Home in the Dome redefines “full house” at Canada home show
21 March 2003Vancouver, British Columbia – After the roof was raised and the doormat was dusted, between 40,000-50,000 people toured the Home in the Dome at the recent BC Home & Garden Show.
The Home in the Dome was a one-story, 1300-square-foot house built exclusively for the home show that ran February 19-23. Constructed with ECO-Block, one of the nation’s most sought-after insulating concrete forms (ICFs), the home resided inside the BC Place Stadium. It was the first ICF home built for a Canadian home show.
You think your house is bursting at the seams during the holidays, the Home in the Dome played host to an average of 300 people every 20 minutes during peak show times. And on Saturday and Sunday there was a two-hour wait at the front door.
“These numbers show how hungry people are for this kind of construction,” said Irv Lenz, manager of Rempel Bros., an ECO-Block distributor. “Demonstrating the beauty of concrete like this was a real eye-opener to those who think of concrete as cold and stale. For many, we completely changed the way concrete is viewed. And we showed the benefits first-hand.”
ECO-Block offers a cost-effective solution for building energy-efficient housing that also has the advantages of unsurpassed protection from extreme weather, exceptional insulating values (making it up to eight-times quieter) and maximum durability. The energy efficiency can result in monthly savings of up to 50% for homeowners. And because they’re concrete, ECO-Block buildings don’t have the rot problems associated with wood structures.
Approximately 77,000 people attended the home show, 13% more than last year. Kind of like family gatherings – they just keep getting bigger.