underground house ideas

[Shox Dr]

Have you thought about using old 40' fridge units. Ten a penny

 

[Baloo]

Have you thought about using old 40' fridge units. Ten a penny

l had, infact they would be my prefered choice due to the insulation they would already have but l expected them to be worth money ?? will have to investigate further

Andy

 

[stormin]

well l have had a chat with a fiberglass man he thinks l am friut cake
cost is one stumbling block unless its made in small pieces that use the same mould and then bolted together afterwards but this has the downside of many seams each with potential to leak, a one piece tank would seem the better option
he seemed to be steering me in the direction of a shipping container as it wouldent need a mould at all, roll the shipping container over on to it roof insert 3" of styene insulation and then cover with glassfiber, roll it over on to its side and repeat etc etc, all doable by me in the yard
but he couldent get his head round why anyone might want to live underground at all and though above ground was a much better idea this led back onto ex railway carrigages something like this one:

If you are going to use a shipping container covered with insulation why would you need to fibreglass over it? Seems like an unnecessary expense and effort. The spray foam stuff would be plenty tough enough for use above or underground as long as you didn't throw large rocks against it whilst covering.

The railway carriage may be heavy but I bet the body isn't too bad on it's own. Transfer it to a lighter weight chassis and bogies and it would be a lot more practicle to move around. How about an old wooden freight wagon they look very similar to the old sheperds huts that seem to have grown popular as holiday accomodation?

 

[Mikey D]

i work for a transport company ,we have a couple of old 40' fridge trailers in our yard . Not sure who owns them but ive been there 7 months and they havent moved in that time . I will ask the boss what the story is ....

cheers mike

 

[mike os]

so, does that make the fruit cake official?

pond and 3/4 there mate

 

[Baloo]

i work for a transport company ,we have a couple of old 40' fridge trailers in our yard . Not sure who owns them but ive been there 7 months and they havent moved in that time . I will ask the boss what the story is ....

cheers mike

yes please, lets find out what sort of money we are talking here

thanks Andy

 

[Baloo]

so, does that make the fruit cake official?

pond and 3/4 there mate

yes l think its offical, fruitcake

 

[mike os]

complete with pawpaw & prickley pair?

 

[the snooper]

unless its made in small pieces that use the same mould and then bolted together afterwards but this has the downside of many seams each with potential to leak

bolt together then seal using glass matting and resin inside and out around the joint making it one piece

 

[Bobtail4x4]

why not use a caravan and build bund walls round it so it cant be seen?

 

[the snooper]

he want to cover it with soil
i dont know about his user name being baloo it should be mole

 

[stuvy]

i dont know about his user name being baloo it should be mole