Abandoned Backyard FALLOUT Shelter Restoration ep 3: Fixing the Door
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- Let's fix the Bomb Shelter's door! Come into the shop and see in detail how the 1960's backyard bunker door is made better than new. This is the first step in restoring the abandoned cold war Era bomb shelter in my backyard. Next I plan to build a set of stairs or an elevator. We are one step closer to exploring the hidden treasures of this underground doomsday Bunker. This is part of a series on the fallout shelter restoration. I love this stuff, if you do too, subscribe and let's do fun projects together!
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Any woman who helps clean up your tools is a keeper!
true dat
My likely will be a great tornado shelter. You need a system to keep the back of the door from being lifted off and a drip edge to keep rain from getting in, which could cause mold inside and cause health issues.
You're right, I gotta modify the door a little, and add a locking system!
i enjoyed it to watch , and love to see more , maybe when you do the steps :--)))))
Soon! Then we have to clean it out, we will post everything for you.
i wonder how many people like me with no tools, metal, land or shelter watch stuff like this just to dream Vs how many do it for practical advice and skills. From reading comments seems a lot of people know a lot more about this stuff than i ever will, but i still enjoy watching.
Its so awesome that you know or can figure out how to do this stuff. I get the feeling that your loving this life!!! You go guy
If no one else was impressed, I know I was. Great work!
Loving this shelter renovation - hope you make more of these - awesome work with the door. Can't wait to see what you do with the rest of it.
More to come! I'm working on it now. Hopefully have a video out early Feb. Thanks!
Well here are some tips. Good work on repairing the door. Next would be to clear everything out and recommend selling what you don't plan to personally reuse. As for the uses cases for the space given that it is temp controlled and massive WITH a restroom there. Why not turn it into a privet movie theater with part of it set aside for her root celler? That way you would have something that you and guests could use during blistering hot days AND would keep her happy by giving her space for some cool storage.
As for the utilities I would recommend renting excavator and start by pushing the top gravel to the side to clear it. (Using stakes to stake out what is where.) then dig up the areas that matter. Like where the water comes in as well as that other vent near the back that had a hard turn. Doing this in some key places would let you inspect and fix things IF they need to be or to reattach things that might have been separated from the main line like water. Also look into having the tanks inspected for reuse or removal/replacement. You have something there that many would DREAM of. ALSO one other thing to look into might be a heat pump install down there if you do dig it up.
That's pretty much the plan, I've been working on it and filming, I hope to get a video out very soon. I will figure out the vents and electrical and sewer probably one step at a time. I think it's going to be an awesome bat cave and storage room.
Just needs some weather flashing around the edges to stop rain, and insects getting in. Very nicely done!
Yea, I am personally looking forward to seeing this project continue. I'd love to have something like this to keep me busy. Plus Arizona is amazing!!!
You and me both!
@@HerbOMatic Well, isn't the lady of the house sorta kinda hoping to turn that into her Lady Lounge/Cannery? Couldn't possibly imagine why you'd be excited to see this project through to the end either 🤔. lol
i hope we can get enough people sharing and liking this that his ad money can pay for all the renovations!!! i wanna see much more !!! it be sooo coll to have a functioning bomb shelter. if you have the means and money WHY NOT!!! so cool!!
She makes your videos awesome to watch.
Going to want to make those gaps smaller around the door to keep vermin out. Snakes, mice, etc.. would love to get in there to escape the heat or just looking for food and fall right into your bunker entrance. Looking forward to more on this!
I would think that radiation entering through those gaps might be a issue if one had to use it too
He could probably look into what food warehouses use around their loading docks. They have weather and rodent resistant seals for all types of entrances.
You are so lucky to have this on the property already and it’s spacious.Now gotta think of work on solar powered backup Led lighting and storage
I am really impressed. Very nice job.
Thanks Sean!
Good for another 50 years nice job!
Thank you!
Can’t wait to see what’s next, found you channel today. With what’s going on in the world you may need it. Good luck
Check out the elevator series! I appreciate it Francis. I am working to make it at least operational so I could stay in there for two weeks if needed.
I'd weld a piece of angle iron or iron strip to cover the opening edge to help keep the entrance from getting water through that gap. Cant wait to see what else you do, great video, great craftsmanship. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, I'm going to modify the door so it overhangs a little bit, I'm working on replacing the stairs now.
In the early '80s in Sacramento I visited a house that had a backyard shelter and it was built by the current owner of that house. it was actually built above ground though like a pill box. super thick concrete walls and ceiling and a super heavy steel door. it was so cool inside there. it was amazing and even in the summertime when it was 100 plus degrees outside.
Always a pleasure to watch a craftsman at work. Great job.
Thank you very much!
Really nice of your wife to help you clean up
Enjoyed watching the restoration on the old door great work cheers from Australia 😉👍😎🍻
Excelente!! Hay 3 cosas que amo de EEUU.. 1 las hermosas mujeres 2 las harramientas geniales que hay 3 las maravillas de cosas que uno podria hacer ahí!!
Nuevo suscriptor, un calido Saludos desde Argentina!!🇦🇷
Awesome ! Looking forward to steps, Electricals and clearing it.
You and me both! Working on it now, it takes a little time to fix, film, edit, and upload!
excellent idea, for times like this
Yes, thanks
Not gonna lie - that was an impressive fix!
I can tell you're a metal-work kind of guy, when your idea of some spacers is to cut some out of metal on a machine, rather than a few 2x2 or 2x4 wood off-cuts... 😂 My skills tend to lie much more on the wood-work side of things, which makes me think - why not just built a normal set of wooden stairs like a house or deck? Some pressure treated lumber and you should be good for several decades surely?
The only other thing - at 49:05 we can see that the door butts up against the side of the frame, leaving an inevitable gap which will let in water (and the nuclear fallout! 😅) - an obvious flaw in the original design. Could you either modify the frame so the door slides over the gap, or else add some kind of flashing or cap on the top of the door to cover that gap so your bunker stays dry and doesn't rot or rust out whatever stairs you do?
Caleb, thanks Man! Yeah steel is what I have some experience with because I've built a ton of security cages for vending machines. I have thought about building the stairs with tree bodies, I might do that. I noticed that about the door, I may cut that lip off so the door can close a little more, or weld a piece of iron on the door so it overhangs the gap. Thanks for watching and the comment!
Caleb? Did you get a toilet seat in the mail?!? 😉
@@billlamm4688 Huh? Um no... should I have?
This is a great project to be doing
I love it so far!
For storm shelter purposes. Since your front wheels are captive inside of the angle you might want to put some type of latch on the back so if there is a hurricane you can latch the back side down. Or possibly some round stock that keys into holes in the frame when the door is completely closed.
Some rubber skirts on the door (inner tube) could help keep out driving rain.
Also a pad lock to lock it up and limit your liability from local kids hurting themselves.
Nice work. Hope to see more.
I thought of that after the project, I think pins that slide into the frame when it closes all the way would be the simplest. Good catch, was wondering when someone would notice.
You have the makings of a really good emergency shelter there. I think you are wise to fix amd repair it, and restore that shelter to good order. Modern technology should help upgrade it. If you put some kind of canopy or awning over the hatch, it will help preserve it.
This is awesome !! Can't wait to see more on this project !!
I have to say that was very cool and your tool show by there well worn look that you have been doing this kind of stuff for years.
I would mount a garage door opener on the wall over the door into the bunker so I could open and close it with a remote-control.
I would put a hidden manual release on the out side in the event the power grid is down along with one on the inside for the same reason,
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NIce job! When thats all done and cleaned up its gonna be nice!
Watched the whole thing. How did the tap and die set do? I got the same set from harbor freight. I was hoping you’d use it and blam-o you did. It was fun watching you figure stuff out and all the nut bolts washers and tools you have. It’s cool seeing you overcome obstacles too and I see you being patient. Not just with your situation but with the wife too. Much respect to you Mr. herbomatic
YOU WON!!! The toilet seat is a Bemis brand with almost no schmoo on it...it would look good above the mantel or in your workshop, it's versatile enough to compliment any room! Thanks AJ, the tap set worked great. It did seem to cut the holes a little tight for fasteners but they went in with the 1/4" ratchet, so not too crazy. I debated taking out the bits about the figuring it out and dimensions for time sakes, but I left them in because I thought it would break the story. I gotta get better with the welding, the ground clamp had developed a bad connection and I changed the clamp part way through the video and that helped a ton! I'm going to have to watch more of your videos since you weld a ton!
Nice work. I hope you added a cross brace to those roller boxes.
Well done
Very very cool!!
"what are you - some kind of doomsday machinist, boy?" (Live And Let Die) - I see why she said 'Yes'...
And don't complain about the sawdust, that's extra protein you'll need later after the Wife locks you in the Fuhrer Bunker ;)
Subbed & followin.
Awesome make the bunker connect to the house
That would be a heckova chore, maybe down the line!
@@HerbOMatic I’m sure the smallest diy I have to do make me regret doing lol but if you do it would be epic there is a UA-cam that done it if u do end up doing that it will be a great watch 👍😬
Great job.
Thanks Lucille!
Great work!
Thanks Azsrael!
Good job man ! Personally WD 40 would have been my go to 😂
Found your video and enjoyed it.
Mount the dog house on top. To camouflage the door to a wine cellar or your personal Distillery.
I might do something like that in the future!
Great fix, but my guy, that grinder bench, sheeesh! Looking forward to more, also teach the Lady how to weld, now's the time. Like my old man said, "There's welders, then there's everybody else"
The grinder bench would have been fine if the turn signal stalk didn't fall out of it!
Bomb shelter in your house? That’s it! I found my new favorite YTube channel 🔥
Thumbs up and subscribed
Thanks Tino, I worked on it today, and will over the next few days!
Nicely done, although I would have thought that you would want the door to have a much tighter fit than that? I personally would use a powered rack and pinion style mechanism and a full mechanical override with extremely tight tolerances. Then add an hydraulic ram as a locking mechanism. If there are heavier that air noxious fumes outside (for whatever reason), they will fill up that chamber very quickly and trap you behind that inner door, which had also better be air tight. Water can also get in and fill the stairwell under the right circumstances. Small critters likewise. Which means building a tunnel to your main structure as well.
Oh pal, you did amazing!! You should be proud :D haha for a bit I did get confused thinking I missed the side/front wheel installation and why it wouldn't rub on the sides :p it's one thing to know a welder, it's another to design these things and to such accuracy while also to such simplicity, wherby using washers to adjust it left to right. I am surprised you didn't use the trailer to reinstall it, or a ratchet system because then it'd be one lift and one pull sort of but damn it man you're strong lifting that bugger. I remember when you maybe first filmed this, clearing it out from within! As it happens I was actually thinking about you two and the shelter a week or so ago when I put lights in my cellar, the timings weird lol. I suggested lots but seems you have it all sorted, don't think I realised your engineering skills :p
You know, I have a request if I may haha. I've been day dreaming of an underground shelter for years, and one idea I had is stairs which can rotate up level, the stairs doing the same as a geared train. I doubt you'd find the use here unless a robber mistakes it as a false floor, but I'm thinking if you could remove those stairs while inside to make more space or access underneath for storage? Also hide the electrical box if you decide that. I just come up with bonkers shit, I'd love to see if that stair idea works :p you gonna motorise the door for convenience? Maybe hide the shelter door as a false floor in a shed with a hoist? :P my mind's full of wonders how you'll end up doing this out buddy I'm really excited! I wish I could join, it's an amazing opportunity/project :D
Would love to have one outside our house in sunny Scotland 🤣 more of a wind shelter😉. Love the videos thanks for uploading. Stay safe 🏴
you should grind the end lip of the lid half an inch so the lid can close over the lip otherwise water (does it rain in Arizona?) will ingress .... awesome project.
It rains every 100 days or so, I need to do just that so the door can overhang, thanks Nexus!
I'm hooked now. I want to see this completed.
For me personally, I would have updated the bunker aspect of this with high tech entry system, air filters, lithium power banks as well as lead acid and fuel based generator. Also an EMP filter. There's a multitude of other things I would have incorporated too.
If the world wasn't on the brink of destruction 😅 I would have converted this space into a professional video/audio studio for high end audiophile DSD/PCM recording with visuals. 😁
I was going to make it a bar, but as time goes on I'm thinking bunker and bar. I'm working on some of those ideas now. New video hopefully 1st week of feb
You guys are purdy funny.
really neat but needs lots of work luck fun
So neat good work
Thank you! 😊
The only thing I have not seen in any previous video is an escape hatch. But just having a bunker at all is a plus
Seriously nice work. Loved the video. Enjoying the series! Keep it up!
Nice to see you never use tools for anything other than their intended purpose
It could be the ultimate man cave if you clean it out and spruce it up. Big screen TV, bar, pool table, stripper pole…I mean lounge chairs😊.
Who would have guessed, 6 months ago, that nuclear shelters were to become trendy again?
Once you add electrical, put a door opener in.
That's a good idea!
Keep going!
Just stumbled on this this project vid.
Would be awesome to have shelter like that and to restore it. Will check back for updates
I would put some kind of shed over it so it is not noticeable.
Does the fallout shelter have electricity & water? Thank you for the video, I can tell you are making progress!
It did at one point, one thing I need to find out is where does the sewer go? We'll find out as we restore it.
@@HerbOMatic I hope you do find out where the sewer goes to. Also, if you can get the electricity & water back going, that would be great! Thank you for the reply
@@HerbOMatic Normally they'd have a grey water tank and the likes but who knows as some of them were done pretty half asses and just the structure was done somewhat professionally and the person would finish it. But there were lots of kind shady builders back during the height of the cold war scare that got a lot of these built so god only knows.
But the more I saw from the video specially when you peaked inside.. I think this was simply a storm shelter and not a bomb shelter specially since it was originally suppose to open upward from where the hinges should have been and someone did a half ass job to make it a roller door (and you improved on their crap attempt)
@@HerbOMatic That was my FIRST question when I saw the john in there is how does the black water get out since you are likely below the sewer or drainage field/tank depending on how you guys deal with black water normally in the house.
@@SilvaDreams I would tend to agree except for the relatively large fresh water reserves and the toilet with god knows what for waste removal. With those I think it might have been a poor attempt at a bomb shelter OR a pretty long term storm shelter...
is there enough room to trim the front edge of the door to fully slide over the frame and keep any rain out? (if you get a lot where you are)
Or perhaps even just weld a small deflector to the lid to let any rain go over and outside the end of the frame rail.
Looking forward to seeing the rest of the project
I think there is room, I need to cut the front so it can over hang. Thanks Scott!
The thing about a place like this bomb shelter it would be super easy to keep cool all summer with one small ground unit 12 Seer heat pump!! Great place for an entertainment room and the occasional Phoenix area tornado which is just about never LOL!! Big flat screen TV on one of the walls small fridge full of beer only for baseball games in the summertime! Again it would be really inexpensive to keep cool in the summer!
I think so tool, it's a good 15 degrees cooler naturally! A cool room to escape the heat for just a few dollars a month.
Next project ... a new stand for the grinder :)
That's actually on the list! It had a turn signal stock holding it together but it fell out!
I like it. Please make more vid's
I'm working on replacing the stairs now, I was sick for two weeks but I'm on the mend now!
Much improved door roller system, are you going to add a wide strip at each ends of the door for rain protection? perhaps a handle or 2 as well?
I have to cut the door so it closes further and patch up some of the holes on the back end.
Well done, I would restore that shelter also.If all hell go's that shelter will be priceless. BTY who is the red head....Good looking woman!.
I have experience with these gate rollers...make sure you keep them greased. If you need to replace them you can get a version with sealed ball bearings
Could you do the stairs in a way that underneath them it could be used for storage that way no space is actually wasted?
Also any concerns of water getting in at the edge once its pushed closed? Shouldn't that technically overlap the edge plate so no water can fall straight into the stairwell?
Either way, I am definitely looking forward to following you on this journey!
Thanks Joe, I'm working on a solution to the stairs now. I thought about having them hinged in the middle so I could store under them. You're right I need to modify the door for the rain, that's on the list
Good games room or party room. Love your equipment your got and how you nut it out well done. If using steel for stairs have concrete very dandy foot falls( steps) or folks slip in damp weather. As I did.buggering my back.
Thanks Glenn!, I will do something to prevent slips, I'm still working out the steps design.
@@HerbOMatic could just masonry bit thru the concrete and bolt in some stringers and then install wooden treads. Should only cost one coin bucket or so at contemporary lumber rates 😫
Its a start, keep going
Thanks Butch, I will!
@@HerbOMatic great news, just watch your back! And your toes, those we can't get a Home Depot. 😃
Hello from the Netherlands .
which would look great is if you build a dog house the same size as the concrete surround around the door of the shelter then it looks like it is the concrete foundation for the dog house
A secret bunker!
A simple way to help keep out the rain & most of the dust, etc. - would be to get some old inner tubes, and cut linear strips and mount them all the way around the side of the door.
Not a bad Idea or strips of rubber door sweep.... Thanks JP
@@HerbOMatic Glad I could help contribute... : )
Came for the shelter, stayed for the red head.
You're gonna need some kind of lock now to keep babies from opening the door. Maybe some handles too.
Can't wait to see you empty out the shelter and restore lighting in there. I guess next step is rebuilding the stairs?
That's the plan! Gotta keep babies out of there, people get all crazy about babies falling in wells and well-like holes.
Great job looks like it will last for ever or longer then the last one
Thanks Ken!
Nice to see you using a resperator
Welding and grinding dust will clog you up.
awesome job..just subbed
Wanna be my lab partner lol old school memories unlocked. Yea, comment here to say I too enjoy seeing the progress unfold.
Lol, I can't help myself when I find those goggles in the drawer! I'm working on it Eric stay tuned.
Well done. You may be able to repurpose the toilet seat as a picture frame for someone you don't like... or someone you doo.
@AJ’s Iron Works won the seat it's his picture frame!
I just stumbled onto you channel. Great video.
Hey, thanks!
@@HerbOMatic you are very welcome. I look forward to more videos.
👍☑Been leary to comment on this one until I could be sure that I won't win the toilet seat, hope I'm safe from that fate now after a year! Tks Herb as always
Lol, a prize everyone's scared of. What's your mailing address, the first guy didn't send me his address. Thanks ParatyShow
Awesome, now that you can get into it much easier great things to come.. Wonder how many homes here in AZ have these hidden gems? First one I've heard of.
Good question! I wonder too, it would have been expensive to build!
This bomb shelter is amazing if your using it for nuclear you need to rubberise the ever doo so it makes it air tight but before you do that you need to unblock the air intake and put in AN NBC air intake. dont forget radiation cant go around the corners. i would suggest adding stair case asap getting electrics in there for light and get rid of the old furniture. find the old escape hatch as well.
' Radiation can't go around the corners"... BUT airborne particulate contamination (e.g., fallout) can.
"find the old escape hatch as well." I thought the whole structure was pretty well explored well enough to find an escape hatch (if there was one) in the first video. But yeah, I definitely would be uncomfortable being in this with only one way out. Especially since the door is now so easy to slide closed. If someone parks a car in the wrong place while the hatch is closed (because of rain, or whyever) ... you aren't getting out without assistance from outside.
@@ssn608 The top hatch isn't to protect from radiation, it's to keep large stuff from getting in and potentially people out. It's the bottom door that would be the tight seal.
But either this was a slap-dash home built shelter or it's not a bomb shelter but a storm shelter.
cool!
you could put automatic gradge opener on the door to open it suggestion
Hey that’s a cool space what are your plans now you fixed the door? Will you turn it into a bunker or something else
Probably a bunker bar, gotta get drunk if the world is ending!
@@HerbOMatic that’s an awsome idea man can’t wait for the next vid subbed n liked 😉👍✊
I do like the channel, just a small tiny annoying little itty bitty suggestion... if you could possibly "level" or equalize the audio a bit. This happens all the time with videos that have voice and loud machines. The voice is very quiet and hard to hear, so I turn up the volume and then BOOM! The power tools start and the neighbors are banging on my wall. :) It should be a simple thing in whatever application you use for editing.
I use leveling, but I use relative leveling, let me look into some videos on how to level it better. We don't want your neighbors beating down your door!
Any updates forthcoming?
As a fellow Arizonian I am looking forward to how this is finished.
Hey Brian, I got that bug that's been going around, I was wiped out! I started back on it today!
Great job now some type of locking mechanism when you’re in the bomb shelter and so no one can lift the hatch
That's on the to-do list, I put a block in the way because the dogs running over it was opening it. I don't want one of them disappearing!
I know it was heavy but you really want to replace, not restore, that door. It is not thick enough to protect anything. Would work for tornado tho.
Look forward to more videos! Also incredible find of this shelter.
Thanks Drakior, the door is to withstand fallout, not direct hits. You're smoked if you get hit direct
@@HerbOMatic Haha of course a direct hit would spell doom!
But I mean it needs to be metal for the fallout. You need a denser material then wood and a thin sheet of metal. Also this door does not make a seal as it just rolls on.
Still cool find and look forward to future projects. It will be fine for now but for more security in you should change it.
Impressive! Question remains, is the the biggest bombshelter ever ridden?
I don't want to know, I'd get jealous!
This needs a key activated hydraulic piston to operate it. Would be sweet!
Have you thought about turning it into an Airbnb?
Nicely done! What’s phase II going to be?
Some kind of stairs or lift and then clean it out and look at the antiques in the daylight. Thanks for checking it out!
just a suggestion but a stick welder would be better for out door welding
Wouldn’t it be crazy if you discovered that the water & sewer drain went down into an old mine! The are literally thousands of vertical mine shafts all over! You still have a lot of discoveries to make since you do not have the original plans!
Nice work!
Thank you! Cheers!
@@HerbOMatic I'm really interested to see what you do to the rest of the bunker. Would love to do a project like this.