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Shelter Structures (Shelter Dome) PVC Dome Kit, 6-10m diameter
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The PVC Dome Kit, 6-10m diameter, a geodesic dome kit from Shelter Structures (Shelter Dome), is published at $1,500 to $5,000 for the kit, is engineered to 74 mph wind and carries 10 psf of roof snow load.
Shelter Structures (Shelter Dome) publishes every field we score for this model, which almost no maker in this industry does.
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
38 percent of the fields we score are backed by something Shelter Structures (Shelter 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
| Buyability weight 25 | Not rated Not enough published to rate ordering. We need to know whether you can place an order, plus at least two of the price, the lead time and where they deliver. |
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| Cost honesty weight 25 | 50 publishes a price, publishes a range rather than one misleading number, itemises 1 of 14 build stages |
| Materials and carbon tier weight 15 | 40 new steel framing, a higher embodied carbon class |
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 Shelter Structures (Shelter Dome)'s own pages, cited at the bottom. A blank is a blank: we never fill one in.
| Build type | Geodesic dome |
|---|---|
| Structural system | Q235 steel hub-and-strut frame (white/black coated or galvanized) with PVC fabric cover; aluminum T6061/T6 frame with tempered laminated glass for glass-dome line |
| 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 | 74 mph |
|---|---|
| Roof snow capability | 10 psf |
| Seismic | Not published |
| Fire | Cover materials stated to meet DIN 4102 B1, M2 and NFPA 701 fire-safety standards |
Price
$1,500 to $5,000
This is the number the maker publishes. What it covers is in the line below, and it is almost never the finished cost of a house.
| What that number covers | PVC dome kit only (5-10m diameter), no special features/customization; glass domes run ~7-8x this, polycarbonate ~3x this |
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What else we found
Standard rating is published as 120 km/h wind (converted here to 74.5 mph) and 0.5 kN/m^2 snow load (converted here to 10.4 psf); higher loads available on customization but no upgraded number is quoted. Company states the dome is 'professionally analyzed and tested to ensure structural stability' but names NO independent lab or third-party certifier, treat this as an unverified ENGINEERED/MARKETING CLAIM, not a lab-TESTED rating. Houston, TX phone number listed for US contact, but the four 'global processing centers' language suggests overseas manufacturing; confirm US distribution terms before ordering. Same operator also runs shelter-structures.com.
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 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 38 percent.
Questions people ask about the Shelter Structures (Shelter Dome) PVC Dome Kit, 6-10m diameter
Answered from what Shelter Structures (Shelter Dome) publishes, including the answers that are "they do not say".
How much does the Shelter Structures (Shelter Dome) PVC Dome Kit, 6-10m diameter cost?
Shelter Structures (Shelter Dome) publishes $1,500 to $5,000. PVC dome kit only (5-10m diameter), no special features/customization; glass domes run ~7-8x this, polycarbonate ~3x this
What wind speed is the Shelter Structures (Shelter Dome) PVC Dome Kit, 6-10m diameter engineered to?
Shelter Structures (Shelter Dome) publishes 74 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 Shelter Structures (Shelter Dome) PVC Dome Kit, 6-10m diameter roof take?
Shelter Structures (Shelter Dome) publishes 10 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 Shelter Structures (Shelter Dome) PVC Dome Kit, 6-10m diameter?
Yes. Shelter Structures (Shelter Dome) takes orders for this model today.
What foundation does the Shelter Structures (Shelter Dome) PVC Dome Kit, 6-10m diameter need?
Shelter Structures (Shelter 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 Shelter Structures (Shelter Dome) PVC Dome Kit, 6-10m diameter 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 74 mph design wind speed.
Will the Shelter Structures (Shelter Dome) PVC Dome Kit, 6-10m diameter 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.
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Other geodesic dome kits in the Index
How it compares
It documents more than the average geodesic dome kit, 38 percent against 30, and more than 10 of the other 16 we hold. Publishing a design wind speed puts it in the 41 percent of geodesic dome makers that do. Against the 7 geodesic dome kits with a comparable published price, it sits above 1 of them, and the middle of that group is $15,925.
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://shelter-dome.com/dome-kits/ |
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| Maker's site | https://shelter-dome.com/ |
| Last checked | 13 August 2026 |
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