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A rain cover should overhang the deck.
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Redpoint didn't say anything about a covered patio:
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"It would be great to have a patio on the roof of the house.".
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Making the upper level a deck precludes getting light and ventilation into the main space. And it would require engineering for the stresses that pass over the top surface of the dome. From wind loads and such..
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Light tunnels can be put on the deck for solar lighting the inside., and the framing can be beefed up to compensate for the missing panels.
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*Making your own panels would involve using Fuller's Hexapent design
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there are numerous calculators out there. Here is one, and the calculations for a 35 ft dome using struts that can be mmade from standard 8 ft wall studs.: