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Wife wants me to build a bomb shelter
Posted on 11/11/13 at 3:21 pm
Posted on 11/11/13 at 3:21 pm
Looking for ideas on a budget that would work in Louisiana soil. Thinking shipping container, but the moisture in the gound would be a problem I think. Help a brotha out.
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Posted on 11/11/13 at 3:22 pm to 4X4DEMON
Shipping container will be the cheapest.
Why a bomb shelter though? Call it a doomsday bunker. Bomb shelters are so 1980s
Why a bomb shelter though? Call it a doomsday bunker. Bomb shelters are so 1980s
Posted on 11/11/13 at 3:23 pm to 4X4DEMON
You are going to provide some kind of budget... Shipping container is a no go, it is not designed to hold the weight of the soil... How big?
Posted on 11/11/13 at 3:23 pm to TigerTatorTots
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Why a bomb shelter though? Call it a doomsday bunker. Bomb shelters are so 1980s
She said bomb shelter. I guess I should clarify if she means long term live in or just just a tornado shelter.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 3:23 pm to TigerTatorTots
call before you dig
Posted on 11/11/13 at 3:24 pm to TigerTatorTots
quote:
Bomb shelters are so 1980s
50's and 60's. My uncle had one, a real one just outside Pearlington, MS. Had submarine like doors and could sleep like 12 people underground.
He bought it mostly for the land and boat access, not as an actual shelter. It was pretty cool.
This post was edited on 11/11/13 at 3:26 pm
Posted on 11/11/13 at 3:25 pm to wickowick
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You are going to provide some kind of budget... Shipping container is a no go, it is not designed to hold the weight of the soil... How big?
Thats what I was thinking.
Think poor white boy budget. I aint no baller.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 3:26 pm to 4X4DEMON
What is the water table like where you live, any idea?
Posted on 11/11/13 at 3:28 pm to wickowick
NWLA is usually around 10-20 feet
in general
in general
Posted on 11/11/13 at 3:28 pm to wickowick
quote:I never knew this. I thought that steel frame would be able to do so.
Shipping container is a no go, it is not designed to hold the weight of the soil
Posted on 11/11/13 at 3:29 pm to TigerTatorTots
From what I've read, they are able to support quite a bit of weight. I guess depending on how deep you wanted to bury it would make the difference.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 3:35 pm to 4X4DEMON
Paranoid, is she?
Posted on 11/11/13 at 3:37 pm to TigerTatorTots
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I thought that steel frame would be able to do so.
Nope. It's definitely not a pressure vessel. They can handle a good bit on the corners (why you see them stacked on ships so high) but the roof/walls aren't made to hold much. A fat man walking on top of one can make the roof flex
Posted on 11/11/13 at 3:40 pm to OldHickory
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Paranoid, is she?
I'm making her that way. I've been watching all the doomsday prepper type shite and reading books. I think it's getting in her head that some shite might one day go down. If I could get her to convert her clothes budget to guns I'd be set
Posted on 11/11/13 at 3:50 pm to 4X4DEMON
dont waste what little money you have..
this seems like a troll
this seems like a troll
Posted on 11/11/13 at 3:50 pm to djangochained
Swear to God I'm not trolling. Anybody that knows my post history should know that I'm not a troll, dick.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 3:52 pm to 4X4DEMON
I just kind of chuckled about you trolling the OB.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 3:52 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Intersting...thanks for the info
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