Ultimate Earth-Sheltered Off-Grid Home Bunker
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- Опубліковано 5 лип 2024
- @HomesteadRanger featured in the book at this link: a.co/d/cV5s8Sm Gives the Basic Concept and Construction Steps for this Home Designed to Survive any Disaster including the Apocolypse. This Off-Grid Home has a nearly 2 foot thick reinforced concrete living roof with double waterproof barriers and extensive security features, as well as passive heating and cooling considerations. Prepare for Doomsday by learning how to do-it-yourself with this Bunker, Fortress, of a home.
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Thrive in the Coming Dark Age: How to Build the Ultimate Survival Homestead a.co/d/1uEyEqU
What state? Looks like TN where I am at.
Really appreciate your build, trying to sway the wife to agree building our home self sufficient and primarily stone for generations of our family. We can dream, even in this world
The outside is very beautiful. It’s a bunker and a home perfect for the unstable world of today.
thanks, and so easy to heat and cool. I think I need a new video on the ambient temperatures that I've recorded. 😃
Those steel shutters are next level. I've been trying to figure something out on our future build to do over the windows. This inspired me quite a bit.
Thank you, yes, they have worked very well! I really like those heavy duty barn rollers
This is great video definitely keep posting
More to come!
Thank You for sharing your build.
My pleasure!!
There's a building here built during WWII has 3' of gravel shock absorbing on it so it's a hearty bunker. You have 2 reinforced concrete slabs, 1" rebar, shockproof layer of gravel... I mean, this thing is going to be a prop in the post-apocalyptic documentaries of the 2100's!! This is one hell of a house you built... coupled with the title of your book... "Last 500 years and withstands anything!" *anything* ! We're, uh, taking notes. Kinda spooked but taking notes because we're planning to hunker down as well. Not sure what state yet but want to be self-sufficient and secure. We are giving serious thought to MO if NH is too cold for my arthritis. I have chronic injuries from the Navy and now that I'm older I am creaking in the knees.
Now on to a double concrete slabbed, 1" rebar re-enforced, 3' gravel roof root cellar...
Thanks for reaching out, I have a great group on Facebook as well, facebook.com/groups/small.farming.homesteading/
This is fantastic! I, likely, live just west of y'all and am very interested in this option... just have to find the right location on our property, consult an engineer, and start milling and gathering materials. I'm getting your book today. Thank you for sharing this valuable information.
I hope things are going well on your property, we are very excited about some projects that we are planning when warm weather returns!
This is awesome!! Thanks for posting this video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Would you mind sharing how much you spent on the wooden forms and concrete etc?
Did you use a rubber seal along the cold joint of the slab and side walls going into the roof??
Amazing you drove that tractor on top ! 😂
Spent $45,000 on materials only. About 20% of this was on the decorative block on the front, 20% on concrete and rebar, 20% on interior, cinderblock and surface bond cement. 20% on leave forms (wood) and waterproofing. Another 20% on drainage, pipes, gravel, wiring, and hardware. These are just some rough figures, and this is from 14 years ago so prices are probably about double now
Even steel cage shutters on the windows! I was thinking sheep hurdles but I wonder if they are too easy to cut through with a torch...
I think if someone has a torch then you havw significantly slowed them down, so that's a good start :)
Ah! A Ranger's perspective and it makes a good lot of sense at that! @@HomesteadRanger 😆
Nice! Would be cool to see inside a bit.
How much does your book go into community and working with others? Because the #1 resource for human thriving is community. Humans are not designed to be self-sustaining by themselves.
Yes, it's great to acquire the skills to be able to survive and thrive as much as possible on your own. But that can only go so far.
I'd rather have a storage shed house and 3-4 good neighbors, or a tiny home in an industrious small town than live with just my family in a cool place like this.
But clearly having the great home and strong community would be best.
My book goes into a little bit of that, but more in the beginning chapters that are about choosing a location. Choosing the location involves choosing the community, and yes, I definitely agree that is so important!
Would have enjoyed the vid more with an inside tour. Interesting build though.
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New Sub here. good video.
Thanks for the sub!
awesome video.. what states in USA have the right type of land/slopes for earth sheltered homes?
That’s a good question, I would say it depends more on the particular regional geography. This location was ideal because it has very substantial bedrock to build on top of, plus there is a lot of well, drained, gravel in the soil surrounding the build. Those are the types of conditions that you want to look for.
@@HomesteadRangervery true - having a natural slope leading to a creek or river would be ideal depending on your location...
@HomesteadRanger We are on a natural slope that leads to creek. would building on shale rock be ok?
We're not builders lol How would you suggest going about finding a contractor to do something like this?
Word of mouth is the best way, find similar homes in your area if possible
How mu h would it cost to build a home like this?
About 45 k ten years ago, not including labor. Now 100k +
Underground houses don’t need to be insulated
You need to insulate walls with a rigid type insulation to avoid humidity condensation issues, very important