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Ekodome Stellar 30ft / 9m (Full Kit)
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The Stellar 30ft / 9m (Full Kit), a geodesic dome kit from Ekodome, is published at $39,500 for the kit and covers 696 square feet.
Ekodome does not publish a wind rating or a snow load for this model, so 62 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
38 percent of the fields we score are backed by something Ekodome 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 | 89 takes orders today, publishes a price, lead time 17 weeks |
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| Cost honesty weight 25 | 66 publishes a price, itemises 4 of 14 build stages, states plainly what the price excludes |
| Materials and carbon tier weight 15 | 80 light wood framing, a lower to middle 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 Ekodome's own pages, cited at the bottom. A blank is a blank: we never fill one in.
| Build type | Geodesic dome |
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| Structural system | Thermally broken, aerospace-grade aluminum geodesic frame with HPL/polycarbonate insulated panel infill (higher PRO-series tier uses 96mm SIP panels) |
| Finished size | 696 sq ft |
| Bedrooms | Not published |
| Bathrooms | Not published |
| Wall R value | Not published |
| Roof R value | Not published |
| Foundation types | Not published |
| Lead time | 17 weeks |
| Delivers to | Not published |
| Country | United States |
| Build difficulty | A small crew, no crane Panels or timbers are lifted into place. Most people hire help, but it is not specialist work. 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 | Not published |
|---|---|
| Roof snow capability | Not published |
| Seismic | Not published |
| Fire | Company states some models use 'B1 fire-rated materials'; no test standard or certifying lab cited. |
Price
$39,500
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 | Original Series aluminum frame kit, hybrid HPL + solid polycarbonate panel set, base door configuration, hardware and assembly documentation. Multilayer insulation liner is a separate $4,800 add-on, not included in base price. |
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What else we found
Company markets that 'select configurations are engineered for demanding weather conditions, including high wind zones' and 'some models meeting Category 5 equivalent wind resistance', this is a marketing claim with no numeric mph figure, engineering report, or test standard cited on the page. Base R-value for the Stellar shell without the optional insulation liner was described by the company itself as an estimate ('~R6 to 7'), not a tested number, so it is left null here per the no-guessing rule; separately, their PRO series product literature advertises 'R-24 walls' for a different, more expensive model. General site lead time is quoted as 12 to 16 weeks (±4 to 5 weeks seasonally); this specific 30ft model page states 16 to 18 weeks, reported here as the midpoint 17.
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 design wind speed is this model engineered to, in miles per hour, and at what Risk Category and Exposure Category?
- What ground snow load can the roof carry, in pounds per square foot, and is that the ground load or the roof load?
- 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?
- 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 Ekodome Stellar 30ft / 9m (Full Kit)
Answered from what Ekodome publishes, including the answers that are "they do not say".
How much does the Ekodome Stellar 30ft / 9m (Full Kit) cost?
Ekodome publishes $39,500. Original Series aluminum frame kit, hybrid HPL + solid polycarbonate panel set, base door configuration, hardware and assembly documentation. Multilayer insulation liner is a separate $4,800 add-on, not included in base price.
What wind speed is the Ekodome Stellar 30ft / 9m (Full Kit) engineered to?
Ekodome does not publish a design wind speed for this model. Only about one kit maker in ten publishes one. Note that "hurricane rated" has no legal definition in the United States, so a page using that phrase without a number has told you nothing.
What snow load can the Ekodome Stellar 30ft / 9m (Full Kit) roof take?
Ekodome does not publish a snow load for this model. Around one maker in twenty does.
Can you actually buy the Ekodome Stellar 30ft / 9m (Full Kit)?
Yes. Ekodome takes orders for this model today.
What foundation does the Ekodome Stellar 30ft / 9m (Full Kit) need?
Ekodome 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 Ekodome Stellar 30ft / 9m (Full Kit) 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, they publish nothing at all.
Will the Ekodome Stellar 30ft / 9m (Full Kit) 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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Documented38%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. It publishes no wind rating, where 41 percent of geodesic dome makers do. Against the 7 geodesic dome kits with a comparable published price, it sits above 4 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://ekodome.com/store/ekodome-stellar-30-ft-dome-full-kit/ |
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| Maker's site | https://ekodome.com |
| Last checked | 13 August 2026 |
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