08-15-2006, 07:01 AM
Hi -
We were planning on building a dome, but opted out for 2 reasons: 1)Puna is the rainy side, and I hear the are prone to leak; 2) water catchment - roofing options are shingles or a spray-on "rubber" roof - didn't want all those chemicals in my water, and it would take some creative eaving. That said, we drove by a dome in HPP (can't remember what street) and stopped to talk to the folks living there, and they have experienced no problems, and they catch their water.
We were planning on building a dome, but opted out for 2 reasons: 1)Puna is the rainy side, and I hear the are prone to leak; 2) water catchment - roofing options are shingles or a spray-on "rubber" roof - didn't want all those chemicals in my water, and it would take some creative eaving. That said, we drove by a dome in HPP (can't remember what street) and stopped to talk to the folks living there, and they have experienced no problems, and they catch their water.