Concrete Storm Room Removal
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Removal...
The ceiling is going to be the problem.6" of concrete is alot of weight...Foundation walls?Are these part of the existing basement foundation?
(is the room in a corner?pictures would help.)
A jackhammer and alot of wheelbarrow work hauling out debris is in your future!!
It's a shame you can't incorporate it into the remodel.Make a great pantry,
walk in freezer,music room.
Just a thought...
The ceiling is going to be the problem.6" of concrete is alot of weight...Foundation walls?Are these part of the existing basement foundation?
(is the room in a corner?pictures would help.)
A jackhammer and alot of wheelbarrow work hauling out debris is in your future!!
It's a shame you can't incorporate it into the remodel.Make a great pantry,
walk in freezer,music room.
Just a thought...
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Gary Swart
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I have two suggestions. First one. Leave it. As previously noted, there is mega weight in that ceiling, and when you remove the two load bearing walls, it's going to come down. You will be risking your safety and possibly the house foundation. Second suggestion. If you still feel you must remove it, hire a professional concrete cutting company that can do it safely, properly, and who will clean up the mess.
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Gary Swart said:
Ditto!
I just removed old plaster walls in a half bath. So we're talking about 1/2" thick in a very small room. Maybe 5'x4'. I put all the plaster in the back of my truck and the truck was feeling it.
You're talking about a lot of weight. Major safety issue.
Tom
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Ditto.
Besides being dangerous, it's nasty, backbreaking work.
Besides being dangerous, it's nasty, backbreaking work.
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I'll be over
with My backhoe and dump truck. Name is toolaholic for a reason !
with My backhoe and dump truck. Name is toolaholic for a reason !
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horstman said:
With all the walls being block and only one of them an actual basement wall, we have essentially the same sitting in the corner of the crawl space under our added-on living room (outside the original house). I have pondered that concrete ceiling many times and I seldom back away from anything, but the safe removal of that slab has me completely stumped.
Toolaholic
General Contractor Carpenter
If You Demo
remove any dirt above concrete ceiling. Place used truck casings on slab deck
inside. Demo with air jack best, or Bosh 60 lb. Elec. jack hammer. Can't believe
The ceiling wouldn't be reinforced with re bar. This will let it come apart in small pieces. You'll see this right after a few cuts. Good luck!
remove any dirt above concrete ceiling. Place used truck casings on slab deck
inside. Demo with air jack best, or Bosh 60 lb. Elec. jack hammer. Can't believe
The ceiling wouldn't be reinforced with re bar. This will let it come apart in small pieces. You'll see this right after a few cuts. Good luck!
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It might be a storm shelter, but from the age of the house it was most likely built as a BOMB shelter, remember the cold war? Just about any owner built house in the 50's had one, they make good cold storage rooms for perserves and caned food stuff.horstman said:
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HandyAndy
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Back hoe, would be my suggestion,
But suggest to leave it, basements are not that good for storm tornadoes, the house can blow off or cave in to the basement, that is why they built a separate cellar off to the side of the house.
Many are done that way around here, and I jsut built a new cellar/storm room for my family a few years ago.
But suggest to leave it, basements are not that good for storm tornadoes, the house can blow off or cave in to the basement, that is why they built a separate cellar off to the side of the house.
Many are done that way around here, and I jsut built a new cellar/storm room for my family a few years ago.
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Remember even if the cold war ended someone forgot to dismantle all those nuclear missiles that we have aimed at them and they have aimed at us.PEW said:
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