Building A Concrete Block Storm Shelter

You ll remain safe even if your house falls apart.

Building a concrete block storm shelter.

Things you will need precast concrete shelter pieces shovel 1 1 2 yards concrete 12 pieces of 1 2 inch rebar 9 feet long 1 board 2 by 6 inches 12 feet long. If you live in tornado alley in the panhandle of texas or are worried about. But you can build your own storm shelter on top of your concrete slab foundation that you can use to protect yourself during a storm. We show you a type that you can build yourself.

These pipes will be the shelter s ventilation system. The easiest and cheapest way to build your own storm shelter underground is to put it in your existing basement. Use some binding agent between the concrete blocks once you have laid the walls inside the hole you dug you need to put wire mesh made of steel in shape of a dome against these walls. 12 wooden stakes framing level box of concrete framing nails hammer wooden concrete float trowel 4 boards 1 by 4 inches 10 feet long epoxy.

Start by choosing a location on top of the concrete slab of the structure and measuring how much space you ll need. Each pipe should extend 3 feet over the roof of the shelter after it has been covered and at least 3 feet from the roof into the shelter. So what you want to do is building a wall by simply laying concrete blocks which are easy to handle. Then build a sturdy frame to support the shelter.

Concrete storm shelter construction types insulated concrete forms icfs. Concrete blocks are another quick relatively simple method for building a saferoom. Make sure that the thickness of the walls is 5 inches. You can use the existing basement slab floor assuming that it is reinforced and meets fema requirements.