A man dug a huge pit in the yard, what came out is amazing!
Whoever has a house with a garden and neighbors behind a fence, knows that they can have ideas that are out of this world. It’s not about cutting the lawn in the morning or a big Pitbull adopted from a shelter. So, when Wayne Martin began to dig a huge hole in his garden, the neighbors thought he lost his mind. Then they found out that the project is one of the most ambitious and best-planned garden ideas they have seen.
Despite all the hustle, bustle and noise, which went with the construction, after completion, all of the neighbors wanted to have something just like it!
First, Wayne bought a large container.
He locked one door, and remade the second one.
He dug a hole bigger than the container In the garden and covered the bottom with rubble.
Then, using a special crane, he placed the container in the hole.
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It is a commentary on the times, but hugely more containers come into the country than go out by far – imports from China, Japan, Taiwan, everywhere. Thus, these containers mostly to not go back. So they are free or nearly so and very sturdy – minus dings. So this guy found a home for them. Was on a SEPTA train from Trenton to Philly and saw many near the track along the way. Somebody should put more to use here since, sadly, not many exports go back and they do not logically go back empty.
If Mexico will pay for it, those old unused containers could be used to build a wall !
one word, “Flood”
Look at the size of his garden though and work out the cost even if the container was scrap price . Not by any means an average garden job like maybe a swim-pool and this chap obviously is not sort of a penny or three! as for good use for imported containers they are metal and can be cut up and the even low grade steel re-used so sub-surface wine home production and storage though a good idea regarding temperature (like a conventional house cellar) may not be the best use . He’s made a good job of it however and subject to ‘concrete cancer’ [acid from the concrete gradually destroys the metal] he has a very well planned winery.
Stupid, just use your basement for storage and shelter. The article did not show the ventilation design nor electricity hookup. Need bird screens and I would also worry about water damage
Good points kw which I overlooked it would flood-out easily and power companies are not keen on underground cabling so the blokes got to have loads of $s – actually I thought at first it was a bomb shelter for if some nasty a-rabs had another go if a certain gentleman becomes US Pres.
Some people don’t have basements!
There were those chimneys for vents and there’s obviously an electricity hook-up. Doesn’t look like it’s set up for shelter and I don’t think storage is the sole purpose. It looks like this is his personal winery, possibly a brewery. Note the large sink and large jars filled with liquids of various colours, topped with strange caps. Don’t know a lot about brewing, but I’m thinking that it might be some type(s) of beer that he’s making, not wine. Maybe his wife made him move it out of the house because of the smell.
I certainly wouldn’t use this as shelter from a hurricane, or a tornado. Even though it looks like he’s on a bit of a hill, it could still flood enough from the torrential rain coming down the stairs. What if so much debris blocked the stairway, their only means of escape, that there wasn’t enough time for anybody to get out of there before drowning?
All that work, to store some plonk?
I’m underwhelmed..
Google “Earthquake damaged cliffs and containers protecting the road” (it is in Christchurch, New Zealand). There two stories of containers line the road from the suburb of Sumner to Christchurch, to prevent an earthquake damaged cliff from spilling onto the road.
In some countries I’ve seen them modified for livable dwellings.
Surely not for home brewed plonk. What a total waste of money!
All of you condemning this mans doings should go think about your own stupidity! He obviously had all factors in mind when he planned this project. No one spend all the money on such a job and did not think off all the possibilities such as flooding and more. So think again before making stupid comments.
I would have it built in the mountain or a hill if I had land that had a mountain or a hill double the container or triple to store your food and water self contained generator that needs no fuel to run. Using neodymium black magnets that will run the generator itself. Easy to build one, 4 12 volt marine deep cyclical batteries and invert er, living and sleeping quarters.