About the Shelter
Step 1 Select the location for the storm shelter. If possible, place the shelter in the center of the basement. Avoid the corners of the basement, as it has been found that debris tends to gather in the corners if the house is hit.
Step 2 Mark out the outer perimeter of the shelter. You can make these shelters as large or small as you desire. For this example we will be constructing an 8-by-8-foot shelter. This would be considered a very large shelter capable of holding an entire family. A large family at that.
Step 3 Use the hammer-drill to drill 3/8 inch holes into the concrete floor.
How It's Made
Mix the concrete in a wheelbarrow, keeping the cement slightly runny/wet. Fill a bucket with the wet cement, and poor it into the holes in the concrete blocks. The cement should flow down through the honeycomb and fill the walls completely. Bring the cement to the top of the wall, filling all openings as completely as possible.
When the cement dries, it will act as a solid wall, reinforced by the re-bar and concrete blocks. Without the core of cement, the concrete blocks could be shattered by debris propelled by the high winds inside a tornado.
Advice
- The emergency shelter should not be used as a storage area because people need these buildings.
- This type of shelter could be built real fast and inexpensively!
