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re: Bad weather - Have you considered a storm shelter?
Posted on 4/7/18 at 8:23 am to S1C EM
Posted on 4/7/18 at 8:23 am to S1C EM
A customer of mine who is a true OT Baller has one under his weekend house. Configured like a 16 seat home theater, wine cellar ,eating area,and two small bunk rooms. I see lots of safe rooms in Mississippi. I know it is a requirement to build a safe room in North Mississippi with new construction,not sure if it is statewide.
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Posted on 4/7/18 at 8:28 am to S1C EM
Unless you are in Dixie Alley or on the Coast; it probably wouldn't be worth the investment.
Posted on 4/7/18 at 8:33 am to S1C EM
Kind of like bomb shelters of the late 50’s into the 60’s?.
Posted on 4/7/18 at 8:35 am to AUCE05
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Unless you are in Dixie Alley or on the Coast; it probably wouldn't be worth the investment.
Truth be told, I know you're totally right. If it was just me, I'd give it a hard pass. But between my wife and three little ones, a $6,500 bad weather "insurance policy" isn't gonna break me. Peace of mind is worth a lot when shite hits the fan....and even when it doesn't.
Posted on 4/7/18 at 8:37 am to Chinese Bandit
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Chinese Bandit
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We have one in our garage
Looking at that pic....is the rim around the entry raised all the way around? It's a good feature, if so, as it would divert water away. I've seen some that are totally flush and that would concern me with rain or a busted water supply nearby.
Posted on 4/7/18 at 8:39 am to Chinese Bandit
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We have one in our garage.
Makes it easy to change oil too.
Posted on 4/7/18 at 8:40 am to S1C EM
If I was designing my home I would take a larger interior room (probably the master closet) and construct it out if reinforced concrete just to be safe. Basically create an above ground safe room.
Posted on 4/7/18 at 8:45 am to LSUBoo
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If I was designing my home I would take a larger interior room (probably the master closet) and construct it out if reinforced concrete just to be safe. Basically create an above ground safe room.
DuPont actually offers something like this that can be made into pretty much whatever kind of room you want: DuPont StormRoom
It's pretty cool.
This post was edited on 4/7/18 at 8:46 am
Posted on 4/7/18 at 8:46 am to S1C EM
I just built a new house. We put in an above ground storm shelter.
It was about $4500 installed.
Survive A Storm
These guys are awesome. I would highly recommend them.
I figured this could do double duty for hurricanes as well with the tornado threat. It was worth every penny for the peace of mind.
It was about $4500 installed.
Survive A Storm
These guys are awesome. I would highly recommend them.
I figured this could do double duty for hurricanes as well with the tornado threat. It was worth every penny for the peace of mind.
Posted on 4/7/18 at 9:22 am to S1C EM
That Dupont room is pretty badass.
Pair it with an emergency generator/ automatic switch system.
Then just turn it into the ultimate mancave/theater room for when it's not being utilized for emergencies.
Pair it with an emergency generator/ automatic switch system.
Then just turn it into the ultimate mancave/theater room for when it's not being utilized for emergencies.
Posted on 4/7/18 at 9:44 am to baseballmind1212
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That Dupont room is pretty badass.
Pair it with an emergency generator/ automatic switch system.
Then just turn it into the ultimate mancave/theater room for when it's not being utilized for emergencies.
For real. It gives a ton of options and flexibility.
Posted on 4/7/18 at 10:04 am to East Coast Band
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This one survived the devastating tornado to hit Tuscaloosa in 2011.
And the owners were probably at work, children at school...
Posted on 4/7/18 at 10:29 am to Chad504boy
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And the owners were probably at work, children at school...
All schools were closed that day, along with most businesses.
Not sure what your point was.
Posted on 4/7/18 at 10:32 am to S1C EM
Would be a massive waste of money where I live.
Posted on 4/7/18 at 11:12 am to lsunurse
You could use it in the event of a scary dust devil.
Posted on 4/7/18 at 11:28 am to Bigfishchoupique
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I know it is a requirement to build a safe room in North Mississippi with new construction,not sure if it is statewide.
There is no such requirement
Posted on 4/7/18 at 11:32 am to S1C EM
I’d go with one of the above ground steel ones personally. I’ve been seeing more people install them in their garage.
Posted on 4/7/18 at 11:59 am to S1C EM
yes it has a slight raised rim all the way around.
Posted on 4/7/18 at 12:07 pm to Chinese Bandit
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yes it has a slight raised rim all the way around.
That's good. I didn't notice them mention the feature when I looked up their stuff some time ago.
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