Need a storm shelter put in, anyone have any suggestions?

[OkieGirl]

Not sure why this isn't standard in Indiana, seems like there have been bad storms every year since I moved here! Living in suburbia I don't have many options, and the house doesn't have a basement. I'm thinking about doing one of those "dig a hole and drop it in" type of shelters. They were uber popular back home w/ the high water tables but don't know the process for doing it in Indiana...or a good contractor. Any suggestions?

 

[woowoo2]

Join the thread.....
https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/survival_and_disaster_preparedness/200280-storm_shelter.html

 

[mrjarrell]

Not sure why this isn't standard in Indiana, seems like there have been bad storms every year since I moved here! Living in suburbia I don't have many options, and the house doesn't have a basement. I'm thinking about doing one of those "dig a hole and drop it in" type of shelters. They were uber popular back home w/ the high water tables but don't know the process for doing it in Indiana...or a good contractor. Any suggestions?

That's one thing I haven't seen here in Indiana. that I've seen down south. No Storm Shelter dealers. The dig a hole and drop it in shelters are pretty popular in the South. Can't figure out why they're not up here. That's a route I'd love to go, if there were a dealer somewhere near.

 

[femurphy77]

Having seen what an EF5 can do I would definitely put it in the ground. I wouldn't want to be the crash test dummy for one of those above ground ones that took a direct EF5 hit. I'm sure they can be built to withstand it but why tempt fate?

 

[jgreiner]

Not sure why this isn't standard in Indiana, seems like there have been bad storms every year since I moved here! Living in suburbia I don't have many options, and the house doesn't have a basement. I'm thinking about doing one of those "dig a hole and drop it in" type of shelters. They were uber popular back home w/ the high water tables but don't know the process for doing it in Indiana...or a good contractor. Any suggestions?

I moved here from Kansas, and when I was looking at houses, I told the realtor it HAD to have a basement. Period.

 

[jgreiner]

Having seen what an EF5 can do I would definitely put it in the ground. I wouldn't want to be the crash test dummy for one of those above ground ones that took a direct EF5 hit. I'm sure they can be built to withstand it but why tempt fate?

The lab school for elementary kids at the UN of Kansas, has round SILO coatrooms between every two classrooms. They are designed to withstand an EF5 tornado.

In the 3 years I lived there, the town was hit twice, though not badly. One of the neighboring towns (Tonganoxie) didn't fare so well, hit twice in same spot one year apart....and hit hard.

 

[actaeon277]

I moved here from Kansas, and when I was looking at houses, I told the realtor it HAD to have a basement. Period.

The basement, by itself, is dangerous. The house is brought down on top of it.
You need to strengthen one area of it.

 

[hornadylnl]

The basement, by itself, is dangerous. The house is brought down on top of it.
You need to strengthen one area of it.

I built an icf home with a safe room in the basement. This one withstood an f4 tornado and everything else around it was destroyed.

Picture Gallery - ICF Development

 

[aronhubbard]

I built an icf home with a safe room in the basement. This one withstood an f4 tornado and everything else around it was destroyed.

Picture Gallery - ICF Development

Whoa. That's a pretty good sales pitch.

 

[Chipslinger]

I was looking at a basement entry and this guy had a storm shelter like the one you are talking about. It was a few years ago but you might give them a try.

Century Concrete
Bainbridge, IN
1-800-487-6212

Century Concrete Home