http://containerauction.com/read-news/how-to-bury-a-shipping-container-gabion-basket
I'd hate to hear about someone caught in a cave-in...
From the article:
The first initial response when someone asks for advice on burying a container is "no, you should not try to bury a shipping container." Shipping containers are designed to carry weight in their corners. When done properly, it's not uncommon to see containers stacked four or five units high – and the weight is all carried in the corners, where the corner beams carry all of the weight. The side walls an top of a container are normally constructed of 2.0mm thick corrugated steel sheets, without additional beams for support. If you load weight of any type, dirt, boxes, or just about anything and the weight is distributed over the entire container wall or top, given time it will gradually cave in or collapse, as can been seen with this buried shipping container in Florida.
The gist of the article is that if you're going to take such a project on, you'll want to reinforce the heck out of the container and use gabion baskets.
Thanks for that, I have sent it on to someone in the process .
Apparently school buses are built tough enough to be buried. Google it.
Using a shipping container in this manner requires extensive modifications to the shipping container itself. Structural beams must be welded to the outside of the container to give it strength along with modifications to the doors at the end as well. It can be done but the planning and modifications must be well thought out ahead of time and completed before burying the container.
Cheers,
BOA.
Just remember.... the Boy Scouts have been saying it for years.... Be Prepared!
Many years have been spent developing the construction methods for a safe, durable, cost effective underground shelter. It's called a "basement" and it's pretty much the cheapest way to do it safely.
Proper drainage, materials suitable for earth contact and long service life.
No need to reinvent the wheel.
Apparently school buses are built tough enough to be buried. Google it.
If your referring to Ark II, thats sort of accurate but with one giant caveat.
The school buses were placed in the ground yes, but used as formwork. Rebar was placed, concrete was poured around them. The school buses themselves take no structural load. Typically you would have forms to mold the concrete as you want, but the Owner and designer opted for the use of school buses as a more economical approach. An ingenious idea moneywise, but it's important to note that though the buses are buried underground they could not support anything close to the loads from the fill or anything else above or around it.
I'm sure with a little engineering you could use the same application with a shipping container. But waterproofing it to inhibit long term moisture damage/rust would need to be in place also. But the concept is valid.
https://www.internationalpreppersnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=7738
Cheaper to use sandbags, and poly wrap...every military in the world builds bunkers. Proven , cheap, and easy to do...
Chimo...
When All else fails--BIP--
Cheaper to use sandbags, and poly wrap...every military in the world builds bunkers. Proven , cheap, and easy to do...
Are they permanent structures though? If your looking long term will this last? I am not familiar at all with this type of thing at all. Could you post a couple details or links on how they are built. I've always wondered how these are done and what they are all about.
https://www.internationalpreppersnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=7738
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/index.html
All your questions answered...
Chimo...
When All else fails--BIP--