We live in tornado alley. This is our basement shelter we can comfortably take care of 10 people.Please comment.
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@mikenov.34684 жыл бұрын
That room looks more comfortable then my bedroom.
@OffgridManiac4 жыл бұрын
Thank you but we sold the house and are building a new shelter now
@onleashfreak11 жыл бұрын
My only concern without having seen any of the other videos you are talking about is the ceiling in your shelter. Is that just the floor from the first story? If so you need a reinforced concrete ceiling above you because that timber will come crashing down on you
@jennylynch75036 жыл бұрын
Ex Mil in MA that was my comment too...
@KFrost-fx7dt Жыл бұрын
Why would it collapse? It's built to hold up the weight of the house and then some.
@onleashfreak Жыл бұрын
@@KFrost-fx7dt it’s not designed to hold contouring forces of wind or the hoist itself coming down on the floor. Have you not seen footage of the aftermath of bad tornadoes? What he has is certainly better than nothing
@theofficialgreenkane9645 Жыл бұрын
Did you watch the other video? He explained he put 4" thick bricks above
@rammur4 ай бұрын
cause tornado can and will wipe a house down to the foundation shelters are rated for nados@@KFrost-fx7dt
@TheMoneypresident11 жыл бұрын
I would also recommend a escape window. Knew a guy burned alive in a basement that only had one exit those little windows can't always be crawled though.
@melissa205oak9 ай бұрын
We don’t have any gas ran to our house
@TheMoneypresident9 ай бұрын
@melissa205oak ever use a candle or had an electric device go bad?
@randymillhouse7915 ай бұрын
@@TheMoneypresident Ever had a storm shelter? Stop being such a negative twitch.
@paulettek36825 ай бұрын
Our building codes require an egress window if the basement has a bedroom. Not sure about a tornado shelter. But the more openings, the greater risk from debris coming in a window. I think a bulkhead would be better.
@Aguanga_cowboy0073 жыл бұрын
Looks great sir. Well organized with specific rooms for certain things.
@OffgridManiac2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@601salsa4 жыл бұрын
Dude.... it is better than nothing, it is underground from horizontal projetiles but you have a wood roof....if your house gets hit that is going to fly off. You really need 4 inches of reinforced concrete above you. Good start and amazing space you could survive longterm down there if the wood didnt fly off and you needed to rebuild
@OffgridManiac2 жыл бұрын
New shelter now
@jdrose1000Ай бұрын
I love basements! Also attics!
@donnalromero44813 жыл бұрын
It's a Great Space and your Family is Lucky to have it. Sure Need Lots more Storm Shelter's in the USA.
@OffgridManiac2 жыл бұрын
When it comes to storm shelters I believe that America should be like Sweden and Israel and if you're going to build a new structure of a home it has to have a shelter in it
@randymillhouse7915 ай бұрын
@@OffgridManiac TOTALLY AGREE!
@TheLadyBoss423 жыл бұрын
Awesome job. this storm shelter could definitely save a lot of lives.
@OffgridManiac3 жыл бұрын
I think so too!
@TheCajuntransplant11 жыл бұрын
Stumbled on this video and would like to make one simple suggestion. Invest is a roll of the heaviest mill visqueen to drape over your bedding and cloth furniture when not in use. This will cut down on dust build up. Also comes in handy if ya spring a leak. Awesome shelter
@bryn.cecile46447 жыл бұрын
That basement is absolutely amazing!!! #staysafe
@OffgridManiac7 жыл бұрын
thanks keep watching
@AustinDickerson2001Tiger6 жыл бұрын
It’s important to make sure your pets (if you do have any) have a place to sleep in during a tornado warning as well.
@terrydavis84513 жыл бұрын
Awesome you can chill on the couch and watch the tornado once it tears the floor above you off the ground. I might install seatbelts to keep from being sucked out.
@OffgridManiac2 жыл бұрын
Lol ya we no longer have that house we are building a new shelter
@AustinDickerson2001Tiger7 жыл бұрын
It's good to have beds to sleep in during a tornado warning.
@user-hi6nm9od2l2 жыл бұрын
It might end up being there only place to shelter if the tornado destroys their home, should have lots of food and water on reserve just incase
@2nd-place2 жыл бұрын
You should never sleep during a tornado warning, dumbass. It’s not like they last very long. The sirens are to alert/wake your ass up!
@randymillhouse7915 ай бұрын
Jackwagon.
@yogi82844 ай бұрын
They have a place to stay if the tornado damages the structure
@OffgridManiac11 жыл бұрын
everyone should have a basement we lived in an old trailer for 8 years paying off bills just waiting till the market made a come back from all the record 4 closures with the banks in America they had to sell those houses to someone so they could get there money back.I say its worth it to move if it gets you a basement
@sadiemcdaniel5607 жыл бұрын
Super Daddy iam in a tornado ally to
@hyunjinandkookie83046 жыл бұрын
Well Australia doesn’t have basements because we don’t usually get tornados here But I think We should Have one just in case
@critterc0rner3 жыл бұрын
@@hyunjinandkookie8304 yes, almost had a tornado form in front of my house years ago. We definitely need someplace to retreat to even if those disasters very rarely occur, you’ll never know.
@OffgridManiac11 жыл бұрын
thats a good ideal to keep the blankets covered. i didnt do it in the shelter ,but i did in the pantry room after you gave me the ideal.thanks im glad you liked the shelter i spend alot of time on it still working on it alittle every weekend
@michelleharrelson50939 жыл бұрын
You are missouri too? I am in blue springs, mo. We get some wild weather. I like your storm shelter. I would feel safe knowing I could sleep there on nights where there is a tornado watch. I live in a first floor apartment so I have to go to my bathroom.
@Ameth306 жыл бұрын
Great job thinking ahead...awesome work
@OffgridManiac2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@lisasellers28395 ай бұрын
Would you consider adding a half bath down there? Kinda looks like thats the only thing I didn't see.
@grangerousdesigns46783 жыл бұрын
Ive never seen a basement being from South East Texas but your basement looks pretty big. I wish we had those.
@OffgridManiac2 жыл бұрын
Thanks please subscribe
@mkp38243 жыл бұрын
The point is to have a safe place to go in a storm. You're not going to be sleeping in it all night, or if you get hit, and it collapses. But it looks like a fun place to hang out!
@OffgridManiac2 жыл бұрын
We ended up selling the house and we are currently building a more secure stronger shelter in the Ozarks of Missouri feel free to go to our page click the like And subscribe and be sure to watch our new off grid solar storm shelter video series
@KFrost-fx7dt Жыл бұрын
If there are multiple severe storm warnings at night, might as well just stay down there and get cozied in.
@Icybubba Жыл бұрын
@@KFrost-fx7dt Yeah that's exactly what I'd do in that situation, lots of potential bad weather I wouldn't want to have to keep waking up to check the weather I'd just sleep in my safe spot and be done with it
@donnaduhamel60047 ай бұрын
Finish ceiling...for sure😮❤
@OffgridManiac6 ай бұрын
Yep it's done we on to new projects
@angelanorville35992 жыл бұрын
You did a Great Job!
@OffgridManiac2 жыл бұрын
Thanks we have a new shelter now we, m🤣ved
@Simba.Luna.5 жыл бұрын
Great storm shelter.
@OffgridManiac2 жыл бұрын
Thanks you should see our new shelter
@rjshoemaker33116 жыл бұрын
I live in west texas, you should have concrete reinforced ceiling, I would go with a f4 min rating
@terrydavis84513 жыл бұрын
I would also remove all of the junk in there too, especially the giant knives hanging up from the rafters. I wonder what damage one of those trophies would do impaling you.
@joswanell96723 жыл бұрын
Good job! You're a smart man!
@OffgridManiac2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much sir I'm very glad that you found our channel and watched our storm shelter videos but unfortunately we sold the house and are currently working on an off-grid project in the Ozarks please feel free to go like subscribe and watch our new videos thank you
@سرمدحامد-ش6ض2 жыл бұрын
Best shelter I have ever seen
@OffgridManiac2 жыл бұрын
We have better now adays
@cheesedirks72567 жыл бұрын
You are lucky! There was a tornado today and I wasnt allowed in my basement
@jennylynch75036 жыл бұрын
Kind of just looks like a regular basement...is the ceiling reinforced? And are the walls thick?
@OffgridManiac6 жыл бұрын
Jenny Lynch we are moving out of the basement house so its on to bigget and better videos thanks for watching
@OffgridManiac6 жыл бұрын
Jenny Lynch ya a foot thick thiryeen foot under ground
@jennylynch75036 жыл бұрын
Super Daddy cool! ❤️
@Discrimination_is_not_a_right3 жыл бұрын
I think if I had to live in Tornado Alley, I'd forget about a house and just build a shelter.
@OffgridManiac2 жыл бұрын
Yes I can see the logic with that we actually ended up selling the house at that shelter was in and we are currently building a new storm shelter on our KZbin channel please feel free to like And subscribe and comment freely we should have a few videos of the solar off grid grow posted on our channel feel free to go watch them and soon we will be posting videos of our new storm shelter we actually have videos with the storm shelter in it but we made much progress since then
@nancykolonich25312 жыл бұрын
What a nice shelter
@OffgridManiac2 жыл бұрын
Thanks check out our new video of our fall out shelter I'm building
@patrickwalsh57295 жыл бұрын
I know this is from 2013, but i just now stumbled upon this video, and had a question for ya. I live in Indiana, and my home i bought has a basement. I do not have ANY kind of extra shelter down there. Like the shelter that you made, or a shelter that you can buy, etc. So, if there was a tornado warning, i do know to run downstairs to my basement, but WHERE do i go, that's the safest spot, in the basement?? So many different scenarios play out in my head, will we be sucked out, will my house collapse on top of us in the basement, and so on. I heard to go to the north corner of my basement, or the interior bathroom of my basement, or under the stairs, that lead to my basement!! I'm so confused!! Lol. You just seem like a very intelligent person to ask you for your opinion. I just want me and my family to be safe, in the event of a tornado. I want to know EXACTLY where to go, so that we all don't end up PANICKING!! Tornadoes really scare the living daylights out of me, it's a REAL fear of mine!! I hope to hear from ya, and thank you for your time.
@OffgridManiac5 жыл бұрын
Ya they always tell everyone to go too the south east corner of the basement so they know where to search first.id put a radio some water some food in the base ment and build a small cement shelter that's just big enough for your family to sit in and talk ventalate it and pour a solid concrete cap on top of it and make the door narrow and dont sit in front of the door.your not gonna get sucked out of you basement unless a f5 sits right on top of your house.
@patrickwalsh57295 жыл бұрын
@@OffgridManiac , i think i will go ahead and take your advice!! Im hoping to try and build some kind of concrete shelter in my basement, with the help of some of my friends!! I'll pay them with a couple of cases of beer for helping!! Ha! Ha! Now that spring time is right around the corner, I'd better get a move on it. Thank you greatly for replying back to my question!! I sure do appreciate your advice and knowledge!! Thanks again brother.
@jahanarabegum76026 жыл бұрын
good ideas!!
@reneenordeen94474 ай бұрын
Well done!
@courtneystevens3 ай бұрын
nice
@OffgridManiac2 ай бұрын
Thanks I sold that house a few years ago and bought a few different apartments we continued our fallout shelter videos on our you tube channel
@courtneystevens2 ай бұрын
@@OffgridManiac very nice
@ldrobarts2 жыл бұрын
Damn good job!
@OffgridManiac2 жыл бұрын
Thanks buddy I'm doing a new shelter now I'll be posting videos of it soon
@websurfin95752 жыл бұрын
I remember the story on the news of the family who was in their basement when the F-3 tornado hit.. their house was pulled-off the foundation & the family was literally sucked-out of their basement & up into the F-3 tornado! Needless to say, the basement provided them no safe place. Also, houses can get hit by the tornado & collapse down into the basement... thus killing the basement's occupants. The only real security when a tornado comes in an underground (concrete) storm-shelter. They can be purchased for a few thousand dollars & professionally installed.
@OffgridManiac2 жыл бұрын
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@websurfin95752 жыл бұрын
@@OffgridManiac I just subscribed!
@KFrost-fx7dt Жыл бұрын
That sounds like an urban legend. A tornado isn't able suck you out from below ground. If the basement was on a slope or something and they weren't in the below ground part, that's a different story.
@websurfin9575 Жыл бұрын
@@KFrost-fx7dt Actually.... that horrifying account of the tornado sucking-up the family out of their basement was on the CBS nightly (world) news. There was a CBS reporter at the scene of the tornado who was giving the report about the family in their basement who didn't make it when the F-3 tornado took a direct hit on their house. Not an urban legend at all. And yes, they were actually underground in their basement.
@KFrost-fx7dt Жыл бұрын
@@websurfin9575 being on the news hardly makes something true, especially when it's physically impossible.
@TheMoneypresident11 жыл бұрын
So loose sand bags and bricks will come down just like balloons on New Years Eve when the tornado comes. And the timber. What could possibly go wrong?
@OffgridManiac11 жыл бұрын
oh no the celling is hung 2x4 on brackets with 2 layers plywood on top then a layer of 4 inch thick concrete blocks with a layer of sand bags we just added
@celestesenters10524 ай бұрын
if you add a blast door and an nbc air filter you could ride out a nuke great work
@OffgridManiac4 ай бұрын
We have a new shelter check out our new videos
@OffgridManiac4 ай бұрын
We have a new better shelter check out our videos
@karenburgess56996 жыл бұрын
You need a room with no windows for a tornado
@OffgridManiac6 жыл бұрын
Karen Putnam watch the ntire video
@Koakoa452 жыл бұрын
Please note that a basement with the ceiling being the subfloor above is NOT safe! It need to be reinforced concrete on all 4 walls, floor and ceiling!
@OffgridManiac2 жыл бұрын
We have a new shelter go watch our videos
@TheMoneypresident11 жыл бұрын
I understand. Wasn't being mean however should something happen and it wasn't built properly who is to blame? Can't be that much trouble to find someone even unofficially to look. Simple little flaw they see will be worth it. Permits and inspectors don't care about what it is for. Just that it's safe.
@xpressmusikkk7 жыл бұрын
Its cleaner then my mind.
@OffgridManiac7 жыл бұрын
GLAD YOU THINK ITS CLEAN THANKS ALOT
@nonai78974 ай бұрын
Not saying this to offend anyone but I cant understand living in or around tornado ally. Id be too concerned about if Id make it to thr basement on time and worried about my pets if Im out somewhere. And of course my stuff too.
@knickknack88183 жыл бұрын
Good I like it this could even work in cold war
@OffgridManiac2 жыл бұрын
We ended up selling the house with the shelter that you commented on feel free to go to our channel and watch our new storm shelter fallout shelter video series that we are working on I soon will be updating the channel with many videos of our small but sturdy shelter all built at a recycled material don't forget to like And subscribe thank you for leaving a comment
@OffgridManiac9 жыл бұрын
before id sleep my bathroom id look for an inner closet who knows you might like it in there.We are really glad u liked our storm shelter its much better now weve stocked it better and put in more beds. Can i ask what you were looking for when you stumbled across our video?I plan on posting a current video of the shelter soon as i get a better video recorder then my tablet.Do you prep?
@adventureguy41199 жыл бұрын
My damn basement floods damn it its very very deep. Orginial owner tried to build a fallout shelter walls are 4 feet thick is this suppiciant
@OffgridManiac7 жыл бұрын
+Julie Gamarra what
@carriesimon52313 жыл бұрын
Basements still scare me because the ceiling is just the floor of the house I prefer concrete cellars my grandpa built one outside of his house and we would always go over there when it said there was a threat of tornadoes and just go down there and sleep didn't have to worry about the roof coming off because it was all underground and the whole thing was made out of concrete and it had a sump pump incase water came in and a window that had bullet proof glass with wire inside but was big enough for someone to crawl threw also he kept tools down there in case he needed to pry the door open from stuff that had blown on top of the door they also kept can goods,and stuff my grandma had canned also and water but we would just take the weather radio down there and crawl into bed they had bunkbeds also but it was nice because it was kinda fun sleeping down there and didn't have to woke up because of the storm when I build a house I want a basement but I want it to be concrete from ceiling to floor and make it like it's another home have a little kitchen, living area,bedrooms, bathroom so that way if my house gets blown away I can just live down there while my new house is being built on top again but it was also nice because nobody was scared or running to the cellar during the storm we just avoided and slept down there if it was a night and during the day we would just go down and watch tv but you really couldn't here to much going on outside because he made the walls so thick .
@OffgridManiac2 жыл бұрын
I can understand your comment about how basement scare you because the ceiling is just a floor above which is so true and about how you prefer to have concrete around you I put much thought into this comment as I heard it from several people so please feel free to go to our off grid so their project channel and take a look at the new shelter that we are building don't forget to like And subscribe
@PeaceIsYeshua2 жыл бұрын
Wow!! What fun memories for you-how many kids got to do something like that? Your grandfather sounds like he was/is an amazing man. Very cool. ☺️
@karm14394 ай бұрын
All houses prone to Tornadoes need a safe space for storms!! The government needs to start digging more holes in the ground and securing them with concrete or containers. So senseless people have to die from storms. Tornadoes scare the crap out of me. They are always in my dreams.
@xDangerHawkX7 жыл бұрын
looks good but just to be safe id bord tyhe windows
@stellaluuk2713 Жыл бұрын
It is better to have a concrete bunker under ground, if you got hit by an F4 or 5 that timber roof will go poof. I heard of 2 guys that survived an F5 and all that was left was them, tornado even took the cinderblock basement walls.
@OffgridManiac11 жыл бұрын
we had a guy from PCEMA look it over when they came to give us an estimate for building the spare bed room under the garage floor and told us he thought the house could down on it and it would stay standing but thought it needed a better door and another support jack
@rileyshaw98636 жыл бұрын
What State And City Was This In What Time Did This Tornado Happen At Night?
@OffgridManiac2 жыл бұрын
Lots of tornadoes here
@OffgridManiac11 жыл бұрын
it is really just a fall out shelter to protect agaist gamma and betta radiation particals from a neuclear detenation from some terrorist in the near future. it will be storage area for gear and supplies when we finish the room under the garage floor
@marketingheavydutytowcompa69965 жыл бұрын
All set unless the house is hit by a tornado and collapses downward
@TruthOldSchoolStyle6 жыл бұрын
Sweet
@perrymckinney61465 ай бұрын
Hopefully it wont fill with water after a strong rain storm.
@OffgridManiac5 ай бұрын
We have sold that house and moved on to a new project check out our recent posts
@tristanlau12136 жыл бұрын
Where's the food, water and electricity generator?
@immjamiyaa7211 жыл бұрын
We need a basement
@MrPhife3333 жыл бұрын
For those tornados that last more than 3 or 4 days, accept NO substitute!!!
@i_shih-tuznot8142 Жыл бұрын
Just looks like a basement
@steelman466 жыл бұрын
dude your ready for the zombies
@carsonbryant2287 жыл бұрын
Good stuff man
@OffgridManiac7 жыл бұрын
thanks man but you watching old videos go check out the shelter in our new videos
@matmin107 жыл бұрын
Super Daddy
@DynamicDuo795Ай бұрын
Why do I feel like this isn't going to protect anyone from an F5/EF5 tornado.
@OffgridManiac22 күн бұрын
@@DynamicDuo795 we have sold that house and moved on to better fallout shelters
@joycechivis10266 жыл бұрын
The top bunks are too high off the ground. If the house goes the people in the top bunks will go with them. You need to put the top bunks on the floor.
@OffgridManiac2 жыл бұрын
We built a new shelter
@allancross96806 жыл бұрын
Just a thought: What if the tornado picks up your house and sucks you out with it? You have no protection over your head.
@OffgridManiac6 жыл бұрын
the shelter in the base ment has a shelter in side it that a f 5 could hover on to of my house and it aint sucking it out ill post a updated video on my page soon so subscribe and you will see it when I post it
@OffgridManiac6 жыл бұрын
Allan Cross. Ya you didnt see the shelter
@cowboysandindicas36353 жыл бұрын
Man, it looks comfy, but at the end of the day your shelters roof is literally your upstairs floor. Wouldn't offer much protection in the Joplin tornado. having said that, I'd gladly take shelter there, as opposed to being upstairs or outside.
@OffgridManiac2 жыл бұрын
That's how they end the days could be upon us we sold that house that you commented on with the storm shelter in the basement and are currently working on a video series of off-grid living and building out of recycled materials one of our projects is currently a storm shelter or a fallout shelter as some call it please feel free to go to our channel and watch our new videos don't forget to like And subscribe thank you very much
@sakiinu76937 жыл бұрын
I've seen a basement smaller than the comment section
@elainebmack3 жыл бұрын
What about air circulation?
@OffgridManiac2 жыл бұрын
It's ventilated
@JosephCaperton7 ай бұрын
Bro can have 10 people be in his house during WW3
@OffgridManiac7 ай бұрын
Sold it we're on a new project
@OffgridManiac7 ай бұрын
Check.us out on KZbin offgridmaniac
@seancrenshaw30483 жыл бұрын
Sucks living next to the miss. River cuz they cant build basements due to the probability of flooding
@OffgridManiac2 жыл бұрын
Ya I bet the river floods build above ground
@robbyjones76316 жыл бұрын
Tornados only last for a couple hours. The roof needs to be able to NOT be able to be blown off! Electricity shouldn't be hooked up to the house! NEVER place a shelter next to a house! Have cellphones and emergency lanterns in there.
@OffgridManiac2 жыл бұрын
We moved and upgraded
@jameshardman75366 жыл бұрын
Weak point ceiling
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