Underground den

[Kayos]

But, put very simply - ‘We are not, he did not’.

Did not yet

My job basically starts with drilling holes in the ground, trust me, water can appear at the most unexpected moments

 

[8ob]

I’d need to find something cheap, this is 2x2m and is more than I was planning to spend on a shed

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(Looks like a fun shape though)

Seems expensive for a bit of plastic, the one below was only about 2k.

 

[Onoff]

I popped my cherry in one of them in my mates back garden when i was 14

Hans Christian Anderson?

 

[Onoff]

Seems expensive for a bit of plastic, the one below was only about 2k.

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Can you imagine something going wrong and having to get someone out of there or emergency services down inside? Think I'd want a set of stairs rather than a ladder.

 

[Kayos]

Can you imagine something going wrong and having to get someone out of there or emergency services down inside? Think I'd want a set of stairs rather than a ladder.

If it doesn't have 2 means of access and egress (so you can enter and leave without turning around) it is classed as a confined space, even if it is big enough to stand up in

I get the attraction, the fun of building and being underground but if it goes wrong, it will go wrong quickly

 

[Onoff]

Seems expensive for a bit of plastic, the one below was only about 2k.

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If you were taken ill down inside that you'd be in deep ****.

 

[8ob]

Best to do nothing and nothing will go wrong until you die, then it all goes wrong in one go.

Bob

 

[daleyd]

Best to do nothing and nothing will go wrong until you die, then it all goes wrong in one go.

Bob

I’m waaaay ahead of you there Bob, my missus will back me up on that

 

[Gareth J]

Sounds pretty sketchy to me! Ventilation, drainage, fire risk etc, etc.

Could you steer him in the direction of a hobit hole? Will have a more cavey feel if it can be dug into the side of a hill. Potentially orders of magnitude easier and cheaper and I reckon some look absolutely brilliant. Not only that, the can be an excellent in road into the world of green building.

 

[Kayos]

Well, it ain’t going to affect Colin’s den. The amount of concrete that refilled any gaps between the fully wellded consruction and the surrounding limestone strata would see to that. Perhaps you need to look at the geology of the area before making too many claims.

Calm down fella, think you need to take a breath here

I wasn't saying his tunnel was going to flood imminently, just joining in the discussion and pointing out a difference between ground water and artesian

I know it can be hard if someone doesn't agree with your hero but you will end up giving yourself an aneurism if you don't watch your blood pressure

 

[Morrisman]

Did not yet

My job basically starts with drilling holes in the ground, trust me, water can appear at the most unexpected moments

Reminds me of when I watched locals digging water wells up in north east Thailand. They’d start with digging a round hole 4’ diameter, and drop a short section of concrete water pipe in. Then they’d dig out below that so it slowly sank down as they dug. Then they would progressively add more concrete sections as they went deeper, until they eventually hit water.

Similar to this, but this is in Sri Lanka.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

A lad was killed on the beach bordering my dads land when he was a kid, the lad had tunnelled into the soft sand cliff and it collapsed on him

Same thing happened when I was a bairn. We used to go into a sand quarry in the dunes near to the nearby CP factory and dig there.

We were looking for spent bullets from the war days when the Germans made strafing/bombing runs trying to destroy the factory to halt war effort production (they never hit it ). I did actually find a few but one lad, whom I didn't know, apparently got too ambitious and it collapsed on him. By the time his mates summoned help, it was too late.

My pals and I never went back....

 

[clift_d]

Reminds me of when I watched locals digging water wells up in north east Thailand. They’d start with digging a round hole 4’ diameter, and drop a short section of concrete water pipe in. Then they’d dig out below that so it slowly sank down as they dug. Then they would progressively add more concrete sections as they went deeper, until they eventually hit water.

Similar to this, but this is in Sri Lanka.

It's called a caisson - Brunel invented this method to dig the entrance shafts to what is now the Wapping-Rotherhithe tunnel on the East London Line.

 

[Trevorleach]

It's called a caisson - Brunel invented this method to dig the entrance shafts to what is now the Wapping-Rotherhithe tunnel on the East London Line.

Iirc it stopped sinking and they had to add a few hundred tons of weight to get it sinking again?

 

[knighty]

I think everyone needs to chill out a bit... he's 6... how far is he going to dig?

his 'underground' den only needs to be 6inch underground for him to have fun?

get some dolavs (look on ebay for some?) stick them on the hole then roof over them, cut bits out of the sides to move from one to the next

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I think everyone needs to chill out a bit... he's 6... how far is he going to dig?

I suspect that most of the responses were 'tongue in cheek' and not to be taken seriously? I may be wrong, it's happened before.....

 

[Cobbler]

I think everyone needs to chill out a bit... he's 6... how far is he going to dig?

When I was about 8 or 9, I set out to dig a coal mine! That there was no coal in our area didn’t matter, I got all of about 18” down before I got fed up & moved onto something else. (Probably involved matches & flammable material)

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Probably involved matches & flammable material

Hence the desire/need for coal......

 

[Barking Mat]

When I was about 8 ? Summer holiday in the South of france, Morris traveller, tents, campsite, near the sea.

Can I dig a hole with my spade ? Go for it.

Hours later, it was pretty big and deep, the owner turned up and demanded I fill it in, before there was an accident.

 

[Robotstar5]

Near me there are caves that we used to camp in as kids, sadly a lad died a few years ago when he was in there and a big bit of roof fell on the poor youth, i think they are now closed off,
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I remember that, I knew his dad through work