I’m not sure why KZread recommended your first bomb shelter video, but after watching both episodes, you now have a new subscriber! I’m looking forward to more of these!! Front half, root cellar, back half, hidden man cave!!!

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

Hey John, glad you found us! I'm sure she'll store some stuff down there, if SHTF we'll be eating a bunch of canned veggies and drinking beer.

The dog house needs to go on top of the shelter door, Hogan's Heroes style. Congratulations on your marriage 💙

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dan, that's a good idea! Thanks, she's a peach!

Just found your project. Would consider changing all of your electric to 12 V or 24 V whip inverters. Instead of using 120 V for your lift convert to 12 V so you never have to worry about someone unplugging your cord while you’re down under. You can use a solar system to charge your 12 V batteries and maintain a independent shelter. The hatch can be powered by a 12 V linear actuator. I’ve attached photos for both inexpensive units that I’ve used. Sorry I don’t live in Phoenix any longer but I used to own Arizona wheelchair and van conversions for medical transport. Installed over 100 wheelchair lifts into vans utilizing the linear actuators. Good luck and I’ll be looking forward to your future videos

Ron Hubbard from Atlas Survival Shelters is the go to KING when it comes to a quality, secure entryway for your shelter. Check with him and his you tube videos before you do anything. You will not be disappointed. The hydrolic pumps and the locking mechanism will satisfy your every need.

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

I'll check it out! Thanks Robert

you did well on the introduction. It's always important to say "this is my lovely wife and two dogs" and not "this is my wife and two lovely dogs".

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

My wife and I cracked up on this one, thanks!

Root cellar/survival shelter sounds like a good plan. Of course, you could always add a small bar. If the s@#& hits the fan you'll be glad you have it. A flat screen TV, DVD player and plenty of movies will help pass the time if you're ever forced to stay below for any length of time.

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly our plan for this fall! Check out the tour of this shelter in my earlier video.

You need a couple of big ol boys like me to help with the door lol Love the build!

Lookup “Colin Furz”, he’s a British gentleman who built an underground shelter in his backyard, he’s now constructing tunnels from garage, connecting to the house,etc. Waiting for new videos on your shelter restoration 👍

Nice storm shelter, I was bone in Phoenix back in the 50's and grew up on N29st and remember all the Nuclear bomb drills as a kid. 😁

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

Those drills must have been a trip... I'm not old enough for that, but there's alot of tension out there now! Thanks for commenting Steven

Hope you haven't given up on this! We had a man who used to run a store, he had a bomb shelter in his backyard here where I live in Tennessee. He built it himself. Thank you for the video!

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Pat, that's awesome the wife an I need to visit TN. Were starting the repairs in October, sub to see how that goes!

@patmurphy389

2 жыл бұрын

@@HerbOMatic That's great! Unfortunately, the man that built the bomb shelter, they have since torn down the house & the bomb shelter there. I never got a chance to go in it, but was hoping to, but I never did.

Gonna guess there was a protective awning or sun/rain shield mounted on those two tubes sticking out…. Great video series. I’m loving this.

Depending on how far you want to go the door should be airtight , check all vent pipes and supply lines and need a filtered air filtration system

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

I plan to go as far as it remains fun, I'm working on making the door functional right now, hopefully have a video up early next week.

Slide open like it was & up grade it like you said as you could rig a weight & wire to pull it shut when you are in side 🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👍

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

She's fixed see the next video, she's a slider!

I think you were looking for, "root cellar".

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

That's right! Root Cellar, I danced all around it, thanks!

What a beautiful and pleasant woman!

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

She is beautiful!

i hope we can see a cool room

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

You will, see the first bomb shelter video!

Leave it a slider with rollers.

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

That's the plan! I'm editing the video now.

@danwatts6618

2 жыл бұрын

Paint POR15 on those.rusty rails, and then Grease the Hell out of the rails.

1:54 I would and build a simple booth over top the entrance and build in a fixed concrete set of stairs, filled with sand/gravel...

That sliding hatch will be difficult to secure. Weld steel plate over half of the entry, the other half install a hinged "hatch" with a hydraulic ram assist to make opening it easier. A padlock under a no tamper cover for the outside. Inside weld locking latches to secure yourself in. Find and clear the air intake and exhaust and for the love of God weld a good 4 feet of riser to prevent snakes from dropping in. Abandon old electrical coming in and install a new line from your main panel to install a sub panel in your wife's new "She Cave"...I mean your bar/man-cave. Good luck and have fun.

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

That's a great idea! Perhaps make both sides hinged so that I can still get supplies down there. I hadn't though of splitting the door. I was thinking of running it off maybe 12v an inverter and a solar panel so that it was independent of the grid. We'll be starting on her She Cave in the next couple of months, stay tuned!

@centurionC100

2 жыл бұрын

@@HerbOMatic The 12 volt inverter is good for lighting but you can't run a TV monitor, beer fridge, etc. And on a solar panel your party goes dark when the sun goes down. You will find that having 120 volts available will help with having flood lights for clean up and to seal cracks in the concrete, add a wood wall to attach "stuff" to, etc. It will be helpful if you sink a 4 foot post to the side of the hatch to attach a boom with a small Harbor Freight wench so you can haul up the trash inside...and safely lower the beer fridge and kegs. Put a fixed stair case in after you get the stuff out/in. Can't wait to see what you do.

'Cool fort', Dad - doubly so, considering the temp... "Should I go punch it?" Damn! I like her attitude - she's a keeper ;) Greetings from the Great White North, eh (presently green - doubly so with envy) ... I meant the... Geez! open yer sheltered minds ;)

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Carl! Welcome from the dusty below! She's amazing, I married her shortly after this. Check the later vids, we've been fixing it up!

Jealous wish we had those in Australia. Be my ultimate Model Railroad room lol. But otherwise. A bar for sure hahhaha

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

Sean, why not both? I was obsessed with model trains for awhile.

@seanbaldwin7933

2 жыл бұрын

@@HerbOMatic Could be workable beer freight lol

Just found your channel today. Glad to see you are doing something with the bunker. For the door, try skateboard wheels, maybe. Or just weld some hinges on and add some hydraulic lifters from a vehicle hood and open it like a regular door. I bet the pipes are ventilation and a fill tube for the water tanks.

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! I fixed the door in another episode, it's a slider. I'm finishing up filming the next episode hopefully will have it uploaded in two weeks. It's a ton of time to film and edit! Thanks Western Wanderer! I used cam followers bearings.

@westernwanderer8397

2 жыл бұрын

@@HerbOMatic Yeah, I'm watching the episode now. Really look forward to more of your videos on the bunker. Hope it turns out awesome and gives you, the wife, and dogs a little piece of mind ... just in case.

Hello. Picked up your channel really like your videos. Just getting caught up. Started with the bomb shelter that thing was built well..you did a great job with the door, what are your plans with it. Mike

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

I'm working on the method of getting in and out right now. I'm taking a risk, let's see how it goes!

Atlas Survival Shelters has doors & accessories. Just ask for Ron.

Hinge in the middle. One side opens. Other side bolted down... Remove it when you need a bigger opening.

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

That's a solution, I hadn't even thought of! Door is fixed, editing video now!

The cement pad is a base for a street lamp

Is that the vent tube by the wheel of the shop lift??? 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

I think it might be, I have to dig those out in another video, Looks like people cut them off, I will have to restore them.

You tube just recommended you

My wife and I are going to be remodeling our house soon and we would like to put a bid in for some of your light fixtures if you're going to be upgrading them?

@HerbOMatic

11 күн бұрын

These are primo, I think $100 per sounds about right, plus shipping of course.

When will u get back to more of ur bunker videos

Didnt you mean your super model?!! She needs her own channel

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

Dang it Larry, the wife saw this comment and she's getting a big head! She's thinking about a channel about gardening.

@larryjackson8675

2 жыл бұрын

She should do a channel, my wife and i are beginners and half our plants die. We need people oriented to us. Your vids are intelligent and fun but beauty sells so if you dont start workin out your in trouble!!!!! Thanks for connecting first time thats happened to me. Lookin forward to your hole in the ground vids.

I love it a dog named dude

Easy way would be to remake/add new rollers, just to get whats there in use again. Probably wouldnt take you long to do that, or cost much at all, and would do until you decide 100% on whats going on. Either way, stairs: All metal, and if at all possible, done in a way you can still use the space behind the stairs for things. Once youve got those 2 things done, you can remove the stuff thats sitting in there, as well as a decent clean out of small rubbish, and then a proper look at damage in there and whats needed to be fixed.

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

Moo, that's almost the plan verbatim. Definitely going to take your advise about the space behind the stair. Stay tuned were are starting to film the repairs.

@MooKau_

2 жыл бұрын

@@HerbOMatic Ive found its always worth looking at the free option, then the cheap/easy options, and work up from there. The stairs might not need to be as wide as the hole for them, or perhaps the last 6 can hinge up, allowing some long term storage items. Do check out some prepper bunkers, there some interesting ideas for storage and space use... even if that area is just gunna become the office and editing room... and perhaps a pinball machine or two ;)

Bearings are nearly indestructible. Cool idea. I'd wire cup those tracks shiny again, and coat liberally with glyptol or epoxy, and just figure out a bearing set to replace. Think that L-bracket missing and one rear roller, was the end of that setup. Lastly, all these zombie apocalypse dudes in your subs .. man do they enjoy spending your money. Fugg' that Gotham City upgrade bullsh*t. Clean that b*tch up, and upgrade to 2022 standards via Home Depot.

+1 on Atlas Survival Shelters

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

I've been watching some of his channel, pretty robust stuff

Root cellar is a more sensible idea than a "man cave". Both of you would profit from the food stored there. Though the man cave might get you out of her way.

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

You're probably right

Get ahold of atlas shelter . For air systems & filtration.

The safest would be the basically the original way the sliding method because what if you have like stuff that's way too heavy to be you know going up or sliding so you kind of just slide it the original way it would be much easier if it had stuff on top

Could you just refurbish and restore the original opening system? Seems a lot less work

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

That's what I did, see the next video.

@ronaldo19832

2 жыл бұрын

@@HerbOMatic I just watched it, great job. They don’t build bomb shelters like that one anymore

I'd remove the original door completely and build a outhouse or shed over the entrance

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

Chris, see the new video where I fix the door. That disguise is a good idea that I may implement in a future video.

I do a slider as it was before

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

I fixed it up almost original in a later video, welcome Ann!

0:25 your wife? i thought this is your daughter. ☺️

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

3 years difference, has time been that hard on me or that good to her?! Lol stay tuned for more!

Progress on restoration?

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

There's a video where the door is fixed. We are cleaning it out and filming it. 🎥

@Shinzon23

2 жыл бұрын

@@HerbOMatic I know. I was just wondering how the interior work was

Maybe you figure this out later but you just need to build a lighter door, something any adult can manage.

Where's the first episode

SLIDER.

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

Karen, I'm 90% sure that's the way we're going with it!

Hi herbo matic you destroyed me in subs

@HerbOMatic

2 жыл бұрын

It takes one or two popular videos, I got lucky with the algo in the last month. You'll get a couple heaters, especially with your niche in gaming.

@YourRandomFootballFan69

2 жыл бұрын

@@HerbOMatic My first character was called stoner and people called me a simp so I made a character called God stoner then I had a idea to make space Commander god stoner and my character was made from GameToons so I do gamin

I have discovered that I A) really need an underground bunker for "all my stuff" and B) there is a SHOCKING lack of redhead women in my life. sadness.xlsx