@dasdew2 It's definately not the best bet for a real survival room. They really need to have a second and thirds means of egrees, and the top is gonna get weak down hear in the Florida Sun. I'd make a point of letting everyone know where it is so they could look for me after a hurricane like I do with the concrete one I built under this house.
My next house I'll buid the bunker and escapes first.
@Sismiques That is a low budget shelter made of fiber glass and isn't mine, it's a former customer of mines that told me about it and I went for a look see.
My bunker is made of concrete leading down to it and about 12 feet underground and would be a little more suitable for a nuke attack but in reality I have it because I live in Florida where we get Hurricanes and Tornadoes....
i build the ground level poured concrete shelters. drop a car on it from a crane and not harm it. just attach to house pad foundation in garage or pour a pad. takes up to 250MPH winds. takes heat from bush fires. 2-16 bolt doors and A/V system look outs along with communications. they work for storms, fires, panic rooms and can go full bomb shelter easily with air/water adaptions. these fiberglass ones are a false sense of security.
@PrimeTargetSecurity Hey Got a website? Post a link in here I dunno why this thing gets so many hits. I completely agree with the fiberglass, my only thought was for areas with high water tables they'd be good as far as not filling up over the years with mold. If I was gonna use one of these I'd sink it even lower and have a concrete one above it like you build. This was a customer of mines from when i had a small ISP before I rolled a truck.
@senseless due to security reasons, i only show a few jobs to the public - i have a few on my site the are in the changing media presentations. site link on my channel. most ppl can build them on their own with proper instruction and they seriously save lives. one of my clients lived in dundee and half the house was taken but the shelter wasnt phased one bit. i bought all my designs and specs from an engineering firm. they have lots of test vids - ill see if i can post some
for a tornado shelter. the lid wouldnt be a very good one i would think. fiberglass? anything can break through fiberglass. or even rip the whole door off.
@rednhez Actually the one I went inside of was my own under this house called The Man Cave....
This one is near me and belongs to a former computer customer of mine I ran into at the airport while taking pictures and trying to thumb a ride for some arial shots...
@KC8YOQ Well actually It would work he's got it well above any water we might get in a hurricane and far from and trees big enough to seal him in and he lives in a Mobile Home which is the "nothing" you speak of.
They just dig a hole and plop it in with a back hoe and it's a one day project.
My only really suggestion would be to have an alunimum door so it would last in the sun we get in Florida.
I don't care what the manufaturer says the UV will make that lid brittle in a decade easy
In 1961 I watched the installation is a hugh underground fiberglass bunker behind a guys home in the woods. This thing was about 60 foot long and 20 feet in diameter. The dug a hugh hole into the round with a crain. Must have been about 100 foot deep. They set the thing in the ground the built the access truck up then poured concrete over all of it. Then they back filled it. The excess dirt was hauled off. They never saw me sitting there in the woods every day. I wonder if it is still there?
@MrCrf450rider This thing is just a former cutomer of mine's who had put in a few years ago. He lives in a mobile home and we get tornadoes besides the hurricanes. They make a steel version I'd prefer over fiberglass but if I had done it chances are it would be concrete.
"The Refuge" Shelter actually has a pretty good reputation, I live in Fort Worth, TX and even though Texans are more fond of above ground Safe Rooms nowadays most people I know who have an underground shelter usually either have this one or a similar one made out of steel called the "Built Safe." and nothing happens to the door over time you just need to make sure you keep it clean (i.e. hose it off when you water your garden) but I myself would prefer steel so it would stay nice and cool :-).
I think it would be cool. I can not convince the wife so I would have to also build a surface dweller house. They have gone up in price due to a short supply and the increase demand because of 2012.
I've been looking for an old ICBM to put in the yard to piss off on of my neighbors....
The guy is super nosy and tried to get the rest of the neighbors to put a stop to me building the house by myself since it took me seven years and the covenents say eighteen months...
The rest of the neighbors like me and know they can always seek shelter here in bad weather so it didn't go over well for him.
there is one problem tho the door can be easly smashed in with stuff isnt bolted down the 12 volts i would surgest as when anything hits that like a hurricain then you dont need a fan allso you have a chance with the door and the pressure that the door could brake off and fly away
would surgest that you get a 3 mll sheat of steal and try to cover the outer door not the inner and bolt it down and sealent the bolts to keep it up right more protection
Yeah that is about a mile from me a former internet customer I know.
It's meant to run to have a place to run to but agree fiber glass is a poor choice for a wall and I wonder how the sun will effect the lid / door over the years.
this bunker is way too close to the surface,its useless,you need a state of the art bunker,unfortunately youd have to be a billionaire to afford a bunker resistant to nature.the government has bunkers 600 ft beneath sea level,why? because you have to be deep underground to out of harms way as far as earthquakes and floods,anybody in this bunker at the time of an actual disaster is as good as dead.
as long as there is nothing for the wind to grab, should hold up. as far as sunlight, you might want to think about planting banana trees on either side of it. east side and west side. I say banana trees because they provide a great deal of shade and have shallow roots so thee roots wont damage the lower portion of your structure. the fact that you painted it white is a good idea. very reflective of sunrays.
The only thing I wonder about is if the door is really strong enough being made from fiberglass and how long it will survive the sunlight, especially here in Florida.
wats going on with your bunker? I tried diggin a hole in the backyard but after 4 ft it got soggy and by 6 ft I was in water.. dont know what to do now... i just diggin for fun
I live in the Northwest part of Florida and there is a seam of clay under the house between me and the water table. It's 22 feet thick with 6 feet of sand so that is why I can dig so deep.
Sorry to take so long to answer you it's been a long two weeks...
Hey! Geez I didn't get comment notices sorry but yeah that is what I said.
According to FEMA you need 6 square feet per peron which is more or less standing room plus the base of this is a few feet wider than the stairs but if I was to rate it for how many people it could hold over a long period id say two at the most. It doesn't leak because its one piece fiberglass construction and the door over laps like a roof above your house does.
but really it just gives people a false sense of hope and safety,id wrather stand out in the open and die quickly than go in that bunker and die slowly.lol water resistant? i think not,not when the surface of this bunker is under a couple hundred feet of water.You may aswell take shelter in something built by 5 yr olds.lol
especially if your in there for a long period of time,you need plenty of room to move around and plenty of oxygen,most people could not live in such conditions for very long,FEMA is not there for people like you and me,they dont care about us,they want us to be ill equipt and hopefully die.youd have to be a billionaire to have a proper bunker and even then your not garaunteed to be safe
they killed zeus eeeewww noooooooowwwwww
zombiebus 4 months ago
@zombiebus Chronus will be very disspointed to hear that....
senseless 4 months ago
What if somthing block the door from the outside?
dasdew2 4 months ago
@dasdew2 It's definately not the best bet for a real survival room. They really need to have a second and thirds means of egrees, and the top is gonna get weak down hear in the Florida Sun. I'd make a point of letting everyone know where it is so they could look for me after a hurricane like I do with the concrete one I built under this house.
My next house I'll buid the bunker and escapes first.
Live and learn.
senseless 4 months ago 3
@senseless
Put some filters on the vents so it can be a viable nuclear shelter.
Sismiques 2 months ago
@Sismiques That is a low budget shelter made of fiber glass and isn't mine, it's a former customer of mines that told me about it and I went for a look see.
My bunker is made of concrete leading down to it and about 12 feet underground and would be a little more suitable for a nuke attack but in reality I have it because I live in Florida where we get Hurricanes and Tornadoes....
senseless 2 months ago
i build the ground level poured concrete shelters. drop a car on it from a crane and not harm it. just attach to house pad foundation in garage or pour a pad. takes up to 250MPH winds. takes heat from bush fires. 2-16 bolt doors and A/V system look outs along with communications. they work for storms, fires, panic rooms and can go full bomb shelter easily with air/water adaptions. these fiberglass ones are a false sense of security.
PrimeTargetSecurity 5 months ago
@PrimeTargetSecurity Hey Got a website? Post a link in here I dunno why this thing gets so many hits. I completely agree with the fiberglass, my only thought was for areas with high water tables they'd be good as far as not filling up over the years with mold. If I was gonna use one of these I'd sink it even lower and have a concrete one above it like you build. This was a customer of mines from when i had a small ISP before I rolled a truck.
Gonna sub you. Post an url if you have a site.
senseless 5 months ago
@senseless due to security reasons, i only show a few jobs to the public - i have a few on my site the are in the changing media presentations. site link on my channel. most ppl can build them on their own with proper instruction and they seriously save lives. one of my clients lived in dundee and half the house was taken but the shelter wasnt phased one bit. i bought all my designs and specs from an engineering firm. they have lots of test vids - ill see if i can post some
PrimeTargetSecurity 5 months ago
is fiberglass safe? or is steel better?
please respond.
babyjrrn 5 months ago
@babyjrrn Steel or concrete is gonna beat fiberglass. the company making these things really should make an alunimum door.
You be safe under ground but I bet after a couple years in the sun a kid would probably weigh enough to fall through the lid.....
senseless 5 months ago
for a tornado shelter. the lid wouldnt be a very good one i would think. fiberglass? anything can break through fiberglass. or even rip the whole door off.
pomonasucks 7 months ago
If you go to shelters-of-texasdotcom you can see the actual unit out of the ground and inside views You need the hyphens
ThePauperPrepper 7 months ago
I liked the part where he went down inside it to show us what it was like down there
rednhez 9 months ago 24
@rednhez Actually the one I went inside of was my own under this house called The Man Cave....
This one is near me and belongs to a former computer customer of mine I ran into at the airport while taking pictures and trying to thumb a ride for some arial shots...
senseless 9 months ago
you wouldn't get me down there I'm clostraphobic, I would have a panic attack in 5 seconds
Miguel26041962 9 months ago
i wanna hot box it >XD
krazyj63 11 months ago 12
@krazyj63 LOL Camo the lid then...
senseless 11 months ago 2
how about if tsunami coming?
mupoe11 11 months ago
@mupoe11 Underground would be a bad place then if it was going to get flooded....
senseless 11 months ago 2
looks nice
ALLERTORLOVER69 1 year ago
Show us the INSIDE!!!!
KC8YOQ 1 year ago
@KC8YOQ It's not mine it's an old customer from my ISP days but its not very roomy down there.
Basically about the size of a hot tub with seats molded into the fiberglass. I was just surprised someone in the area was selling the things.
senseless 1 year ago
@senseless O i see OK just looks "better than nothing" I guess
KC8YOQ 1 year ago
@KC8YOQ Well actually It would work he's got it well above any water we might get in a hurricane and far from and trees big enough to seal him in and he lives in a Mobile Home which is the "nothing" you speak of.
They just dig a hole and plop it in with a back hoe and it's a one day project.
My only really suggestion would be to have an alunimum door so it would last in the sun we get in Florida.
I don't care what the manufaturer says the UV will make that lid brittle in a decade easy
senseless 1 year ago
Dang I'd love to stumble across that thing...
senseless 1 year ago
In 1961 I watched the installation is a hugh underground fiberglass bunker behind a guys home in the woods. This thing was about 60 foot long and 20 feet in diameter. The dug a hugh hole into the round with a crain. Must have been about 100 foot deep. They set the thing in the ground the built the access truck up then poured concrete over all of it. Then they back filled it. The excess dirt was hauled off. They never saw me sitting there in the woods every day. I wonder if it is still there?
Engineer245 1 year ago
would deffenatly have a secondary exit! Would make a great grow room.
zekehooper 1 year ago
Looks cool.would really suck if something fell on top of that dooor,and trapped you in there.I would clear out any surrounding trees,or make a plan B
MrCrf450rider 1 year ago
@MrCrf450rider Plan B's alays get worked into my plans LOL.
This thing is just a former cutomer of mine had put ina few years ago.
If I had done it chances are it would be concrete.
senseless 1 year ago
@senseless nice setup
MrCrf450rider 1 year ago
@MrCrf450rider This thing is just a former cutomer of mine's who had put in a few years ago. He lives in a mobile home and we get tornadoes besides the hurricanes. They make a steel version I'd prefer over fiberglass but if I had done it chances are it would be concrete.
senseless 1 year ago
"The Refuge" Shelter actually has a pretty good reputation, I live in Fort Worth, TX and even though Texans are more fond of above ground Safe Rooms nowadays most people I know who have an underground shelter usually either have this one or a similar one made out of steel called the "Built Safe." and nothing happens to the door over time you just need to make sure you keep it clean (i.e. hose it off when you water your garden) but I myself would prefer steel so it would stay nice and cool :-).
MitchPR08 2 years ago
Get an old Comm Bunker or decommissioned nuke missile silo - you would be better off.
:-)
gld1010 2 years ago
I've wanted one of those since I was a kid.
They used to be cheap....
senseless 2 years ago
I think it would be cool. I can not convince the wife so I would have to also build a surface dweller house. They have gone up in price due to a short supply and the increase demand because of 2012.
My place would be called Minas Nucleus ... lol
gld1010 2 years ago
Bwahahhahahah!
Great Name.
I've been looking for an old ICBM to put in the yard to piss off on of my neighbors....
The guy is super nosy and tried to get the rest of the neighbors to put a stop to me building the house by myself since it took me seven years and the covenents say eighteen months...
The rest of the neighbors like me and know they can always seek shelter here in bad weather so it didn't go over well for him.
senseless 2 years ago
there is one problem tho the door can be easly smashed in with stuff isnt bolted down the 12 volts i would surgest as when anything hits that like a hurricain then you dont need a fan allso you have a chance with the door and the pressure that the door could brake off and fly away
would surgest that you get a 3 mll sheat of steal and try to cover the outer door not the inner and bolt it down and sealent the bolts to keep it up right more protection
bladeliker 2 years ago
And the inside of the shelter? I wouldn't trust my life or valuables to fiberglass.
hrdknox2000 2 years ago
Yeah that is about a mile from me a former internet customer I know.
It's meant to run to have a place to run to but agree fiber glass is a poor choice for a wall and I wonder how the sun will effect the lid / door over the years.
I'm all about concrete and rebar....
senseless 2 years ago
I see these videos of bunkers but I wonder how people would get fresh air?
ferret6677 2 years ago
They come with two four inch vents.
I was thinking a computer fan might work well to get some air flow but this one is just two vents sticking above the ground.
senseless 2 years ago
so yes senseless is right !! this bunker is useless! lol sorry !
thisisridiculous7 2 years ago
this bunker is way too close to the surface,its useless,you need a state of the art bunker,unfortunately youd have to be a billionaire to afford a bunker resistant to nature.the government has bunkers 600 ft beneath sea level,why? because you have to be deep underground to out of harms way as far as earthquakes and floods,anybody in this bunker at the time of an actual disaster is as good as dead.
thisisridiculous7 2 years ago
It's in a trailor park so people have a place to run to but I agree it needs to be much deeper to be a proper "bunker"
It's got a fiberglass lid and i keep imaging a flying cow landing on it....
senseless 2 years ago
as long as there is nothing for the wind to grab, should hold up. as far as sunlight, you might want to think about planting banana trees on either side of it. east side and west side. I say banana trees because they provide a great deal of shade and have shallow roots so thee roots wont damage the lower portion of your structure. the fact that you painted it white is a good idea. very reflective of sunrays.
virginislandstv 3 years ago
This isn't mine it's a former internet customer of mine from before the wreck.
I trust concrete more than fiberglass LOL.
senseless 3 years ago
not a bad idea for hurricane season. good stuff.
virginislandstv 3 years ago
Yeah and it's a one day install.
The only thing I wonder about is if the door is really strong enough being made from fiberglass and how long it will survive the sunlight, especially here in Florida.
senseless 3 years ago
hey
gapehole 3 years ago
If that was a test I'd say it was succesfull or hey back.
senseless 3 years ago
wats going on with your bunker? I tried diggin a hole in the backyard but after 4 ft it got soggy and by 6 ft I was in water.. dont know what to do now... i just diggin for fun
gapehole 3 years ago
I live in the Northwest part of Florida and there is a seam of clay under the house between me and the water table. It's 22 feet thick with 6 feet of sand so that is why I can dig so deep.
Sorry to take so long to answer you it's been a long two weeks...
senseless 3 years ago
How the heck do 8 ppl fit in there??
gapehole 3 years ago
Hey! Geez I didn't get comment notices sorry but yeah that is what I said.
According to FEMA you need 6 square feet per peron which is more or less standing room plus the base of this is a few feet wider than the stairs but if I was to rate it for how many people it could hold over a long period id say two at the most. It doesn't leak because its one piece fiberglass construction and the door over laps like a roof above your house does.
senseless 3 years ago
but really it just gives people a false sense of hope and safety,id wrather stand out in the open and die quickly than go in that bunker and die slowly.lol water resistant? i think not,not when the surface of this bunker is under a couple hundred feet of water.You may aswell take shelter in something built by 5 yr olds.lol
thisisridiculous7 2 years ago
especially if your in there for a long period of time,you need plenty of room to move around and plenty of oxygen,most people could not live in such conditions for very long,FEMA is not there for people like you and me,they dont care about us,they want us to be ill equipt and hopefully die.youd have to be a billionaire to have a proper bunker and even then your not garaunteed to be safe
thisisridiculous7 2 years ago