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I want to dig a tunnel from my basement to my barn. It would be about 15 meters long, and wide/tall enough to crawl through somewhat comfortably. Has anyone here done something similar?

>> No.1656284
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1656284

This guy is building a whole underground layer. It should give you some ideas.https://youtu.be/-8X_1dubNGE

>> No.1656299

>>1656181
t. El Chapo

>> No.1656332

>>1656181
The average basement is only 8 feet deep, not deep enough for digging a tunnel, unless you plan on going deeper or doing something like burying shipping containers.

>> No.1656351

>>1656332
>not deep enough for digging a tunnel

just in general terms, what would be a good nominal depth. I'd be using hand tools, if it matters.

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>>1656181
>wide/tall enough to crawl through somewhat comfortably.

Not wanting to ride from the basement to the barn...

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>>1656181
>tunnel
You mean a horizontal hole?

>> No.1656710

>>1656181
I'd worry about drainage. Unless you live someplace very dry, that tunnel is going to direct ground water right into your basement.

>> No.1656712

>>1656181
To zee cooler. Two veeks.

>> No.1656752

Are you fucking retarded? Trying to dig a tunnel from your basement to barn? Hahaha RETARDED BITCH

>> No.1656759

What soil you got in between,

>> No.1656760

Quires cruzar frontera en manera illegal, Pablo?

>> No.1656770

If it's only 15 meters, dig a trench, build a hall or lay a pipe and cover it. Whole lot easier and safer than tunneling.

>> No.1656803

>>1656770
Smart person

>> No.1656838

>>1656351
Deep enough that the earth overhead is solid And not just loose soil.

>> No.1656850

>>1656181
Don't listen to the haters bro. Just use adequate supports and make sure you are above the water level.

>> No.1656861

Hijacking the thread so I dont have to start another. I just bought some land. Its lightly forested, east coast canada. I plan on using it for camping, hunting, chilling innawoods. I want to build an underground cache on it. It's got to be animal proof, water proof and unnoticeable to trespassers. So far my only idea is digging a pit, lining it with plywood and putting in some rubbermaid bins, some sort of wood lid that I could cover. I just do t think it would stand up to the weather. So I'm looking for suggestions.

>> No.1656862

>>1656861
Bury a shipping container and install a sump pump

>> No.1656869

move your barn closer and simply install a stairway up

>> No.1656887

>>1656861
>wood cover

Going to leak and animals will get in.

The lid you stick on should be of something that is waterproof. It should also have a good bit of overhang on the corners of your little dugout.

Honestly, though, you should may invest in some bearproof barrels and bury those. Place a flat stone on top to find them.

>> No.1657546

>>1656181
How deep?

>> No.1657547

>>1656407
What minecraft mod is this?

>> No.1657549

>>1656181
Just saying, have you considered what you would be doing to your house?
If there is a lot of rain where you live, you might be in the shitter if you fuck with the foundation of your house, and you better know what you're doing when putting proper drainage equipment around your new tunnel.
Not to mention that youd have to secure the ground in the tunnel obviously in the correct way to prevent bugs and other nasty creatures from literally digging their way into your house. Id go for a concrete path, but thats pricy and youd have to fill in pack gravel underneath, and know how much rebar to put in. Usually engineers do this sort of shit.

Either way, its a cool experiment and Ive thought about doing it as well someday when I own a house. If youre going through rock and shit, mind that there is often led in stone and rocks that isnt very good to breathe. Ventilation is necessary for tunnels too.

>> No.1657611

>>1656407
This. Rig an electric wheelchair so it sits real low and you can lie down. Half the digging now. If You're gonna tunnel you wanna be able to stand up. Its just as easy to work normal height as it is to fight being a hunchback and getting fuckall done because of it

>> No.1657612

>>1656752
Triggered by a 50 foot tunnel. Having the ability to duck all company good and had. Etc..

I'm building my own tunnel just so I can go and bang on shit in the shop in my underwear if I want. Also no point conceailing a gun room in a giant tank if you are just gonna put a fucking door on it.

>> No.1657615

>>1656861

Build a pit with treated boards. Throw a junk refrigerator in it. Fasten old branches and shit on the door or put moss on it and fake rocks.

Alternatively make it blatantly obvious it's there but nobody sees it. Like buy a crushed car and dump it. Hide a switch to raise and lower the car over your stash. Pin the fucking thing with a safety pipe so you don't die. Or build a fake giant rock that sets over your fridge on top of the ground. Pick a well wooded spot and try not to leave a path. Or torch the guts out of it and throw it in different spots.

>> No.1657678

You aren't serious but if you were, you'd buy steam cleaned railroad tank car hulls (available with ends cut off) and weld those together for ultimate tunnelage. Railcar dismantlers sell them for reuse as culverts etc.

Bring money.

>> No.1657685

>>1656181
remember to spread the soil around the compound so the goons dont notice your digging

>> No.1657932

>>1656181
flirting with disaster, you might end up like some crushed Vietcong. Every year in America people die trying to make their own tunnels, and given not many people make their own tunnels suffice to say its super dangerous.

Tunnels are very complex things. Fun side note white men figuring out tunnels was a key thing in white people being so successful. Except they called them mine shafts because there are very few reasons other than going underground to get metals and minerals to be underground.

Tunnels as a form of travel, with the exception of by/under pass are pretty dumb.

>> No.1657968

>>1656181
>hire digger
>dig trench
>build tunnel using any method desired
>bury it back
easier then burrowing through like a mole

>> No.1658054

>>1656181
I never understood how those wood arches are supposed to be able to hold up millions of thousands of weight from the dirt and rocks above.

>> No.1658067

>>1656770
Listen to this person OP

I don't want to see "retarded autistic man slowly suffocated to death when his dumb meme tunnel collapsed on him" on the news

>> No.1658093

>>1658054
Are you retarded? They're just transferring the weight from above into the sides and floor of the tunnel. It's heavy lumber and they have to be tightly/carefully fitted, but it's a simple principle.

>> No.1658219

OP? U ded?

>> No.1658246

>>1658219
It would save on funeral costs

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>>1657932
>Tunnels as a form of travel, with the exception of by/under pass are pretty dumb.

???!!!??, pic related

So we've established that building a safe tunnel is something tricky and requires knowledge and skill. Instead of just shitting on the OP more, anyone want to post information or resources that would help someone acquire that knowledge and skill?

>> No.1658342

>>1656181
Listen Jesus we all know that what you really want is a tunnel across the border.

>> No.1658347

>>1657968
And kill the digger, so he doesn't reveal your secrets.

>> No.1658428

Didnt colin furze do something similar but more large scale and not connected to the house?
Again main concern would be messing with foundations of the house..

>> No.1658441

>>1656861
Make a concrete capsule and bury it a few inches below ground

>> No.1658460

>>1658347
An excellent kek was had

>> No.1660133

>>1656284
do you have any info on this guy?
I cant find anything about him and want to know more

>> No.1660401

>>1656181
Is this the same guy that wanted to build the 500 foot deep hole with hand tools?

>> No.1660410

>>1656416
these damn australians i tell ya

>> No.1660844

>>1656861
could build a shed

as far as underground though that shits gonna fill with water in heavy rain, would reccomend digging into high ground, so that water could be drained out the bottom via a pipe

>> No.1661139

>>1656760
No, el quiere ayudar scape niggros like in the slavery times Juan.

>> No.1661140

>>1657932
Tell that to elon.

>> No.1661141

>>1658331
Yeah, just buy a fuck. Wtf that truck called. You dig a trench and stack blocks like legos then tmjust bury it. The truck is a bobtail rig with rollers and the blocks stack on it.

>> No.1661144

>>1660410
Yo anons if you get the hole made I'll toss you a pizza. Might need a rope tho. Not sure how hard id have to throw it down.

>> No.1663261

>>1656407
carbon monoxide give the BEST high

>> No.1663504

Watch this, OP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNDppVTVUss

>> No.1663748
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>>1660133
>no idea looked at his website and theres no info there. The mystery of what the fuck he's doing is wlpartky why people watch his videos.

>> No.1663751

>>1658054
they don't, not really anyway. most of the weight is held up by the rocks themselves, the wood provides minimal additional support to stop smaller rock movements that would eventually cause total collapse. many tunnels currently in use don't have any supporting beams.

also wood was often used instead of metal because it gave clearer indications of failure than metal, this would allow people in tunnels more time to notice the beams breaking/bending before they snap, as opposed to metal which usually breaks without any warnings. also cheaper.

>> No.1663755

>>1656181
assuming you will somehow not have water problems and flood your basement.

I hope you got some kind of tractor capable of digging deep, I wouldn't start with a tunnel. instead, start with a moat or trench, fill it with a something that would hold up the dirt (build the structure yourself or put something like cargo ship containers inside) and then cover it again. this would be safer, easier and less expensive than going straight for the tunnel itself.

I'm not sure how this would help you, and I'm really curious to know.

>> No.1663772

>>1661144
I figure it would be like a super ball. If you drop it, it bounces like 90% of the way back up. A little force and it will come back to the height you dropped it from.

Gravity speeds it up to the center, slows it down at an equal rate going the rest of the way. So you shouldn’t have to throw it too far.

>> No.1663786

>>1656712
>>1657685
What do they call a mole in ireland?

>> No.1664017
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Goddamnit op

>> No.1664144

>>1657968
Safer too

>> No.1664904
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Ignore the nay sayers. Dig and don't forget proper safety gear.

>> No.1665236

>>1656861
Don't build underground anon, that's gay af. Build yourself a sick-ass wizard's tower on a hill. Clear the trees from the top of the hill and you can shoot from a precariously constructed balcony. Nobody will fuck with a wizard in his tower. Call it Bald Mountain tower and apart from getting some wiccan boulderfuckers visiting you every Samhain you'll be left alone.

>> No.1665267

>>1656181
O would use. Corrugated drainage pipe sections bolted together with sealant on each seam and at least10-20 feet deep roof to ground level. Sandy soil go even deeper loamy or clay type soil can go at 10' minimum.

>> No.1665417

Use a post hole digger to create a series of two holes, the width of tunnel, leading to barn. The depth should be deeper than the height of the tunnel. Fill holes with rebar and concrete. These will be the walls. At the surface pour a concrete pad over the now concrete columns.
Remove dirt from below...

>> No.1665488

>>1664904
OMFG. Its gay as fuck but next time the genny goes i think we should all strip and wear hats until the boss shows up. 10/10 laff

>> No.1665489

>>1663772
Mfw never had a problem hitting the sides before i guess


Y E E T

>> No.1665490

>>1664904
>We're still wearing the fucking hats"
Cause OSHA will fuck your shit up.

>> No.1665502

>>1657678
Those fuggers are expensive anon (about $250/ft average), it's a cool thing though. Never thought they'd be reused like that

>> No.1665569

>>1656770
Listen to this person OP, I don't want you to die.

Also, call 811 (or Google Call811). They are a federal program that lets you know where water and power lines are on your property so you don't fuck up the utilities to your house while digging. Best of luck OP please be safe

>> No.1665637

>>1664904
Awesome.

>> No.1665638

>>1664904
It's just not HBO without full frontal male nudity.

>> No.1665918

>>1658428
Yes he did

>> No.1665961

>>1663748
Another anon here. Thx for sharing, I like this guy.

>> No.1665972

>>1661141
Rollers? Are you talking about a compactor?

>> No.1666850

>>1656181
Don't dig a tunnel. Dig a big ass trench and then cover the top again.

>> No.1666902

Ok op who we rapin’?

>> No.1667553

just in case you find gold while digging, please report to me immediately. we can share it 50/50.

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>>1656181

>> No.1667790
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Sup?

>> No.1668464

Alternatively - walk 15 metres you fucking autist

>> No.1668542

>>1656284
I think you meant "lair" not "layer"...

>> No.1668635

>>1668464
You realize that traveling through a tunnel requires walking just like above ground correct?

How many extra chromosomes do you have?

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>>166854

>> No.1668638

>>1656861
>east coast canada

Fuck off Ontarian. I'm going to find you and necklace you.

>> No.1668688

>>1668638
He said, 'coast' , moron.

>> No.1668701

Unless you're fucking el chapo forget it. Digging a tunnel isna stupid idea.

>> No.1668802

>>1656299
Do you think he will escape? I'm rooting for him.

>> No.1668824

>>1668638
I have a sweet /diy/ life hack for you! Kys! That way you dont have to deal with how fucking stupid you are.

>> No.1669240

Any idea how to dig trough really big and hard stone. From what I have gathered the island I'm digging on is just pile of rocks with dirt on top.
I had this theory that if I got a blowtorch I could try heating up the rock and then make it crack with cold water, any idea if this is safe?

>> No.1669267

>>1656770
Cut and cover was how the very first tunnels were constructed.

>> No.1671159

>>1668542
Give him a break he's a dwarf fortress player

>> No.1671184

>>1656861
A prefabricated polyethylene septic tank may be what you want. Do a search and watch some videos to find out if such a thing will work for you. It will not require much money (~600 USD), but you will have to dig your ass off.

>> No.1671244

>>1669240
Jackhammer
If you're trying to thermal-stress rocks apart you'll spend your whole life doing it.

>> No.1671247

>>1671244
>If you're trying to thermal-stress rocks apart you'll spend your whole life doing it
this. Thermal stress cutting is generally a neat trick, but consider that a rock that is only 20-30% exposed still has the vast majority of it's mass tightly packed in earth that will sap up the vast majority of heat you put into it via the power of thermal mass.

your best bet would be to either dig the boulders out intact, and haul them out, or use heavy machinery/tools to split it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBMcMGBhUVk

>> No.1671456

Let me guess. Your house is in the USA and your "barn" is in Mexico?

>> No.1672050

>>1665569
>build tunnel to hide shit from the feds
>tell them about it

>> No.1672076

>>1672050
THat's why you build 2 tunnels, and only tell them about the decoy

>> No.1672086

>>1672076
if they know about a tunnel they will be more likely to find the tunnel too

>> No.1672337

>>1672076
Build three, call them tom, dick, and harry.

>> No.1672354

>>1656407
If you dig your tunnel too shallow/near the surface or with only a few supports keeping it from falling down, a heavy vehicle will collapse it under it´s wheels. Tunnels, good ones, are often deep and have VERY solid walls, since they need to keep heavy shit from crushing them.

>> No.1672409

>>1665638
Eeek! A penis!!!

>> No.1672424

>>1656181
Remember to make a vaulted ceiling for stability.

>> No.1672725

>>1656407
just start your car in the garage if you want to end it, no need for flashy contraptions if you won't be there to see the reaction of whoever finds you

>> No.1672833

>>1656181
If you're serious, looks at diy basement forms(buildblock icf) and rent a bucket to dig. Then a concrete slab on top covered with a few other inches of sod

>> No.1672912

>>1672337
Build 3 and number them 1, 2, and 4.

>> No.1674028
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1674028

If you get stuck while digging, take some time away to invent a super computer and then come back to finish the tunnel.
>True innovators rarely follow the straight and narrow path. Not only do they march to a different drummer, they're often not even on the same playing field as most people. Take Seymour Cray, for example, the legendary designer of high-speed computers.
>According to John Rollwagen, ex-chairman of Cray research, Seymour used to divide his time between building the next generation super computer and digging an underground tunnel below his Chippewa Falls house.
>Cray's explanation of his tunnel digging behavior is consistent with the stories of many other creatives -- inner-directed, boundary-pushing people who understand the need to go off-line whenever they get stuck.
>Bottom line, whenever they find themselves struggling with a thorny problem, they walk away from it for a while. They know, from years of practical experience, that more (i.e. obsession, analysis, effort) is often less (i.e ideas, solutions, results).
>Explained Cray, "I work for three hours and then get stumped. So I quit and go to work in the tunnel. It takes me an hour or so to dig four inches and put in the boards. You see, I'm up in the Wisconsin woods, and there are elves in the woods. So when they see me leave, they come back into my office and solve all the problems I'm having. Then I go up (to my lab) and work some more."
>Explained Rollwagen, "The real work happens when Seymour is in the tunnel."

>> No.1674448

Watch the movie The Great Escape, absorb its message.

>> No.1674449

>>1666902
We rapin white bitches, obv

>> No.1674466

>>1656299
kek

>> No.1674467

>>1656407
Thanks Mr. Guzman

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>>1663261
>>1656407
This doesn't need to be self powered. It can have a few pulleys and a cable. Then, like an elevator, the motor can be on one end, powered by fuel or electric. A manual crank can be added to the card itself so you can manually move it if needed.

>>1656710
It is really the biggest concern. Local water table and proper drainage are the main things that will destroy a tunnel. It isn't just about filling your basement with water. It is about lateral pressures pushing on the side walls. If there's no hill slope outlet somewhere the water can be safely drained then a sump pump will need to be used. That has a big issue of failing either from normal wear or from electrical outages. Electrical outages tend to occur during big rain storms which would compound the problem even more.

>>1656770
>>1666850
>>1657968
>>1661141
>>1663755
200% this. Trenching, laying, and filling is the best, cheapest, fastest and safest method for something like this. It is tried and true, especially for a tunnel that is so shallow. Just remember to use deadman anchors if you use something encapsulated that is water tight. Otherwise, it will may have the chance of floating out of the ground when it rains heavy for a few days.

>> No.1675465
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1675465

What does Disney World, Seattle, and Atlanta have in common? They all have an elevated ground level. Their "underground" portions are actually at grade and what you think of as the surface is actually a story up. Remove all of the soil from around the buildings on your property, build enclosed walkways, and then build elevated platforms to make it appear like the "surface" level is the natural elevation.

>> No.1675564

>>1663755
cargo ship containers are not designed to hold back loads, they are designed to stack on edges and corners. Dirt will flatten them, folding in the sides/roof.

>> No.1676032

>>1672337
Make sure you do the maths right and you don’t end up 200 ft short of the Forrest line.

>> No.1676095

>>1656407
>>1656770
Do this. Might be smart to make a French drain under or next to the pipe that goes to your sump pump.