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pamcook
True Blue Farmgirl
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Pam
Chapel Hill
NC
USA
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 Posted - Jan 04 2010 : 3:48:21 PM
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We don't have one but my husband feels we need one. Was there an article about building different types in a recent MJF magazine? (It's probably in the one on my desk at work...)
Any tips? We have a small crawl space under our house that probably wouldn't be the best place. Live in NC - very heavy clay soil.
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5 acre Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1007 Posts
~~~*Terri*~~~
WA.
USA
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Posted - Jan 10 2010 : 5:23:29 PM
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Ours is NOT in the ground, my DH built it on the end of our home...it has 2 foot thick walls and a cement floor...works GREAT!!!
Farmgirl Sister #368
~~~**Terri**~~~
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2010 : 7:08:59 PM
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My late hubby built ours years ago, it is cement block 3 deep and a cement floor, plus a cement ceiling, he built it against a natural earthen berm on our property, and then buried it with additional dirt. We have power and water inside, with lots of shelves. Couldn't live without it.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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Windsong
True Blue Farmgirl
309 Posts
LaVonna
Decatur
Tx
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Posted - Jan 10 2010 : 7:21:05 PM
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Teresa, I wish I had a better picture of that in my mind. Three blocks deep...not 3 tall. 3 blocks deep is that front to berm? Got any pictures?
I did see an article about digging a hole big enough to store a large trash can you put rocks over the top of the can which is flush with the ground. This would be to store root veggies in. Like turnips, potaotes, beets and such.
Farmgirl Sister #758
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2010 : 7:34:28 PM
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LaVonna, can't do pics , but, picture this. Each cinder block is 6x12, so you do a wall, and mine are 7 ft tall, then you do another wall, flush to the first, then a 3rd flush to the second, this now makes the walls 18 plus inches thick, each block is also rebared and filled with cement, also each block is wire tied to the one next to it, its earthquake proof, or as proof as is possible. The floor is a cementslab, poored first, before walls, it is about 6 ins thick. The ceiling/roof is done in layers, steel frame, 1 in plywood with a 4 in layer of cement, it has posts inside (steel) to help with roof suport which also are part of the shelfing, the whole thing butts up to an earthen berm on the back/west side, which is also our prevaling wind side. The door on the front is a double set-up, in a tunnel of sorts, one door is on the building its self, and coming back out 4 ft, in an enclosed tunnel to the out side is the outside door, we replaced the original wood store with steel doors that are filled with foam insulation. The inside is 12 ft deep and 10 feet wide. Then the whole building is covered with dirt and packed in layers, it looks like a dirt cave with a door, lol. My hubby said he would only build it once, and I don't think anything could bring it down, lol.
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