/diy/ - Do It Yourself

[A hobbit hole No.397555]

hello and good evening
I wish to build a small house that can survive the pressures of being under 12 feet of dirt
and thin put a mound of dirt (12 feet deep all over) on top of said house.

why?
Because fuck yeah
thats why

[Anonymous No.397566]

Get a shipping crate.

[A hobbit hole No.397569]

>>397566
I plan on using one as a shed on the surface
but no I am not that much of a newfriend

[Anonymous No.397570]

lateral pressure

[A hobbit hole No.397571]

>>397570
no shit sherlocke

[Anonymous No.397572]

>>397571
also, lateral pressure.

[Anonymous No.397576]

on a more serious note
where can I buy lots of grass for cheap
I'll need to cover my dirt mound with something

[Anonymous No.397579]

>>397576
Grass seed and hay are cheap and at any hardware store. Sod is more expensive and not as good but its quicker.

[Anonymous No.397581]

>>397579
thanks bro
you are da bomb

[Anonymous No.397583]

>>397576
I lay sod professionally. Its easy to get grass. Here's what you do. Find a church in your city, one with a nice lawn. Sneek up and with your exacto knife, cut out a square of grass, roll it up, hide it under your coat and walk walk away.

[Anonymous No.397586]

>>397583
more my style thanks

[Anonymous No.397593]

bumb

[Anonymous No.397658]

>>397593

Wouldn't that require holes through the pipe?

[Anonymous No.397698]

You I'll the pipe out before applying the tape and attaching it to a gun.... Looks like the pipe just gives you something convenient to wrap the steel wool around before putting it in the bottle....

[Anonymous No.397787]

/k/ommando operator here, wanna do some inna woods shed. could i use similar tech or start new thread?

[Anonymous No.397819]

>>397787
Well....
sure come join use
the tech is similar but you won't need to worry about lateral pressure so the walls will be thinner and less support is needed

[Anonymous No.397881]

>>397555
Design / build for 13 feet

1 extra foot of goodness

[Anonymous No.397952]

>>397555
Remember "Little House on the Prairie"? Go to your local library and read the first book in the series "Little House on Plum Creek" I think it was. It gives detailed instructions on how to build a sod house, which is what you are describing.

It's a 1st hand account of an actual prairie settler. You're not going to find a more authentic account than that.

12 feet of dirt might be a bit much. You might consider dome construction which will be most efficient for distributing the load of the soil. The roundness will fit with your hobbit theme too.

[Wop !m0Qr3Wnyeg No.398088]

>>397555
I've been wanting something similar. So far my best idea has been to build a neff bubble house (NBH) and cover it with dirt, then lay down a layer of grass to prevent soil erosion.

A NBH is constructed by building a large dome shaped balloon and spraying concrete onto it. You then reinforce the concrete with rebar and spray another layer of concrete over the top of this.

It should be able to support a lot of weight thanks to the dome shape and it has the added benefit of being incredibly resistant to natural disasters.

I've got a lot of ideas and I've been meaning to post them on /diy/, but I haven't been able to get my lazy butt to commit them to paper.

[Wop !m0Qr3Wnyeg No.398092]

>>398088
The balloon

[Wop !m0Qr3Wnyeg No.398093]

>>398088
An interior view of Wallace Neff's own personal bubble house.

[Anonymous No.398104]

>>397952
Is it, "on the banks of plum creek"?

[Anonymous No.398129]

seems like if you are going for dome then super adobe or hyper adobe would be a better choice...

[Anonymous No.398537]

sew heavyduty tarps into dome inflate it with a blower, like a bounce house cover in chicken wire and coat with concrete, make sure you dont make the first coating too heavy so you dont collapse the air dome. after it drys attach rebar bent and welded together and put in the ground some then cover in more concrete 4- 6 inches thick