @11:01AM (#13344734)
The second question bothers me as well. In addition, partially melted and refrozen snow can cause really large loads to the dome if not removed on time. Must be annoying to climb up there.
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Re:Family Lives in the Arctic Circle by Building Cob House i... by pepsi on Saturday January 07, 2017 @09:52PM (#13347979)
"Able to withstand over 4KN/m² of snow loading and wind speeds exceeding 31m/s"

http://www.solardome.co.uk/case-study/the-nature-house-north...

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Re:Family Lives in the Arctic Circle by Building Cob House i... by bogomipz on Saturday January 07, 2017 @11:58AM (#13345091)
I looked at the link for SolarDome referenced in the article and wasn't able to find a good answer to that on their faq:

http://www.solardome.co.uk/faqs/

I'm guessing people clean these with a telescoping pole. But I could see that being a back-breaking exercise. But maybe that's a small place to live in such harmony with your surroundings.

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Re:Family Lives in the Arctic Circle by Building Cob House i... by protomyth on Saturday January 07, 2017 @01:47PM (#13345802)
If they're like the ones we saw a demo of then they have a panel(s) that opens on the top for you push the snow off. I seem to remember something about plowing the snow around the dome too, but it was a decade+ back.
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Re:Family Lives in the Arctic Circle by Building Cob House i... by b34r on Saturday January 07, 2017 @12:46PM (#13345418)
Need a little robot to do it :)
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