Know Anything About Concrete?

[HoneyBadger]

I assume this would be to make some type of secure room. Why not use steel studs to frame the wall and then steel security mesh before the drywall? Then you could build a floating wall that is typical used in basements.

Yeah... Drywall sure doesn't sound very secure... I'm looking for fire and storm resistence as well. Safety and security all in one. The room will be about 150 sq ft.

I am considering 8"x16" cinder blocks filled with concrete and rebar as an alternative to poured concrete walls.

[newracer]

Anyone can get into anything with enough time and tools. It depends on how secure you want to make it. You also have to remember to secure the ceiling too or someone can just get in that way. To do it right you would need to do what davsel posted, even with cinder blocks.

[tmckay2]

my two cents with a little bit of experience. you're better off to dig a hole and build this off your basement, then cut through the concrete wall to make a door. its just going to be easier and you can do the roof of it right. you can also hide the door quite easily if wanted.

building concrete on concrete is problem laden.

[patrick0685]

the two things i know about concrete are this:
1) it will get hard
2) it will crack

outside of that i am no help

[cofi]

why not build a secret room instead of a secure room?

[tmckay2]

also, having a room off the side of the basement will allow you to make an escape tunnel/hatch which is very important. if you have in a safe concrete room and your house collapses in front of the door, well, not good.

[Hunter12]

Be the cool kid on the block and build secret ROOMS not a secret room. Build it like "Mexwell Smart" had in Get Smart (tv series). That is when you know you have reached a new level of greatness!

[HoneyBadger]

my two cents with a little bit of experience. you're better off to dig a hole and build this off your basement, then cut through the concrete wall to make a door. its just going to be easier and you can do the roof of it right. you can also hide the door quite easily if wanted.

building concrete on concrete is problem laden.

Well my budget is limited... Otherwise I would have just done this in the first place.

[cofi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T6rpT5_XXE

no way robbers breaking in would find something like that vs robbers breaking in and finding a locked bunker room that they tell all there buddies about and someone coming back with the right tools to open it up

[HoneyBadger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T6rpT5_XXE

no way robbers breaking in would find something like that vs robbers breaking in and finding a locked bunker room that they tell all there buddies about and someone coming back with the right tools to open it up

Don't think that I would give all my secrets away on the internet!