I Found a Secret Room In My House!

[Bonzi Lighthouse]

This thread DEFINITELY delivers.

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[stelthy]

You are probably already aware of this, but you can pour water on asbestos to make it less risky to move..I think it stops fragments from becoming air-born. And reduces the chances of inhalation, I'd still ware the gas mask just in case.

How do you plan to move all the rubble etc? are you going to get a skip and get rid of any other crap you have laying about too? am interested in your plan of action and what your next steps are going to be..

That's cool you sorted your Mrs - to be with a car - cash payment I treat my Mrs when I can.. I d love to make enough to sort her out some new wheels though...oneday maybe congrats on you setting a date hope all goes well

Have you done anything else to the room yet? - STELTHY

 

[Queef]

it was just a joke. ironworker gotta mess with the carpenter.thats the way its is good luck with the room bro

 

[spiderweber420]

+rep for having a noble and dying occupation... Anyone need a house built? My trade is dying. I say we burn down a few structures to make room to build new ones then it will be a noble and prosperous occupation. Excellent thread by the way awesome hilarious and suspenseful +REP

 

[DaLeftHandMan]

very interesting. i resind my testicular joke from my previous post, you did a good job posting the vid and all man! i didnt read anything past the vid, but you are correct, thats a cistern(sp) or water retention well. most homes that were 'settled' long ago didnt have the modern ammenities like we have, plumbing and running water..so..they had to adjust and aquire water naturally! rain. so they would did these 100' deep wells right next to the house, USUALLY with easy access from the house, to get their water. the bell housing was the first sign. you must have an old house. but i figured that from the 2x8 floor trusses and that HUGE header over said door.(im an architect, i know things lol) yeah, i said to myself "that DEF wasnt part of his house" lol i didnt see that spider but i would have reacted the same way! too damn funny. my buddy actually has one just like this in his house, we were gonna set up his grow room in it initially, but when we saw how much it leaked and its overall moisture-dampened mold-loving area, we decided against putting it there..you CAN get that area in good shape..itll just take some time and alot of effort towards water proofing. +rep

 

[cruzer101]

Ha, this is cool.
I never heard of a cistern before. learn something new every day. My guess was a coal furnace was used there, the steps on the laft was where they brought the coal in, either that or dropped through the opening on the ceiling.

Man, I would bring a hose down there, Lightly spray it down to contain any loose mold spores, haul out all the crap. run power in there and lay down those 16" square concrete bricks then dump some sand and sweep it all around to fill the cracks. set up some ventilation, line the walls with panda sheeting and presto flower room. I would use the old steps for the clones and as they grow taller just move them down a step.

Congrats man, Awesome room.

 

[HowzerMD]

No problem neosapian. Sometimes I think it's funny that no body realizes there is a life outside of their own..I'm stoked to see what happens. Shoot, if I was near there I'd be helping shovel that son'bitch out. Finding an old giant relic like this is cool on it's own, but starting the grow room build in there will be something else entirely. I'd say one of your biggest hurdles is first going to be an inspection to see if the room is structurally sound enough to occupy on a regular basis. If it was originally sealed up for safety/insurance reasons GOOD LUCK getting things approved by modern building inspectors/engineers. Cisterns aren't exactly common anymore so I can't imagine any of that is up to today's standard. Shoot, there wasn't even a standard in the US until part way into the 20th century. There's a good chance the work that went into this is one of a kind or one of few.

 

[neosapien]

You are probably already aware of this, but you can pour water on asbestos to make it less risky to move..I think it stops fragments from becoming air-born. And reduces the chances of inhalation, I'd still ware the gas mask just in case.
How do you plan to move all the rubble etc? are you going to get a skip and get rid of any other crap you have laying about too? am interested in your plan of action and what your next steps are going to be..
That's cool you sorted your Mrs - to be with a car - cash payment I treat my Mrs when I can.. I d love to make enough to sort her out some new wheels though...oneday maybe congrats on you setting a date hope all goes well
Have you done anything else to the room yet? - STELTHY

I found out about the water removal this morning when I wiki'd asbestos, thanks for the tip though. The only other thing I have done is thrown in a bug bomb and made a temporary door again. After I thoroughly inspect it I will decide where to go from there. Either way I will probably add some 4x6's just to be safe. If the plan allows a grow op I will grab the old wheelbarrow and wheel it too my giant hole in the ground, which was once a giant root cellar.

very interesting. i resind my testicular joke from my previous post, you did a good job posting the vid and all man! i didnt read anything past the vid, but you are correct, thats a cistern(sp) or water retention well. most homes that were 'settled' long ago didnt have the modern ammenities like we have, plumbing and running water..so..they had to adjust and aquire water naturally! rain. so they would did these 100' deep wells right next to the house, USUALLY with easy access from the house, to get their water. the bell housing was the first sign. you must have an old house. but i figured that from the 2x8 floor trusses and that HUGE header over said door.(im an architect, i know things lol) yeah, i said to myself "that DEF wasnt part of his house" lol i didnt see that spider but i would have reacted the same way! too damn funny. my buddy actually has one just like this in his house, we were gonna set up his grow room in it initially, but when we saw how much it leaked and its overall moisture-dampened mold-loving area, we decided against putting it there..you CAN get that area in good shape..itll just take some time and alot of effort towards water proofing. +rep

Haha Yeah it's old but Ill take the pepsi challenge anyday on it's integrity against any of these "new" houses. It's solid 2x6 wall studs 16 oc, fireblock, soldiers the whole 9 yards.

No problem neosapian. Sometimes I think it's funny that no body realizes there is a life outside of their own..I'm stoked to see what happens. Shoot, if I was near there I'd be helping shovel that son'bitch out. Finding an old giant relic like this is cool on it's own, but starting the grow room build in there will be something else entirely. I'd say one of your biggest hurdles is first going to be an inspection to see if the room is structurally sound enough to occupy on a regular basis. If it was originally sealed up for safety/insurance reasons GOOD LUCK getting things approved by modern building inspectors/engineers. Cisterns aren't exactly common anymore so I can't imagine any of that is up to today's standard. Shoot, there wasn't even a standard in the US until part way into the 20th century. There's a good chance the work that went into this is one of a kind or one of few.

Yeah ain't nobody but me and my fam gonna see that bitch.

 

[stoneruk]

Just read the whole thread..LOL excellent!!!

The vid was brilliant, you sounded like "The Waterboy" when you were screaming lol... +rep for vids'n'pics and secret room is sweet!

 

[AdamBlack760]

+rep for this whole thread. That video was funny as hell when you saw the spider. keep us posted on the transformation of that room in to a grow room, bomb shelter, S&M dungeon or what ever you are going to make it into.

if no plants im down with the whole sex dungeon thing

 

[auldone]

I didn't read through all the posts but the room looks like my Aunts cellar area in Oklahoma. It was built like yours. It was where an old coal furnace was. The round hole was where the exaust was in her house and the square door was where they would load the coal from outside. I'm guessing that the door you went through is accessed from within your house. Not outside, right? Any who good job on the vid and best of luck with whatever you do with your new/old room!

 

[lonestand]

I think this one wins most original topic award lol

I would think a nice auto water system is in order here! i would use rain water colector above ground and route fresh rain water to a resivor and watering system in you room!

 

[elementality]

dude nice find. how are you planning on framing it up?

 

[Tamorin]

Man I was on a adventure there. Best of luck gonna be alot of work but im sure its gonna be amazing

 

[bassman999]

man thats the shit right there sort water sepage out with some kinda waterproof membrane on the walls with a gulley at bottow to drain water sepage outside then plaster over membrane to make a nice flat domed room add your mylar or paint with matt brilliant white add one of these on the top of the dome

with 4 x 600w-1000w digitalzzzz an then which system you would run what ever your preferance an that would be the shit right there damn i wish i had that room you've even got a hole at the top of that domed room for extraction bro you could do so much with that i'll be watching just to see how it all turns out just one thing riuers how do you subb to thread peace

Is that a pic of a light mover or something? If so that would be cool, a few lights on movers would do wonders for a domed grow room!

 

[fatality]

LOL, the man hole above it is just the bottom of a well. Here is where the man hole leads to:

Is THIS your back yard? If so, take extreme caution, and if you have any pets, you probably shouldn't let them outside.

we have an old well under our kitchen floor that looks like it is straight outta the ring, it's scary.

 

[bassman999]

Damn Fatality that is funny shit!

 

[Brick Top]

With that mask on in your video you sounded like every fast food drive through I've been to. I kept having flashbacks of talking into clown's faces ... and listening to you breath through that mask I kept expecting you to say "Luke, I'm your father."

It's a shame you didn't find Jimmy Hoffa. It would have made you rich.

 

[HowzerMD]

With that mask on in your video you sounded like every fast food drive through I've been to. I kept having flashbacks of talking into clown's faces ... and listening to you breath through that mask I kept expecting you to say "Luke, I'm your father."

It's a shame you didn't find Jimmy Hoffa. It would have made you rich.

Heh heh. Clown.

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[nothingtodeclare]

Is that a pic of a light mover or something? If so that would be cool, a few lights on movers would do wonders for a domed grow room!

yes mate just attach your lights on to each strute an va va voom spins around the brightest disco ball youve ever seen thats why i showed it as you said would do wonders in doomed room better than the jupiter 2 light movers that go back an forth there all right but even in square type room these circular light movers would be better excellent light coverage