Oregon Dome

[John Clark]

Hello, I built an Oregon Dome back in 1998 or so. Its finally time for a new roof. Luckily, the same "crazy roofer" is still in business and is willing to help. However, my skylight has turned color and i bet it is getting brittle. Any hope in getting a new triangle skylight these days? No pic of the skylight, but here is a rare snowy day in south Georgia:

[Gerry in Quebec]

Hi John,

Dome Inc. (phone 612-333-3663) makes custom skylights for domes. Shapes include triangles, pentagons and hexagons. Blair Wolfram, the owner of Dome Inc., is a member of this discussion group. Full disclosure: I work with Blair from time to time on the number crunching -- lengths, angles, etc. Good luck with the skylight replacement.

- Gerry in Québec

[Blair Wolfram]

Hi John and thanks for the reference Gerry.

Currently Dome has 1 large pentagon, 2 large hexagons and 12 custom triangle skylights in production going into a new Dome Inc dome and a 1979 Monterey Dome.

The triangles are triple pane and the others are double pane. All with laminated safety glass on the inside sheet.

We have two new-old-stock triangles and 12 new hexagon skylights in inventory

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[Dx G]

Those who expect to replace windows, especially those with insulated glass, will like to know this:

Typically when you order a window, you have the option to order it with glass panes that are different thickness.  If you don't ask for this, likely the panes will be the same thickness.

The reason is resonance.   If you hold a tuning fork a few feet from another and tap one, if the other tuning fork is for a different frequency, nothing happens.  However, if they are the same frequency, the other tuning fork will also emit sound even though you never touched it. 

Same thing happens with window panes.  If the two panes are different thicknesses, you vastly reduce, or entirely eliminate the ability of the sound to pass through the window.  If they are the same thickness, the window will act as a sound conductor, so what you hear on one side, you will hear on the other.

I used this strategy when I converted older single pane windows to insulated glass. Although there are additional steps you can take to increase the soundproofness of a window, this is a big one that most people don't know about and entirely overlook.  

  So it pays to know this when you order the windows.  It sure did work for me.

Dx G