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Underground homes - why?
Posted on 3/5/23 at 4:37 pm
Posted on 3/5/23 at 4:37 pm
We have a few 70’s era underground homes around here. What was the attraction or thinking? Utilities costs?
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Posted on 3/5/23 at 4:38 pm to CincinnatiTiger
If it passes inspection I would live in it in a heartbeat.
Posted on 3/5/23 at 4:38 pm to CincinnatiTiger
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Underground homes - why?
Avoid this
Posted on 3/5/23 at 4:39 pm to CincinnatiTiger
Troglodytes don’t like to be above ground.
Posted on 3/5/23 at 4:39 pm to CincinnatiTiger
Hobbits make good neighbors.
Posted on 3/5/23 at 4:39 pm to CincinnatiTiger
Because hobbit hole means comfort
Posted on 3/5/23 at 4:40 pm to CincinnatiTiger
I bet the Wi-Fi password is “The Shire”
Posted on 3/5/23 at 4:41 pm to CincinnatiTiger
"They were made of sod, Dad".
Posted on 3/5/23 at 4:42 pm to CincinnatiTiger
I wouldn’t call that underground.
Just an earth roof.
Just an earth roof.
Posted on 3/5/23 at 4:43 pm to CincinnatiTiger
I’m betting it is a great insulator.
Posted on 3/5/23 at 4:45 pm to CincinnatiTiger
You have never really lived until you have mowed a roof.
Posted on 3/5/23 at 4:45 pm to CincinnatiTiger
70 degrees all the time, hurricane proof, tornado proof, never have to paint it, you can mow your house and it looks awesome. The list goes on forever.
Posted on 3/5/23 at 4:48 pm to beerJeep
Not with those picture windows on the south side of the house.
A nuclear blast would blow through that with ease.
You need small or no windows for the best protection from the blast. Then you have fallout to worry about in the days or weeks following the blast.
I am all for building a house in a hill, but you have to make sure you are elevated from your surroundings to avoid flooding. A good seal is a must to stop water that naturally permeates the ground.
A nuclear blast would blow through that with ease.
You need small or no windows for the best protection from the blast. Then you have fallout to worry about in the days or weeks following the blast.
I am all for building a house in a hill, but you have to make sure you are elevated from your surroundings to avoid flooding. A good seal is a must to stop water that naturally permeates the ground.
Posted on 3/5/23 at 4:49 pm to eitek1
Don’t have to put on a new roof every 20 years. But I wonder how the drainage is and if there is any water intrusion
Posted on 3/5/23 at 4:50 pm to CincinnatiTiger
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Underground homes - why?
well it sucks when you have to cut the grass on your roof, but underground living spaces stay 70 degrees year round and only need bare minimum for heating and cooling.
so A/C & heating costs are 10% of regular homes plus zero maint for roof shingles or siding, seems like its the cheapest cost of living unit you could live in
Posted on 3/5/23 at 5:10 pm to CincinnatiTiger
I'd have me a few tomato plants on top.
Posted on 3/5/23 at 5:11 pm to eitek1
I would grow weed on my roof
Posted on 3/5/23 at 5:17 pm to CincinnatiTiger
That house in the side of a hill overlooking a valley where your garden, ponds, pastures, barns, and your cows roam would be like heaven.
Posted on 3/5/23 at 5:24 pm to LasVegasTiger
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You have never really lived until you have mowed a roof.
Who says you have to mow it?
Posted on 3/5/23 at 5:53 pm to CincinnatiTiger
Berm houses. They have some in Mississippi.
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