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Growing Spaces (Growing Dome) Growing Dome Weather-Resistant Kit, 15-42 ft

Name: Growing Spaces (Growing Dome) Growing Dome Weather-Resistant Kit, 15-42 ft
Brand: Growing Spaces (Growing Dome)

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The Growing Dome Weather-Resistant Kit, 15-42 ft, a geodesic dome kit from Growing Spaces (Growing Dome), has no published price, is engineered to 115 mph wind and carries 62 psf of roof snow load.

Growing Spaces (Growing Dome) does not publish anything about fire or a price for this model, so 75 percent of the fields we score are blank.

None of that tells you whether it works on your land. Wind, snow, seismic and flood performance are site specific engineering, so the only useful answer comes from running this kit against your address.

Completeness

25%

25 percent of the fields we score are backed by something Growing Spaces (Growing Dome) published. Why completeness is never part of the grade.

The thing nobody else will tell you

This kit cannot be scored on its own. Nothing on this page tells you whether it works on your land.

Wind, snow, seismic and flood performance come from your address, not from this kit. Put in an address and the gates run against the real requirement at that point.

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The Kit Home Finder Grade

Not ratedNot rated, which is the absence of a score rather than a bad one. We could not rate buyability, cost honesty or materials and carbon tier. This says nothing about how the kit performs. A maker can publish an excellent wind and snow rating and still be unrateable here, because this grade measures whether you can buy it, whether the price is honest, and what it is made of.

Rubric v1.0, August 2026. Site fit is not in this grade, because it depends on your land rather than on the kit. Every weight, and what we refuse to grade.

What the maker publishes

Everything here came off Growing Spaces (Growing Dome)'s own pages, cited at the bottom. A blank is a blank: we never fill one in.

Build type	Geodesic dome
Structural system	Aluminum geodesic frame with 16mm 5-wall polycarbonate glazing; optional insulated foundation wall
Finished size	Not published
Bedrooms	Not published
Bathrooms	Not published
Wall R value	Not published
Roof R value	Not published
Foundation types	Not published
Lead time	Not published
Delivers to	Not published
Country	United States
Build difficulty	Hand tools and helpers Assembled from parts by hand. Slow rather than technical. Read from the construction method.

What the maker says it resists

Design capability as published. Not a certification, not a rating of your house, and not proof against anything.

Engineered wind speed	115 mph
Roof snow capability	62 psf
Seismic	Not published
Fire	Not published

Price

Not published

This maker publishes no price. That is the single most common gap in the Index, and it is the first thing to ask them.

What that number covers	Not published

What else we found

ENGINEERED (stamped) rating, the most rigorous documentation found across all dome makers researched: standard plans are stamped for 115 mph wind load (150-160 mph available with a reinforced foundation upgrade), and average snow load capacity of 62 psf (company-published range is 30-85 psf depending on model/size and modifications), calculated per Risk Category 1, Thermal Factor 1.20, Target Factor of Safety 2.0. IMPORTANT CAVEAT: Growing Spaces sells and markets these as GREENHOUSES, not as code-approved dwellings, the company does not present them as a 'home' product. Owners sometimes adapt units for glamping/tiny-living use, but that is a buyer conversion, not the manufacturer's intended/certified use. Based Pagosa Springs, CO; sizes 15/18/22/26/33/42 ft diameter.

Questions to send this maker

Generated from what they left blank. Every one of these is a thing they could answer today and have chosen not to publish. Copy them into an email. If they answer, tell us and we will update this page with the citation.

What does this cost, in dollars, and exactly which build stages does that number cover?
What is the roof assembly's fire classification, and are the vents ember resistant?
What Seismic Design Category will you engineer this model to, and is that included or a paid upgrade?
Which foundation types does this kit support, and can it sit on piers above a base flood elevation?
What is the wall R value, and is that nominal insulation or a tested whole assembly value including thermal bridging?
What is the roof R value, and is it nominal or whole assembly?
What is the finished square footage of this model?
What is the lead time in weeks from deposit to delivery, right now?
Which states will you deliver to, and which will you not?

Across the whole Index, the average kit publishes about a quarter of what a buyer needs. This maker is at 25 percent.

Questions people ask about the Growing Spaces (Growing Dome) Growing Dome Weather-Resistant Kit, 15-42 ft

Answered from what Growing Spaces (Growing Dome) publishes, including the answers that are "they do not say".

How much does the Growing Spaces (Growing Dome) Growing Dome Weather-Resistant Kit, 15-42 ft cost?

Growing Spaces (Growing Dome) publishes no price for this model. Across the whole Index only about a third of makers publish a price in dollars at all.

What wind speed is the Growing Spaces (Growing Dome) Growing Dome Weather-Resistant Kit, 15-42 ft engineered to?

Growing Spaces (Growing Dome) publishes 115 mph for this model. That is their design capability at the conditions they assume, not a rating of your house. Your required design wind speed depends on your address, your Risk Category and your Exposure Category.

What snow load can the Growing Spaces (Growing Dome) Growing Dome Weather-Resistant Kit, 15-42 ft roof take?

Growing Spaces (Growing Dome) publishes 62 psf for this model. Check whether that is a ground snow load or a roof load, because they are different numbers and makers are not consistent about which one they quote.

Can you actually buy the Growing Spaces (Growing Dome) Growing Dome Weather-Resistant Kit, 15-42 ft?

Yes. Growing Spaces (Growing Dome) takes orders for this model today.

What foundation does the Growing Spaces (Growing Dome) Growing Dome Weather-Resistant Kit, 15-42 ft need?

Growing Spaces (Growing Dome) does not publish foundation options for this model. That matters more than it sounds: in a FEMA A or V flood zone the finished floor has to sit above the base flood elevation, and a kit offered on a slab only cannot get there.

How well does the Growing Spaces (Growing Dome) Growing Dome Weather-Resistant Kit, 15-42 ft stand up to a hurricane or a wildfire?

The honest answer is what it resists, and under what conditions. No kit home is proof against either, and any page telling you otherwise is selling. "Hurricane rated" has no legal definition in the United States, no house can be tornado rated, and whole building certifications like LEED, Passive House and HERS all require a built, sited, inspected home and cannot be attached to a model from a spec sheet. What a maker can honestly tell you is what the design resists and under what conditions. For this model, that is a 115 mph design wind speed.

Will the Growing Spaces (Growing Dome) Growing Dome Weather-Resistant Kit, 15-42 ft work on my land?

Nothing on any spec sheet can answer that, including this one. Wind, snow, seismic, flood and soil requirements come from your address, not from the kit. The Kit Home Finder runs every kit in the Index against the published hazard data for your point and shows you what survives and why the rest did not. It is free.

Compare

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How it compares

It documents less than the average geodesic dome kit, 25 percent against 30. Publishing a design wind speed puts it in the 41 percent of geodesic dome makers that do.

Computed across all 514 kit homes in the Index, 17 of them geodesic dome. Recomputed on every build.

Sources

Where these values came from	https://growingspaces.com/weather-resistant-greenhouse-kit
Maker's site	https://growingspaces.com/
Last checked	13 August 2026

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