The
Fortress.
The
Underground Fortress is an 8th wonder of the world! It
is an unbelievable feat of engineering. The Fortress
goes a total of 45 feet under the house! That is below sea
level! The fortress has over 1600 sq. ft. of living area,
plus hundreds of more square feet of passages and secrets
rooms.
It was all hand dug over a 20 year period, and all the walls
were constructed with a small electric hand cement mixer.
There are 3 ft concrete walls, using 5-bag cement (20%
denser than
regular cement). Not only are the walls thick and dense,
but the finishing work is amazing quality. These walls
keep it
a constant 60F degrees year round. It is so well insulated
that even one small space heater can heat all 1600+ sqft
of fortress space in a few hours. The fortress has amazingly
fresh
air in it with an incredible air ventilation system that
pulls air outside and brings fresh air in, leaving no moldy
or musty
smell that you commonly smell in basements. Because of the
walls and systems, there are very few bugs/spiders down in
the fortress and we have never seen any signs of rodents.
The fortress also has 4 sump pumps that keep the ground
water from
being an issue. The sump pumps are on float valves that make
them come on automatically when they fill up with water.
3 of the pumps are for ground water and the other one is
for
sewage of the bathroom/kitchenette area. The fortress is
also fully wired with electrical/phone/plumbing/drains.
It also
has many secret doors, and a 1-ton blast door at the entrance
and a 3-ton motorized door to seal you in and close the fortress
to the outside world. There are at least 5 ways to get in/out
of the fortress back into the house!
The fortress comes with almost everything needed to still
be a fully functional “bomb shelter”, it comes
with everything needed to survive almost any situation. Everything
having to do with the survival gear is being left behind
for
the new owner. All these items are worth in the many thousands
of $$$. After you experience this underground fortress, you
will be awe struck with amazement, there is no other home
like this anywhere on Earth! The producers of the History
Channel
show Secret passages of the Cold War, claimed that this was
the best civilian made bomb shelter in all of North America!
You still will not believe it once you see it. |
"Subterranean
Fortress" - Interior, Below Ground! Page
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Large
pantry/ storage looking thru 1 ton blast door into ¾ bath
(has its own hot water heater). Blast door is well hinged
and can be moved
with one hand! |
Alternative
entrance into the fortress from utility room (officially
the kids entrance.)
You have to crawl thru a 30 foot tube.
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Storage
room where manhole comes in
from garage and kids entrance
from the
utility room upstairs. |
Secret
sliding shelves in the pantry hide the stairs to the fortress
from
the pantry.
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Let’s follow Scott
and Colleen down below on a journey 45 feet under the house! |
Stairs
going down.
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Access
to generator room above and doorway into the hall below.
Generator is in a sound insulated room
which is exhausted to the backyard. |
Gas powered generator
with battery recharger.
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Main hallway- amazing concrete work. |
Command
center/office downstairs.
Perfect small office space.
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Office
comes fully functional with a
working phone line, intercom
system,
wired for computers/fax/internet. |
"The
BIG Room".
Over 40' x 15' with 12' ceilings.
Amazing concrete
details with
3 ton motorized sliding door!
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Imagine
the possibilities..
rec room, home theatre, wine cellar, music studio, art studio,
fitness room, etc.
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Looking
back the other way towards the kitchenette and 1/2 bath.
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This is
a close-up of the 3 ton sliding door.
(Fully functional)
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1/2
bath and kitchenette with microwave,
mini fridge and 300
gallon water tank
inside the wall. 1/2 bath is fully plumbed
and uses a sump pump to pump up to
the surface.
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