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Continental Kit Homes

Refugio 45' Dia. 3,080 sf Geodesic Shell Dome Home Package w/Steel Connectors
Customizable Shell Kit Geodesic, delivered ready to build!

Contact California Builders, Inc. for more info.
Click here to see our price list.


The Refugio Popular Wood Shell Dome Home Package w/Steel Connectors Cabin Get-Away
The Refugio plan is one of our most popular plans for the 45' dome. Totaling almost 3,080 square feet, the Refugio features four bedrooms and three baths on two stories. See our 3d dome animations and other models on our YouTube Channel:  "Chretien54"

Downstairs shows an excellent use of extensions. The extensions are used for the large kitchen and dining area. This leaves the interior of the dome for the living room/family room. The effective use of optional skylights provides abundant natural lighting in all rooms.
The upstairs is devoted to 3 bedrooms and the Master Suite, with a large bedroom and spacious bathroom. The second floor balcony provides a dramatic view overlooking the first floor.

Benefits of a Dome Home


  • ENERGY SAVING:  Require less energy to heat and cool and pair well with geothermal HVAC or other alternative energy sources 
     
  • STRONG STRUCTURAL DESIGN:  Proven to withstand severe weather due to the interlocking triangle design  

  • GREEN BUILDING:  Require about 40% less building materials than a standard square home with the same space  

  • ADDITION FRIENDLY DESIGN: Triangle design eliminates the concept of “load bearing walls” makes additions easy at any time. For further information go to our Continental Kit Homes link for a more detailed specifications of our geodesics.  ​


Dimensions of Refugio Dome: 45' Diameter
Refugio Living Space Details:
2 Floors
4 Bedrooms
​3 Bathrooms

29 Feet 10 inches high
3 Foot high Riser Wall
Balcony (optional)
3,080 sq. ft. Heated Square Feet



Why CBI Kit Homes:

We make the process very simple for you!  And we can offer you a one-stop shop for an energy-efficient, totally customizable, certified engineered, uniquely designed home Lumber & Sheathing “Shell Home” Package!

We have around 50 years of experience drawing construction plans for owner-contractor homeowners & having building our Shell Home Packages converted to panelized wall kits and then erected with local carpenters using American air tools with our wall jacks.

From mountain to shore we can let you follow your heart.  From the Swiss like Ski Resort Towns as in Bariloche, Argentina to the Bear & Antelope roving American Wild West, such as Wyoming & beyond…

All our experience is about erecting personalized - customizable, weather-tight shell lumber & sheathing packaged homes (including foundations).  We guarantee you that you will save lots of time, money, and avoid local aggravation games by showing you how to be your own on-site contractor.

We have the experience, the know-how & the low overhead, so you can rest assured you that will save you Thousands of your hard earned money with one of our CBI Packaged Shell Homes!

We specialize in building a custom packaged home enabling you to save “Beaucoup Dollars & Cents!!”


​Shell Kit Home (SKH) Package includes:

- FREE Design services is included allowing you the option to fully customize your plans.

- We can remotely build this kit cabin home with virtual supervision & inspections services   You provide the "Brawn" and we provide the "Brain."  This option is only available for non-panelized house & garage packages.

- “Wall panelized” Set of Construction Drawings for easy assembly & erection on site.

- Windows (available in different colors) & Exterior Doors. 

- Hidden “Posts” & “Built-up Structural Beams” permits you to avoid crane expenses.

- First Floor radiant floor heated concrete slab-on-grade (installed by others) designed by CBI to local IRC codes. Other foundation plan designs available (basements, piers, pilings, excavated crawl spaces..)

- 2x6 Exterior Studs offers you the option of insulating the Walls up to an R-19 value. 

- Real ½” Plywood Sub-siding & Real 5/8” Roof Sheathing for extra strength (not OSB). 

- 2x12 real solid wood Rafters offers you the option to insulate the Roof  up to R-49. 

- Optional wood beamed 4x12 rafters and tongue and grooved pine ceilings w/rigid insulation

- Ridge Beams in our Roof Designs allows for full Cathedral Ceilings / Window Walls.

- Old fashioned custom built on site roof trusses allows economical assembly on site.


Funding: CBI Kit Homes can offer you our vast know-how help & expertise finding custom funding for your abode anywhere in America.

Our prices always include our on-call expertise 11AM-7PM, Monday-Friday, in order to answer any and all questions during the build process for you or your construction team. Available by phone, e-mail, WhatsApp, etc.

Contact California Builders, Inc. for more info.​
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