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I thought that pic might be siezed on by opportunistas


Here's a more finished view of that back part of the house.













Sorry, this new sunroom/outdoor kitchen blocks the view of that part of the back of my hillbilly trailer

Allergies from Cedar are pretty common. Just make sure that they do not bother you.

I'm jealous....
You guys building homes with built in gun vaults.
My old lady woulda said walk in shoe closet insted.
Geuss my empty cabinet man cave bar the previous owner made
and guns in soft cases will just have to do....

Whoa,s me.......

YOU; SIR.....

Apparently just don't 'get it'.

I know......
What's it like to not have a mortgage?

Fugging hate mine........
I'm gonna sell my double wide little peice of hillbilly heaven in 15 yrs.
Hope they don't mind blue tarps and tires, rusty metal and sand and rocks for a lawn.
Im gonna Blow the money on coke and 19 yr old hookers.
Live in a motel or something.
Unless you wanta rent me the place you have across town.


Hahahaha!!!!

just messing with ya............ project turned out nice!

Nothing wrong with fully grouted reinforced CMU construction. That is what we use in any of the prison projects I’ve worked on in terms of design. That is to say if the project did not use precast modular system. Anyway 8” cmu reinforced with #5 at 8” on center, full height and doweled into the foundation. Slab on grade also reinforced at 8” on center each way and the 6” concrete roof/floor above the same. When we did actual concrete vaults back in the day it was a 12” concrete floor, walls and roof reinforced with 3 layers of reinforcing. Ea layer was at 6” on center each way and staggered 3” with the next layer. Then encase it all in 5000 psi concrete or better.

All slumlord has in that vault is a couple of empty wine bottles, buncha porno mags and crumpled up toilet paper all over the floor anyways.


It,s his "Jack Shack"......

Here in good ole Alabama, a ton of houses are built with “storm shelters” in the basement. We bought a house last May and upgraded the size of our shelter. My house has a 7’x 23’ covered front porch. Entrance to this area is in the basement garage. The walls concrete block (filled) and ceiling is poured concrete. The entire room is outside the footprint of the house and partially underground.

The only issue I have is the entry door size which is an odd dimension and will require either cutting the block for a standard vault door or having a custom door made.

Being we are in a high humidity area I will also need to install a dehumidifier. Luckily the room is wired and I have 9’ of headroom so I will drill a drain hole and put the dehumidifier high on the wall and let it drain to the adjacent flower bed.

If your walls are thick concrete you can put whatever you want on the walls, if it gets hot enough to cause the cedar to ignite, your guns are ruined anyway.

I made mine 6" thick concrete all 6 sides with a biometric accessible lock. I had a fresh air vent that was switched from inside so it could be used as a safe room if needed. I had a dehumidifier in it and pegboard walls. Cedar would have been much nicer.

Put whatever you want in it, Type X drywall is not buying you anything the concrete hasn't already given. You would need a 4" dead air spaced between the stuff touching the fire to make any difference. It will take a LOT of fire to get through all that concrete.

I still cant talk you out of your father in law's Big Black Booty Beauties VHS collection?

Damn the hard luck

That scene always reminds me of safariman and asphalt angel

Only one I kept from that old man,s collection.
Hahaha!!!

Just the thought of that and what I told ya about the whole scenario.

Him and sea hag...
Hugging and a chugging.....



Hahahaha!!!
TFF!!!

alligator juniper

or perhaps

Spalted maple?

Geno

@OP,

If you are thinking of lining the vault with aromatic Eastern Red Cedar (the good smelling stuff), a couple thoughts:

1) Before you put up the cedar wall paneling, paint the base wall material flat black. That way if you get any shrinkage / gaps, they will not be as noticeable.

2) Keep in mind that ERC will eventually fade from pink to brown. The more UV light, the faster it happens. But even with UV inhibitor finish, in an enclosed room, it will eventually darken.

3) If you use kiln dried ERC lumber, there should be minimal issues with allergies/sensitivities. ERC contains an oil or resin (some of the "aromatic" composition) that contributes to the red portion being highly rot resistant. If you use dried lumber, much of this has already off-gassed and is much more stable in the lumber. Have an acquaintance in Indiana who built his entire house out of ERC. They have not had any issues with family, visitors or guests becoming sensitized to it.

I think you will love it. Nothing like ERC to add some character to a room.

A single sprinkler head above the room would help. Be cheap enough too. But eventually it will loose too, sprinklers in the whole house might not be a bad idea. They allow plastic pipe in residences now so makes it cheaper.

Ours is concrete all around, but I did put one wood shelf up against and outside wall, thinking it would never get hot enough to combust, and I think I"m right, but who knows. Paint the walls with epoxy IMHO. Especially in the basement, but thats the last place I"d have done a vault anyway, the whole thing will pile up with the heat of the fire. And then guess where 3 feet deep of water will be too...