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I finished my dome in the fall and will continue my build in the spring. I will insulate the dome, and then I plan to build a modular brick enclosure around the dome. I did 4 days of curing fires in the fall and then covered the dome with tarp for the winter. My first question is will I have to do the curing fires again in the spring before I insulate?
My second question is about protecting the blanket insulation: Can I just build the modular brick enclosure around and above the dome without finishing the dome with stucco. In other words, I'm thinking about leaving the blanket insulation exposed and then filling the enclosure with loose vermiculite insulation to add more insulation between the modular brick enclosure and the blanket-insulated dome. Is that a good approach, or should I stucco over the blanket and then add loose vermiculite between the stucco and the modular brick walls of the enclosure and above the dome?
I'm including a photo of my dome being cured and a photo of what the modular brick enclosure will look like.
My second question is about protecting the blanket insulation: Can I just build the modular brick enclosure around and above the dome without finishing the dome with stucco. In other words, I'm thinking about leaving the blanket insulation exposed and then filling the enclosure with loose vermiculite insulation to add more insulation between the modular brick enclosure and the blanket-insulated dome. Is that a good approach, or should I stucco over the blanket and then add loose vermiculite between the stucco and the modular brick walls of the enclosure and above the dome?
I'm including a photo of my dome being cured and a photo of what the modular brick enclosure will look like.