bgoldstuff
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Very Nice !
Another thought I've had with the design was the door. An outward opening door is way stronger, for storm resistance, but debris could trap you inside. I think I'm going to do an outer sliding door with tracks at top and bottom, and then an insulating door that's inward opening. A sliding door should be a little easier to get open if debris is piled up next to it. I want to be a little safer for the storm shelter part of it. That also gives me 8" to make a thick inner door that won't affect the temperature inside as much.Good idea (ventilation on the door), which also makes it fairly easy to change as the mood strikes you.
Yeah, most likely a sliding steel door. Then a thick multi layered wood door on it inside. Something like a 4in thick wood door made of tounge and groove 1x6's on the outsides for looks and 3 layers of 3/4" plywood inside. Not only strong but a decent insulator too. I think the sliding option is best for debris as with a good pry bar sliding it should be easier than a swinging door. With any luck I'll never have to test this theory.
the problem with inward opening doors is you loose more than 50% of your strength. I'm trying to go somewhere in the middle of safety and storm resistance. Everything has some sort of compramise, unless you have an unlimited budget!IMO>>> A sliding door will be the same as a door that swings out! ANYTHING that gets against it, will be a resistance when trying to open it. All doors should open inward to keep from being trapped inside without having a 2nd way out.
That's a possibility. For a strong blast resistance it would have to have a really good steel frame well attatched to the structure. A tornado is the worst thing I could be up against, hopefully, and whatever I do will be for that goal. Whatever I decide I will post picts. I'm leaning towards a steel frame around the tracks of a outside sliding door to help protect things from leaning up against it. With the cold we are dealing with it looks like it will be a while before I get back at it again.What about an inner sliding door. With an outer (opening inside) door?
I'm not quite following your idea, but do have two welders, stick and mig, so am open to ideas. Sketch something?If the steel frame had a welded edge on the outside, that overlapped the concrete, and then on the inside too (you'd have to weld that after inserting the frame, that should make it pretty secure.
Thanks! Hopefully I won't start any more labor intensive jobs too soon, again.Awesome job!
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