14 thoughts on “Trends in contemporary home makeovers”
Following. Home makeovers would indeed be necessary for those less fortunate souls whom find themselves behind enemy lines for some unfortunate reasons. This demolitions and fortifications to your domicile as described would also be necessary to do any way if you find yourselves currently living in a less desirable “location, location, location” now during non spicy business as usual conditions, as described in your realestate 101 coursework. Yeah defending your castle is real Chad level thinking and all, but why is this level of contingency planning and steps necessary in the first instance. Is having travel commuting proximity to that precious one and only paying job available to you or near box store sized shopping plazas a required consumer’s survival necessity now during gravy times living conditions? Cart before the ox, poor planning. Better check with the .gov building department or with Karen at the HOA office about the legality of barbed or razor wire usage on “your parcel” for legality before you Amazon order a pallet to be shipped in. Rules to follow and all. Stay frosty anyways while fortifying your blue hive Lilly pads.
Fortunately, there are still many counties in the U.S. that don’t have any zoning, building or code enforcement. Any serious prepper will seek out those areas for their retreat.
Solid point. The regulatory or .gov mechanisms in place in most or all areas would also be a major detraction, among the other scumbaggery issues present there, that will affect the viability of an area and make it not worth fighting for in spicy times. Choosing good terrain or locales in the first instance will negate the need for digging bunkers and filling sand bags later on. Choose wisely out there folks.
Been saving livestock feed bags for a “few” years, they’ll become sand bags to back up firewood stacked along the exterior walls. Should at least provide some mass. Seems I remember reading about sand bags and their values of being filled with dirt, sand or gravel somewhere along the line. I’d much rather have a home constructed with 8x12x16 inch CMU’s poured solid with grout or a 12×12 solid timber frame home. Something along the lines of a keep or blockhouse.
two layers of sand bags on the joist supported floor? Seems like the people below may have to worry about a collapse burying them alive and maybe giving them a headache.
Recommend a pair of M240 with spare barrels. Will need to practice “talking guns” and hot barrel changes. 308 round will deal with most light skinned threats out to 800 yds. M60 has 13 parts that can be assembled incorrectly and render inert. 50 cal too heavy and expensive unless you luck into a large quantity of ammo.
Two story ICF, every window and doorway is a covered fighting position and you have the high ground. Unlike poured concrete or CMU walls the expanded polystyrene insulation on ICF walls keeps the concrete from spalling for more protection against repeated hits, there’s at least one study that’s been done showing it works. The pic shows an L-shaped or quarter-turn staircase but I prefer my U-turn/switchback one, they can’t see from below what’s waiting for them at the top. Easier to cover the bottom steps from the second floor directly above without being in the line of fire too, and it forces the intruders to have to turn 180 when halfway up the stairs. Keep the landing where the staircase switches back small so no more than one person can fit there so you can engage them individually and they can’t cover each other. Concrete slab for the upper level floor, besides extra thermal mass that can help keep the inside temp more stable when the grid’s down it provides protection against gunfire from below if the first level of the home is breached. Ceramic tile flooring adds some add’l ballistic protection and is easier to keep clean when the grid is down than carpet is. I didn’t, but wish I had, used interior ICF walls to make a safe room on the lower level and for the bedroom walls upstairs. Just some ideas to consider when you build your retreat CZ.
They build actual bunkers that just look like normal houses.
Imagine the pants-filling shock on the SWAT team’s faces when they kick down your door and pile in, only to find they’ve just assaulted a concrete-walled firing lane, and the silhouette painted on the far wall, just over the firing slit, is a southeast Asian peasant in black pajamas, captioned with “I’m a lead farmer, muthaf**ka!”.
Following. Home makeovers would indeed be necessary for those less fortunate souls whom find themselves behind enemy lines for some unfortunate reasons. This demolitions and fortifications to your domicile as described would also be necessary to do any way if you find yourselves currently living in a less desirable “location, location, location” now during non spicy business as usual conditions, as described in your realestate 101 coursework. Yeah defending your castle is real Chad level thinking and all, but why is this level of contingency planning and steps necessary in the first instance. Is having travel commuting proximity to that precious one and only paying job available to you or near box store sized shopping plazas a required consumer’s survival necessity now during gravy times living conditions? Cart before the ox, poor planning. Better check with the .gov building department or with Karen at the HOA office about the legality of barbed or razor wire usage on “your parcel” for legality before you Amazon order a pallet to be shipped in. Rules to follow and all. Stay frosty anyways while fortifying your blue hive Lilly pads.
Fortunately, there are still many counties in the U.S. that don’t have any zoning, building or code enforcement. Any serious prepper will seek out those areas for their retreat.
Solid point. The regulatory or .gov mechanisms in place in most or all areas would also be a major detraction, among the other scumbaggery issues present there, that will affect the viability of an area and make it not worth fighting for in spicy times. Choosing good terrain or locales in the first instance will negate the need for digging bunkers and filling sand bags later on. Choose wisely out there folks.
Been saving livestock feed bags for a “few” years, they’ll become sand bags to back up firewood stacked along the exterior walls. Should at least provide some mass. Seems I remember reading about sand bags and their values of being filled with dirt, sand or gravel somewhere along the line. I’d much rather have a home constructed with 8x12x16 inch CMU’s poured solid with grout or a 12×12 solid timber frame home. Something along the lines of a keep or blockhouse.
Check out Banana Ballistics for cartridge performance against steel,block and sand bag. Sandbag is surprisingly effective.
two layers of sand bags on the joist supported floor? Seems like the people below may have to worry about a collapse burying them alive and maybe giving them a headache.
Following their guidance. Do you have a contact for the M60 and anti personnel mines upgrade?
Recommend a pair of M240 with spare barrels. Will need to practice “talking guns” and hot barrel changes. 308 round will deal with most light skinned threats out to 800 yds. M60 has 13 parts that can be assembled incorrectly and render inert. 50 cal too heavy and expensive unless you luck into a large quantity of ammo.
Two story ICF, every window and doorway is a covered fighting position and you have the high ground. Unlike poured concrete or CMU walls the expanded polystyrene insulation on ICF walls keeps the concrete from spalling for more protection against repeated hits, there’s at least one study that’s been done showing it works. The pic shows an L-shaped or quarter-turn staircase but I prefer my U-turn/switchback one, they can’t see from below what’s waiting for them at the top. Easier to cover the bottom steps from the second floor directly above without being in the line of fire too, and it forces the intruders to have to turn 180 when halfway up the stairs. Keep the landing where the staircase switches back small so no more than one person can fit there so you can engage them individually and they can’t cover each other. Concrete slab for the upper level floor, besides extra thermal mass that can help keep the inside temp more stable when the grid’s down it provides protection against gunfire from below if the first level of the home is breached. Ceramic tile flooring adds some add’l ballistic protection and is easier to keep clean when the grid is down than carpet is. I didn’t, but wish I had, used interior ICF walls to make a safe room on the lower level and for the bedroom walls upstairs. Just some ideas to consider when you build your retreat CZ.
Meh. This is fixer-upper level shenanigans.
The Swiss do this all much better.
They build actual bunkers that just look like normal houses.
Imagine the pants-filling shock on the SWAT team’s faces when they kick down your door and pile in, only to find they’ve just assaulted a concrete-walled firing lane, and the silhouette painted on the far wall, just over the firing slit, is a southeast Asian peasant in black pajamas, captioned with “I’m a lead farmer, muthaf**ka!”.
“Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!“
…as the hidden speakers start blaring ‘Fortunate Son’.
Nah! –
Ride of the Valkyries…
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner by Warren Zevon if only for the fact it’s so nuts.
https://youtu.be/wRWCK9zGynA?si=Mgn7gky2Yu1WCqZ4
True story: I’ve met Warren Zevon.