Posted: 5/2/2013 6:02:18 AM EDT
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I wish my house had something cool like this...well, maybe minus the water.
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They owned the house for over 10 years before opening the shelter? I would have popped that baby open as soon as the ink dried on the purchase! Hell yeah! I would have been pulling out the bolt cutters & cutting wheel on day one. Clean it up and my kids would have the coolest playhouse or fort on the block. |
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They owned the house for over 10 years before opening the shelter? I would have popped that baby open as soon as the ink dried on the purchase! Hell yeah! I would have been pulling out the bolt cutters & cutting wheel on day one. Clean it up and my kids would have the coolest playhouse or fort on the block. This, or a pretty awesome Man Cave. |
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They owned the house for over 10 years before opening the shelter? I would have popped that baby open as soon as the ink dried on the purchase! Hell yeah! I would have been pulling out the bolt cutters & cutting wheel on day one. Clean it up and my kids would have the coolest playhouse or fort on the block. This, or a pretty awesome Man Cave. yeah forget the kids that would be my play house. 8'x10'' is a good area i would be running power to that bitch, to power the sump pump and that would make a heck of a gun room. or just a place to relax from the world. but i cant say for sure the kids wouldn't be allowed there. |
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This website has some more pictures with some pictures of the inside of the shelter.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/wisconsin-family-found-1960-nuclear-shelter-article-1.1333040 |
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I just kept thinking that those old supplies are worth money to collectors. More than you might imagine. Have to put a sump pump in that thing along with one of those Honda Generators, or maybe since this is the Wis Hometown forum, we should put in a Generac Generator. Cool beans. |
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After looking at more pictures and seeing the homeowners they only opened it fill it in. Sad day Looking where the water/mud line was 2/3rds of the way up, I'm not sure even the most 100% hard-core prepper who wants a fallout shelter/bunker might not have started over. If that water was freezing every winter etc... 
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A bunker in the back yard would actually be a major selling feature to me. Can't believe they waited so long to check out their own property. The old supplies are awesome and worth a lot of collectors I bet. My folks have one of those Civil Defense water barrels in the garage, I had to laugh.
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This website has some more pictures with some pictures of the inside of the shelter. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/wisconsin-family-found-1960-nuclear-shelter-article-1.1333040 
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When I was house-shopping three years ago we looked at a house with a shelter. Built under the rear patio (concrete patio was the ceiling, not sure how thick the concrete was). It was a walk-in shelter off the basement, all poured concrete walls. Pretty cool, until you see how the previous owners clearly never cared about or maintained it. Looked like an insect habitat.
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After looking at more pictures and seeing the homeowners they only opened it fill it in. Sad day Looking where the water/mud line was 2/3rds of the way up, I'm not sure even the most 100% hard-core prepper who wants a fallout shelter/bunker might not have started over. If that water was freezing every winter etc... My guess is it didn't freeze, being as far under the surface. I would think that this would be a pretty easy clean up for the most part. Remove everything and dispose of it. Pressure wash the inside. then fill with water and about 10 gallons of bleach and let sit for a day. Pump out and force dry. My guess is it would be good to go after that.. |
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This website has some more pictures with some pictures of the inside of the shelter. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/wisconsin-family-found-1960-nuclear-shelter-article-1.1333040 Homeowner looks kinda 
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After looking at more pictures and seeing the homeowners they only opened it fill it in. Sad day Looking where the water/mud line was 2/3rds of the way up, I'm not sure even the most 100% hard-core prepper who wants a fallout shelter/bunker might not have started over. If that water was freezing every winter etc... But was it like that when they moved in or did the PO take care of it and it just happened in the last 14 years? |
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I want one!!!
I know of two differant locations that have "secret rooms" that are actually underground bunkers accessed through a hidden door in the house's basement. Both are all concrete... one is only about 6' X 15' in length, but the other is underneath, and the same size as, the attached 2 car garage. Just fucking awesome set-up... there's a vault door hidden behind a removable piece of paneling in the basement. I was there setting up the lock on the door, and I'm sworn to secrecy as to where it is... and what's in it.  I was sooooo fucking jealous.
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: After looking at more pictures and seeing the homeowners they only opened it fill it in. Sad day Looking where the water/mud line was 2/3rds of the way up, I'm not sure even the most 100% hard-core prepper who wants a fallout shelter/bunker might not have started over. If that water was freezing every winter etc... My guess is it didn't freeze, being as far under the surface. I would think that this would be a pretty easy clean up for the most part. Remove everything and dispose of it. Pressure wash the inside. then fill with water and about 10 gallons of bleach and let sit for a day. Pump out and force dry. My guess is it would be good to go after that.. Agree on clean up though I question where the water came from in the first place. How would you go back and retrofit waterproofing... I would go through the clean up motions to monitor for a year or so. Probably add a sump pump. |
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After looking at more pictures and seeing the homeowners they only opened it fill it in. Sad day Looking where the water/mud line was 2/3rds of the way up, I'm not sure even the most 100% hard-core prepper who wants a fallout shelter/bunker might not have started over. If that water was freezing every winter etc... My guess is it didn't freeze, being as far under the surface. I would think that this would be a pretty easy clean up for the most part. Remove everything and dispose of it. Pressure wash the inside. then fill with water and about 10 gallons of bleach and let sit for a day. Pump out and force dry. My guess is it would be good to go after that.. Agree on clean up though I question where the water came from in the first place. How would you go back and retrofit waterproofing... I would go through the clean up motions to monitor for a year or so. Probably add a sump pump. Lots of water can accumulate in 10 years. There certainly needs to be a way to remove intruded water. My guess is the water came in from the fresh air vent. You can see it on the wall in the pics from the second article. I am sure it is in disrepair. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: After looking at more pictures and seeing the homeowners they only opened it fill it in. Sad day Looking where the water/mud line was 2/3rds of the way up, I'm not sure even the most 100% hard-core prepper who wants a fallout shelter/bunker might not have started over. If that water was freezing every winter etc... My guess is it didn't freeze, being as far under the surface. I would think that this would be a pretty easy clean up for the most part. Remove everything and dispose of it. Pressure wash the inside. then fill with water and about 10 gallons of bleach and let sit for a day. Pump out and force dry. My guess is it would be good to go after that.. Agree on clean up though I question where the water came from in the first place. How would you go back and retrofit waterproofing... I would go through the clean up motions to monitor for a year or so. Probably add a sump pump. Lots of water can accumulate in 10 years. There certainly needs to be a way to remove intruded water. My guess is the water came in from the fresh air vent. You can see it on the wall in the pics from the second article. I am sure it is in disrepair. Ahh yes the vent, good catch. I guess if it even got to the point of having to dig around the whole thing, apply waterproofing, add drainage, etc. it would be worth it assuming the structure is solid. I'd be tempted to make a tunnel from the basement to the shelter though!! |
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I'd be tempted to make a tunnel from the basement to the shelter though!! I've thought about something like that. Sooner or later, our septic system will need to be replaced. Odds are, it'll have to be a mound in a different spot. Which means there'l be a bit empty hole in the ground. Not feasible to reuse the cement tank, but woudln't be that hard to rip it out, and put some sort of shelter in the hole. Then, where the pipes used to run from the house to the tank, dig it out and have a tunnel. Some day... when that big wad of cash shows up at my door. lol.. |
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I'd be tempted to make a tunnel from the basement to the shelter though!! I've thought about something like that. Sooner or later, our septic system will need to be replaced. Odds are, it'll have to be a mound in a different spot. Which means there'l be a bit empty hole in the ground. Not feasible to reuse the cement tank, but woudln't be that hard to rip it out, and put some sort of shelter in the hole. Then, where the pipes used to run from the house to the tank, dig it out and have a tunnel. Some day... when that big wad of cash shows up at my door. lol.. But then your super cool bunker will smell all poopy 
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It took them that long to open a giant mysterious door on their property? I would have been in there on day 1! and then to call the cops , the media, the shriners and the polish cavalry? FAIL Don't forget the fire department. I had to be there to monitor air quality and O2 levels for the ATF agent who went inside to "investigate". He was a worry wart. Kept talking about how he was light headed because the oxygen was low. The oxygen with at 20%. Normal is 20.8%. It would have been a cool shelter had it not flooded. They even had the air vent disguised as a chimney for the main house. Unfortunately the homeowners wanted to fill it per the advice of the worry wart ATF agent and their realtor as they were trying to sell the property. It's really too bad. A simply sump pump with a back up unit attached to a generator would probably keep the place dry after a good cleaning. I would have loved to buy the place as is but not on my salary. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: It took them that long to open a giant mysterious door on their property? I would have been in there on day 1! and then to call the cops , the media, the shriners and the polish cavalry? FAIL Don't forget the fire department. I had to be there to monitor air quality and O2 levels for the ATF agent who went inside to "investigate". He was a worry wart. Kept talking about how he was light headed because the oxygen was low. The oxygen with at 20%. Normal is 20.8%. It would have been a cool shelter had it not flooded. They even had the air vent disguised as a chimney for the main house. Unfortunately the homeowners wanted to fill it per the advice of the worry wart ATF agent and their realtor as they were trying to sell the property. It's really too bad. A simply sump pump with a back up unit attached to a generator would probably keep the place dry after a good cleaning. I would have loved to buy the place as is but not on my salary. There ya go guys... Its for sale |
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It took them that long to open a giant mysterious door on their property? I would have been in there on day 1! and then to call the cops , the media, the shriners and the polish cavalry? FAIL Don't forget the fire department. I had to be there to monitor air quality and O2 levels for the ATF agent who went inside to "investigate". He was a worry wart. Kept talking about how he was light headed because the oxygen was low. The oxygen with at 20%. Normal is 20.8%. It would have been a cool shelter had it not flooded. They even had the air vent disguised as a chimney for the main house. Unfortunately the homeowners wanted to fill it per the advice of the worry wart ATF agent and their realtor as they were trying to sell the property. It's really too bad. A simply sump pump with a back up unit attached to a generator would probably keep the place dry after a good cleaning. I would have loved to buy the place as is but not on my salary. There ya go guys... Its for sale This event actually happened about year ago. The news is just that far behind. I would think it has been sold by now. I could try to take a drive by it and look though. |
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I've always fantasized about building a bunker in my back yard. I'm in the suburbs, but it's one of the old properties with a REAL backyard. I could probably build one the same size as my house back there, and accessible from the basement to boot.
Problem is, every one would know about it from all the digging and cement. There is no way I could quietly tunnel from the basement and expand into the backyard. Dirt disposal and structure building would be a logistics nightmare. |
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I've always fantasized about building a bunker in my back yard. I'm in the suburbs, but it's one of the old properties with a REAL backyard. I could probably build one the same size as my house back there, and accessible from the basement to boot. Problem is, every one would know about it from all the digging and cement. There is no way I could quietly tunnel from the basement and expand into the backyard. Dirt disposal and structure building would be a logistics nightmare. Sounds like a good excuse for a Conex Box "tornado shelter"
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