My Root Cellar Storm Shelter

But what is so great about this building is that the materials are extremely cost effective.

My root cellar storm shelter.

Dig a deep enough hole and you ll find that the ground is cool and often moist. What is a root cellar. Design one generally for your needs and even personal requirements and then discover what it would take to build it ie. What materials you need.

This style of cellar is either dug directly into the ground or in the side of a hill. In this video i will do a walk around and review on my homemade root cellar for off grid food storage have a look. I love it s old fashioned look. The website goes over the step by step plans pretty well and although they do not suggest it is hidden putting a shed over the top of a root cellar is hidden to me.

Photo courtesy farm show magazine. You can adapt the roof of the shelter so it becomes the floor to the shed. Because of its smaller size you may not even have to worry about a building permit. You could use it as a root cellar storm shelter or storage building too.

Patti my suggestion would be to learn about root cellars or storm shelters and how they can be designed and built. When mike toppen built an earth sheltered root cellar out away from his house he designed it with four goals in mind. Wiki says a root cellar is a structure usually underground or partially underground used for storage of vegetables fruits nuts or other foods. This root cellar is actually a multi purpose building.

Root cellars tap into those cool moist soil conditions and use them to store fruits and vegetables like your refrigerator produce bin. Help support my chan. And best thing is since this root cellar is in the ground you can also use it as a storm shelter too. The access door had to be sealed from snakes.

The last root cellar on our list is made by burying a new concrete septic tank into a hillside. This root cellar is just an all around great addition to any home. Keep it real clean. Well i have a little treat for you.

A door is added to the structure and it doubles as a great storm shelter. Mike toppen used a 1 500 gallon plastic ag liquids tank to accomplish his goal of constructing his own root cellar and storm shelter.