Storm shelters

[justang1997]

Saw this by the Wal-mart in Radcliff yesterday. I called the number and its $5,500 installed. $4,500 if you bury it yourself.


Anyone on here have one, or something similar. I was thinking of all the non storm shelter uses this has. Make a great "basement" to a tool shed. Nice and hidden.

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[ssracer]

That's pretty cool

[Rem700]

pretty cool, very similar to the fiber glass ones the guy on that doomsday bunkers show makes. Only $500 discount if you bury it yourself? Really? it costs more than that to rent and have delivered a backhoe for a day.


O and yea im guessing this is the "floor model" being that it is missing a side lol.

[Marcus]

School bus. Bigger, cheaper, and only slightly harder to bury.

[justang1997]

School bus is cheaper? Lol.

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[Rem700]

School bus. Bigger, cheaper, and only slightly harder to bury.

Busey????

[Marcus]

School bus is cheaper? Lol.

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Than $5000. Yessir.

[Livewire]

These are cool. I doubt most people would even notice it was a shelter. Not as hidden though.

http://eurekastormshelters.com/BelowGround.aspx

[Livewire]

http://www.cozycaverns.com/Sizes_and_Prices.html

Little cheaper but they're in arkansas.
http://www.cozycaverns.com/Sizes_and_Prices.html

[Rem700]

These are cool. I doubt most people would even notice it was a shelter. Not as hidden though.

http://eurekastormshelters.com/BelowGround.aspx

But i dont have a pimped out doublewide to fit it to!

[Livewire]

LOL. It could be made to fit a school bus!

[BIGC]

there is a small storm shelter at one of the older houses in hillview. I can see the door of it and the air vent but I havent seen the inside or how big it is...

[Jff24Gordn]

That fiberglass top doesn't look that strong.
But it does look better than my basement.

[BIGC]

I think I could do better and cheaper buying either a 20' shipping container or finding one of the surplus steel boxes at a military auction.....

[Rebel Panda]

When I get land I'm just gonna connect and bury a few of those big steel shipping containers

[JustShootIt]

Lol.....this is sitting in the empty lot next to my office....never opened this thread.....

This guy said he has sold a ton of them....he set it there a couple Weeks before the last big set of storms we had...afterward he said the phone rang off the hook...

These can be had alot cheaper than this....theres a guy n Meade Co that had some he was selling for $3900 installed.

[GeminiXD9]

I think I could do better and cheaper buying either a 20' shipping container or finding one of the surplus steel boxes at a military auction.....

Supposedly, depending on how deep u bury, those shipping containers fold like a deck of cards. The sides aren't made to withstand the pressure. Not 100% sure about that but it would really suck to run out to the shelter to find out its caved in. Hahaha

[BIGC]

I think I could do better and cheaper buying either a 20' shipping container or finding one of the surplus steel boxes at a military auction.....

Supposedly, depending on how deep u bury, those shipping containers fold like a deck of cards. The sides aren't made to withstand the pressure. Not 100% sure about that but it would really suck to run out to the shelter to find out its caved in. Hahaha

If you just throw it in the ground and put the dirt around it yes......... most people I see burying them put concrete around them for support..... plus if you bury them you need to cover them in rust resistant paint...

[GeminiXD9]

Yeah. That would work. Make a concrete barrier then put a container in. Didn't think of that. Not too bad of an idea when u think of it that way.

[Next]

I called a company in Columbia that had some similar. Too small for me and they said that condensation can be an issue. Doesnt seem strong enough for me for the money.

[Ian]

I have a buddy out in Lebanon junction who has a couple of these shipping containers. He stores cars in them while he waits for parts.

[burn360]

I think I could do better and cheaper buying either a 20' shipping container or finding one of the surplus steel boxes at a military auction.....

Supposedly, depending on how deep u bury, those shipping containers fold like a deck of cards. The sides aren't made to withstand the pressure. Not 100% sure about that but it would really suck to run out to the shelter to find out its caved in. Hahaha

If you just throw it in the ground and put the dirt around it yes......... most people I see burying them put concrete around them for support..... plus if you bury them you need to cover them in rust resistant paint...

If you are gonna use concrete to support it why not just make a concrete bunker and not waste your money on a shipping container?

[Till]

Doomsday Preppers

Some older guy built a underground city pretty much, out of school buses, I'm not sure if he used anything else to support it...

[Ian]

I think I could do better and cheaper buying either a 20' shipping container or finding one of the surplus steel boxes at a military auction.....

Supposedly, depending on how deep u bury, those shipping containers fold like a deck of cards. The sides aren't made to withstand the pressure. Not 100% sure about that but it would really suck to run out to the shelter to find out its caved in. Hahaha

If you just throw it in the ground and put the dirt around it yes......... most people I see burying them put concrete around them for support..... plus if you bury them you need to cover them in rust resistant paint...

If you are gonna use concrete to support it why not just make a concrete bunker and not waste your money on a shipping container?

I would think if we were to have an earthquake, and the concrete was to crack. The metal containers would hold there own. And atleast keep some of there shape. Also I think depending on how you did it you could insulate the area with the expanding foam to help retain some heat etc.

[Dave1965]

Yeah. That would work. Make a concrete barrier then put a container in. Didn't think of that. Not too bad of an idea when u think of it that way.

Sounds like a coffin and vault