When Jim returned he was able to attach the augments. They inflated nicely but they were not as smooth looking as we had hoped from the outside. The dome was starting to look VERY Redneck but we knew that the outside was to have brick around the windows.  

Work called Jim away again for another 2 weeks. While he was away we were to get the foam done. Mike from North Texas ProFoam hurt his back at a job and was not able to come out and foam. Mother Nature took over the string of bad luck. We had multiple days of 60 + MPH winds and storms. Remember the overlapping rebar? Well, the storm caused the unfoamed augments to catch the tips of the rebar and rip. All the augments were ruined and water from the storm had six huge holes to come in through.

   When Jim got back we patched the holes the best we could and came up with another plan for the upstairs windows. Jim made the front of the augments from wood and then supported them from the floor inside and from the ground outside. He then attached a foil fabric. This we found out did not inflate smoothly. It stayed wrinkled and was not smooth like our original fabric, which we were out of. We were trying to save time and money using something we could buy locally. You learn from your mistakes, we have spent more time trying to fix the wrinkles then the amount of time for getting the original fabric shipped. Also countless hours trying to fix all the voids that were created from foaming them in after the rest of the dome. We have smoothed the augments out some but are not happy yet with the finished product. We will get back to them at some point. They do look great from the inside.