DIGGING A SECRET TUNNEL Part 9
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Sorry this has took so long but needed to get an aswer from the council before release and also been busy with some other things which will come to late in the not to distant future. Enjoy and see you in the next one. Keep your questions coming as next one will be about the next stages as the hand Digging is about done.
It’s ok man
Hey its just the life of a content creator and a madlad
Hey dude , don’t worry about the expanding foam , they use it for lifting concrete pads !
Love you ❤️ man keep it up
Why did you install the hydraulic press in the tunnel?
Can you imagine the initial conversation with the architect who did the drawings?
"Say that again - you're applying for retrospective planning permission for a tunnel under your house?"
"Well, more like a *network* of tunnels if I'm honest"
"And it connects your house, your shed and your...?"
"Underground bunker"
"Riiiggghhhht..."
lol
The guy's probably like, "nope. Not touching this one. Carry on."
The more you think about it, Colin just sounds like a Supervillain... He is British, he wears a shirt with a tie, he has that unkempt hair, and considering all the other content he has released over the years...
@@livedandletdie anyone else want to see him like doctor evil?
@@daanvos194 still his girl, and blow up his freeze ray. With his girl
Well you're right about that being a fossil shell, the other fossil I'd need a better look at but unfortunately the crystals aren't quartz they are actually calcite (made from calcium carbonate, the same material as the limestone just in a crystalline form). If you are in doubt just drop a bit in vinegar it will slowly dissolve and form bubbles as it reacts with the acid and turns into calcium acetate and carbon dioxide. Quartz is deposited in metamorphic and igneous rocks, calcite is generally found in sedimentary and metamorphic rocks comprised mainly of calcium carbonates or at least is fairly rich in it. The reason there aren't more shells is likely because the area that particular limestone was formed in was deeper so there were less things that are easily preserved living in it as the sediment was being deposited, you could find out exactly by looking up the geology of your area, should also tell you more about what kind of fossils to expect
Was looking for a comment like this! Thanks for the info! :)
Top comment.
The other "fossil" might also be a form of calcite crystal. I cant remember what its called but it looks almost identical to them although they usually aren't that large.
Spot on!
It's not a shell, it's a concretion.
Hey Colin, funny you should mention Time Team... not only are we digging a Roman burial this year, we're also investigating our very own ancient underground bunker, complete with a network of tunnels, in Cornwall! Maybe we could compare bunkers and digging techniques - what do you reckon?
Yes I need this colab
Would love to see a collaboration video with Tony and Colin!
Do it.
DO IT !!
I live in Cornwall, can I come too? :)
whats the rarest item found in one of your excavations. could you do a top ten?
Having studied geology for 2 years I can tell you literally nothing about the rocks you have saved as I have forgotten everything I once knew.
so like everyone who finishes school, lol
oh man that's sad I'm sorry.
@@faustinpippin9208yep
@@MogusMasterSaikawa22grow up
Average student ngl
The neighbors reaction to finding out about the tunnel and the invitation to look at it was one of pure child like excitement. I can only hope to experience moments like that in my golden year
I agree. Profanity or not, I'd love to see that whole interaction. pure awe, child like glee. The world needs more of that.
I wanna watch the short of his neighbour’s reaction but I can’t find it
@@rorycoulter2167 yeah I also can't find it, where is that short?
@@Tystros not sure was hoping I would find someone who knows
@@rorycoulter2167 It'll probably be uploaded in the next week. The short of him building the pantry ladder came out a few days after the main tunnel video
I love the look of those exposed rocks. I hope he makes a fake window with a plaxyglass with a tiny cave on the other side. I think it would look really cool with some led lights. Maybe even some fake dinosaur bones?
You are a Genius!!! That is an awesome idea
This needs a lot more likes!
Great idea!
Or a full human skeleton wearing a mining hat with an led light on it.
He has
11:11
Colin's neighbors in the bunker below: "Blimey, what's this smoke coming down our ventilation shafts"
At this point Collin you are walking the fine line between genius engineer and crazy engineer
these two versions are not mutually exclusive
no, he IS the line
he's the crazy genius engineer that we all know
genius & crazy = real engineer
It's remarkable how often those two traits coincide.
crazy=genius :>
Hi Colin! A fan with a paleontology degree here to say that the fossil shell you found looks like a Brachiopod of unknown species (hard to tell). This is a marine animal with two shell halves like a bivalve mollusk (think clam), but it's a totally different animal phylum. The "Stickleback" does indeed look like fish skeleton parts, but it's hard to say more than that. I agree with other posters that the "quartz" is probably calcite. If you can scratch or destroy the crystals with a nail or other bit of steel, it's probably not quartz. Yes, you've attracted at least a few nerds to your channel. Keep digging!
As a palaeontologist, what's the least deadly weapon you'd be comfortable relying on if you had to go up against a T-Rex?
@@TheDMG45 😂 Least deadly? How about a box of frag grenades. Most deadly? Take off and nuke the site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure… 👍🏼
@@TheDMG45 a large hole
Agree. probably all calcite in there.
I think you should make one part of the tunnel using glass or acrylic to make a window so you can see some of the rock. I just think that would be a little cool, especially if you carve something in the rock where the window is.
I swear, that person who sent that concrete bashing thingie being sent just proves how much everyone wants to see this project finished. This is like taking the bunker project and ramping it up to Ludicrous Speed!
the neighbors reaction made me realise how insane this build actually is. The quality is incredibly high, it's not just some hole in the ground, and it's an extremely small team handling literally everything about it. The end is in sight and I'm excited to see what's next.
second story deep
@@Eckendenker If that's true, within a year this guy will have built a second home beneath his house
Being a geologist and watching you describe the rocks is great fun 😅
That was definitely a shell impression on the second rock you showed (12:52), they can be found on there own but usually you would see more with them.
On the third rock shown (12:58), on the dark surface there appear to be striations which can be from a flattened shell, but the dark mark definitely looks more organic in nature from your video.
Fourth rock (13:12), I can’t say for certain what exactly that is as palaeontology/sedimentology were not my specialisms however based on the apparent thickness and colour you wouldn’t be incorrect to assume they were calcified fragments of a shell.
On the rock (13:27) with the quartz and calcite crystals, you see the darker semicircular marks they are the side profile of a shell very similar to the way Jurassic bivalves can be seen in the limestones around the UK.
My suggestion would be if you haven’t already done so give them all a rinse with some cold water to get the worst of the surface dust and debris off, as limestone/clay covering will hide some of these details
What kind of rock is he digging? I always wondered that.
As a geologist, I would also agree with you. Those are some pretty nice calcite and quartz crystals there, Colin! At 13:12, I definitely think that's a shell. Too thick.
I thought quartz seams can indicate the presence of gold in the rocks. I know the UK is generally low for the quantity found though, but you two geologists would know better
@@RogueTrooper80 I looked it up, and yes gold is often found with quartz as they're chemically complimentary, but not all quartz seams contain gold. I was thinking much the same thing myself though.
@@RogueTrooper80 there are more fossils than you know in the UK, the amount of sites where you can find them are more limited and we have generally got less of the “amazing” fossils such as full dinosaurs but we do still have some
“Tore the carpet up - giggity” 😂
I knew I wasn't the only one who heard Giggity!
That looks like a crazy expensive project, but your Engineering and Craftsmanship is INCREDIBLE!
The city official visit re-enactment was shockingly accurate. Amazing how you nailed that character, just the right level of pretentious tone in the dialog (wow), wow, wow). Brilliant, captured the raw reaction. TH-cam needs an Emmy equivalent and that performance needs to be nominated.
I didn’t realize until this comment that the re-enactment was Colin haha I had to go back to see
How do you know? Were you the inspector?…
Love the idea that someone commented about having some of the rock face on view behind glass and if you dug out a little bit more you could put all your tools like your pick axes and your hydraulic breaker on display as a little museum, keep it up Colin .... marvelous.
That comment was right above this one for me😂
If you saw Mark Rober's video he made a cool museum like that in his new workshop. Would be very cool.
Could possibly fill a section with clear epoxy so you don't have to worry about the rock and dust slowly crumbling down to the bottom and filling the window with dirt.
@@Skinflaps_Meatslapper just make the case accessible from the tunnel and make sure there's no lip at the bottom so you can dust and sweep it out and such.
@@Skinflaps_Meatslapper clear epoxy is definitely a great idea. No dusting or risk of water seepage or crumbling. I picture it to be side lit in a warm glowing light spectrum.
seeing the drawings he showed for the permision im thinking that having the blueprints at the main entrance of the bunker/tunel would look really cool, having it just as a poster tho also cool and useful as kind of a map of the place, idk i think it would be nice touch to cover the empty walls
@hoiy vinosa I'm talking about a nice poster idea, what are you going on about
Just focking BRILLIANT!!! I am an engineer (robotics) and I LOVE the attention to detail as well as the planning on the fly that has gone into this project! The manic energy and editing is superb and that you engage in really wild "pipe dream" type of things that many of us can only imagine. The ultra-cool becomes reality and keeps ALL of us "young at heart" and keep that possibility of "It Could Happen" in our minds and hearts!!
There is no way we can ever thank you enough for all these years of excellence! We (I) salute you for all your inspiring work!
For ventilation AND the cool factor… how about one of those giant fans that turn slowly and have always seem to have a light behind them for some reason.. casting fantastic shadows. Think of tunnels and shafts in video games and movies.
Like the ones in total recal
@@smartlibra2965 yeah, or the tunnels in the game control.
they have them in real. you find them in secret abandoned underground bunkers that people explore
@@smartlibra2965
Or Genetic Species
(Showing my age now)
Across the tunnel so you have to jump through it.
"town council opposes it, but clearly noone cares what they think" lmao- had me cracking up! Legend Colin, keep up the great work and fantastic content❤️❤️❤️
They could give you a bit of a fine, but since they aren't getting noise complaints and it's not a hazard to anyone they can only do that once.
They could pay a lot of money to fill the tunnel themselves but it would be far in excess of any fine.
He's pretty much safe from the local council as long as he keeps it quiet and none of his neighbors complains.
@@TheGrinningViking they are pretty much up the Swany now that he has approved planning permission with detailed drawings.
Normally the strongest argument the local council can make is about appearance and wether it is in keeping with the local area and seeing as it’s all underground this argument is already finished.
@@oxfordsparky it was local council that approved. the town council is more just a collection of local residents on a committee.
@@scottwhitley3392 Council is normally a bunch of old people with nothing else better to do other than find things to complain about!
Town Council is where all of the community's spakas gather to have a moan and see who can be touched up for a backhander. Those electric Jag's don't buy themselves you know.
Just found your channel and watched this straight through. Best project video I have ever watched. Outstanding!
We really need a part 10 now! Dont leave us hanging!
Wait for 22/9 it's unlikely that he's gonna delay again
@@matteocdt5214 i thought i seen hi say something about part 10 coming on the 18th.. ive been patiently waiting lol
The fossil "clam" is a braciopod fossil (a type of ancient bivalve). The quartz is likely calcite as the host rock matrix appears to be limestone or silestone both of which are CaCO3 rich rocks. Drop a few drops of dilute(~10%) HCl and if it fizzes its calcite or limestone.
I came here to add the calcite comment, glad to see someone did!
Yep or just drop a chunk in vinegar/lemon juice to confirm it's Calcite/or perhaps Aragonite fits (both are CaCO3) instead of the very chemically inert Quartz. Furthermore that groundwater recrystallised stuff is another mineral that is also CaCO3, named Travertine. The brown smudgy stuff is probably not a leaf remnant, looked to me like 'slickenside' fault surfaces, they likely had some pyrite crystallise in them long ago which has since weathered and left behind extra rusty colours, with waxy streaked patches down the middle.
Vinegar works just as well as a testing solution, it comes pre diluted to a reasonable working strength and is much more readily available
What Matthew said!!!!
This guy Rocks!
Massive props to your city planning commission. Both for recognizing the legitamicy of the project and its harmlessness in terms of any dangers presented to the public, and further their willingness to tell the town council to pack sand and approve the project over their pointless objections.
They all win an internets today.
Town/parish councils are the worst. Complete wastes of oxygen.
@@tams805, You’re completely right, they just want some power and nobody will give them any. They’d just abuse it anyways.
Given the war in Ukraine right now, building such tunnels and bunkers should be encouraged.
@@warrensteel9954 nah. It´s mostly a waste of money if you can´t do it like him and get money trough viewers. And we have them for decades but let them wither away, cause the cost to maintain are to much. Building or maintain is pointless if there are not realy good reasons like a full on war like the 2. where bombers flew over the citys. bombs or shelling could make them worth, but fleeing is a better option, since now it´s Nato and not france germany or britan.
@@Fynnuekue we also dont actualy use them which is partly why the falll into disrepair. if you activly Use something of course your going to focus more on its meintainance.
Colin, as someone who wears shirts almost constantly, I’d love if you were to make a button up shirt as some merch, it would be awesome to have something that is your design on the pattern/print for when you wear your shirt and tie
I think a big part of why your retrospective-planning strategy worked was because you (presumably) had the skills to evaluate what could go wrong (the likely, less likely, and nigh-impossible, all) and the ability to absorb most if not all of the expected consequences if it did. I would think for someone who doesn't have the same skills and experience with construction, plumbing, and engineering as Colin does, you'll want to file with your local authorities BEFORE you get started, so that they can alert you to anything you don't know about.
his method was a very dodgy way to do it. you should ALWAYS get approval before doing any sort of work that requires the approval of a planning body. he didn't cause he knew they would say no. if he wasn't a YTber they would still have said no
@@caijones156 Nah, fuck the state. Build your tunnels and bunkers, tell no-one.
With the casual way he mentions how upset the town council is, this stunt still might come back to bite him. It's not super frequent, but a few celebrities have found themselves evicted from town by municipal governments for doing over-the-top stuff. The un-permitted tunnel building plus the death-machine-building would look real bad on fun-loving Colin at an official hearing.
@@johnladuke6475 Town councils are a joke in the UK. Their objection means nothing, if he got planning, he's OK.
his soil has clay so sticks together well almost like rock but softer . he is not very deep so chances of it caving in like a trench is very low if not zero. after he pours the concrete it is plenty strong especially since it's only to withstand human foot traffic above and. he is lucky that it's not sandy soil and that the water table is bellow his tunnel or he would have more problems. if it was flooding with water it would be way more dangerous and unpleasant .
“You wanna go down?”
“Ya fookin right I do”
Everyone’s a kid at heart
6:55 Thank you so much for featuring our song Colin!! We love watching the progress of the tunnel!!💛
Fire song my guy
rad songng
Straight banger
Skeet song
@@milkyo1206 jiz song?
I absolutely love you neighbor. Swearing & all he's fun to watch.
It's fun to try & figure out what he's actually saying too.
I still can't believe you actually built this. Especially since you did it by yourselves with very little outside help. Please bring your neighbor by again. He's adorable & fun.
These vids are like a guilty pleasure. Just watching them over and over to see if I missed any details, it seems so fun! When colin is excitedly going through the tunnel entrances with a smile it makes me think of fred and george weasley plotting something troublesome. I am curious though, you have mentioned a few times that the mesh does a good job holding back the concrete but what do you do about the little drops that do fall through? wipe it away before it hardens? or is it all behind the walls you are going to put up anyway so you ignore the drops?
“Two-inch mesh lets the cement through. One-inch mesh holds it back”. Now that’s experience. Love it! 👍
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This must be an invaluable series for all the other people building secret tunnels under their semi detached houses in suburbia.
It was a very helpful tutorial series wasn't it?
@@helenkouts9772 Faultless. I’ve been mapping out my underground services since I saw it in preparation for my ventilation shafts. My neighbour’s ahead of me though; they’ve sunk their first access portal in their bicycle shed…
My mrs wont let me start mine, i got inspired then watch basment mantions in london and fe%% me those are utterly bonkers like hotels
Psh, who can afford houses. I just have a tiny little shed. With a 2 acre compound underneath it, inside the mountain
@@alakani PML! :)
I freakin love Colin as a council member 😂
Crazy I’ve been watching him since I was little. Look at how far he’s come.
Are you really telling me the bunker was 8 years ago? It has been quite the journey Mr. Furze, and a bloody good one. Thank you for keeping the madness alive!
Wait....what 😲
The videos came out like 6 years ago, but he mentioned in this video that is was constructed 8 years ago!
The “council worker inspecting a secret tunnel” bit was brilliant 😂
Colin I have followed you for quite a few years now and I absolutely love it and everything you do.
Thank you so much. it's an absolutely best TH-cam channel in the world.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to you and your family and all your other subscribers.
David
I love how my favourite TH-cam series is a man digging a tunnel in his back garden
For a minute I was confused why Colin was so good at figuring out where the pipes and plumbing was. Then I remembered he was a plumber
Ah yes so basically he's making some sort of an oversized plumbing system? Steel and concrete ducts for humans?
The holes in the rocks are natural air tubes that do in fact go for miles. Many people in western America have found ways to link their homes up to these tubes. The tubes provide great natural air conditioning!
@@BrendanRaymondKoroKoro It's bizarre that people still frack right next to people's homes. Especially in the US where they have tons of completely empty land everywhere.
Don't forget about radon! :/
I think colin should get a radon meter and see if levels are elevated in the tunnels at all, even though it doesn't seem like the type of rock to produce radon
@@Jake-bt3fc it massively improves production on old wells what they are doing is opening the capillaries in the rock wider so more gas and oil can flow through
@@Jake-bt3fc There are cases where it's done somewhat close to a home, but it's pretty darn rare.
I’m really happy to see that you look like you’ve been sleeping better since the last update i watched! You’re awesome, stay healthy!!!
This is such a cool project, I would love to be able to volunteer and help complete it just for the experience. this sort of work is so fun and rewarding and the possible opportunities from the outcome can be wonders. keep up the amazing work. I can't wait to see it's completion.
The big boss of youtube susan needs to give you an award for embodying what youtube was made for. This and your entire channel is what youtube is all about, just pure creativity
Its not a shitty skit for children so they don't care
I should agree with this,since majority of TH-cam content is so called "Family friendly" in reality they are quick cashgrab from children,found content like Colin maybe hard,but there should be plenty like this somehow in youtube and everyone who did hardwork should deserve it anyway
@@FlyingParrot225 No, it wasn't. Stop spreading false information.
@@Elvendertig1130 If its false info, why is it being proved on multiple news/tech sites?
@@Wertyhappy27 It is possible for multiple sources to be wrong. Lots of news sites copy content from others, as you might now if you've been around. I too have read that supposedly that was one of the early concepts. But even so, a concept still doesn't represent what it was made for.
Anyone else nearly have a heart attack when he said the bunker build was 8 years ago?🤣🤣 Can't believe I've been subscribed for so long, mans a legend!
No kidding. I used to be 40 something...
yep, shit, Im getting old
bloody hell
What the heck. That's not possible. Must be some space-time anomaly. It was only a couple years ago, I'm sure!
8.......
8!!!!!!
"tore the carpet up giggity" lmao
Imagine someone buying this house 200 years later with no idea xD
Its in England I think, so it'll probably be under water and his great great grandkids will live in the Scottish Highlands during a war for fresh water
imagine being mini furze and just living in a house where your dad literally built an entire survival bunker like come on it doesn’t get cooler then that
and broadcasted it to millions on interwebs. useless for survival, great for other purposes lol.
Like most of us, mini furze would take it in stride think NBD and become an accountant. (Hoping not though! 😝)
Then you dont know Colin Furze.... i bet he will make a robotzombie army zo he can experience the survivalbunker lifestyle properly 😂
uuuuuuuuuuntil the kid is old enough to try Halflife. Overseer Furze might just change his mind.
Than*
Honestly, the neighbour’s reaction to discovering that you’ve been building a tunnel next door to them was priceless. Can’t wait for the short for the rest of that reaction 😂
Yea his reaction was great. Would love him as a neighbor
It's just a bit like the hidden passages, rooms, observatory and whatever in Britannia Manor, the house that Richard Garriott had built back in the 80's. For anyone who didn't know Richard is a computer game designer who is known for the Ultima series of games. The house is basically the dream house of a kid with secret doors, passages, rooms and even a tower with a observatory. If I remember correctly there's also some other fantasy inspired buildings on the estate including a "wizards" tower or a light house. I've never seen in IRL just some pictures and at some time a map.
Four times he hosted what's been called the worlds most famous haunted house during Halloween. The first time was 1988 and then every two years up until 1994. The event was styled like a LARP where adventuring parties would go through the mountain property gathering clues and solving mysteries while avoiding traps and interacting with actors. The main house with it's dungeons and hidden doors was included in the event.
The property was eventually sold in 2014 and the new owner demolished the house in 2016.
@@blahorgaslisk7763 WHAT! I hadn't heard that it was demolished! That person should be ashamed!!!
..like the new door in their basement floor? grin
@@scottstewart3884 There could be legit reasons. Given how unorthodox the house was it's possible it wasn't built all that well. If there were real structural problems then I can see how maintaining or refurbishing it might have been extraordinarily expensive. AFAIK Richard hadn't lived on the estate for nearly ten years and it had been up for sale for several years before someone bought it.
It was famous enough that I'm sure there are a lot of extremely rich people who would have loved to own it just because of it's history, and yet no one bought it. It's almost guaranteed that there's a good reason for that.
So as sad as it is to hear it's gone perhaps it's better to hear about how it was when it was at it's height and not have to see what it looked like at the end.
just started watching your videos I'm already caught up to part 9 and excited to see part 10
Can't wait for the next progress video for this man! Loving this project. Question - will you put any signs up to direct people where the tunnel is going (or for yourself in case you may be nursing a bad hangover or sick or whatever someday)? Would love to be able to get an in-person tour of it someday if I got lucky enough to visit the UK. :)
As an amateur self proclaimed geologist, that is DEFINITELY, a rock.
As a human, i can confirm.
As an anime cat girl i can confirm that your view is correct.
SilentRoses you’re super cute 😻
@@laska907 🤨
@@laska907 rule 684 of internet never believe a female pfp.
Colin was a legend before this tunnel, now he is somehow even more legendary so that's gotta be at least legend²
The Legendary Legend, impressive indeed.
TheLegend27
Legend squared is still just legend
He's a legendary mythical legend hero legend? Scraping the barrel a bit here I know ...
Colin is the only TH-camr my eyes light up in excitement to see what he's done this time. Definitely a legend^2.
love all these explanations!
fantastic video! the explanations are a fine extra! Best video so far.
This guy is that one legendary dad that doesn't get tired after work and spends time with his kids to build or do something even after a day of work.
working in mining company
this tunnel IS Colin's work
When you have money and only first world problems to tackle, yea sure anyone can do this. Especially when youtube is yet another source of income for a hobby (to spend time with kids)
@@PutsOnSneakers yeah that's what hustling and hard work get you!
Working a hobby isn’t work, with in reason
"We tore the carpet up Giggity" thats was a quick one almost missed it lol
Great videos love the series its almost like u new wat was on the horizon
Alright we are going Brazilian
It just keeps getting better!
I love this so much. I keep thinking about how this will last long after you and I are gone and it's really awesome.
Really hope that draft coming from the bedrock isn't a radon hazard, especially if the area is quartz-rich. If the tunnel has good active ventilation, it shouldn't be a problem either way, but if it just has passive circulation, you might want to do a radon test.
Definitely worth measuring the Radon levels
It's not an issue in some countries.
Bruh. Have you never heard of radon issues? AFAIK almost every building in the US, especially ones that extend underground, has to be tested for radon.
@@sagittariusa4023 he's in the uk but it still makes sense
I didn't even think about the fact that radon might be an issue but that does actually pose a solid concern.
Colin, When the tunnel is finished, please get 3 different estate agents around to value your house and see what they say!
I don't know what the parish council are able to twist about, other than a ventilation pipe on the shed, nothing visually has changed above ground but that's what Parish councils do I guess.
Bro still waiting for the cave and cliff update irl (11:35) 😂
Yes, full video, please. Awesome
Hi Colin,
To my ancient geologist eyes, your "quartz" looks more like another mineral, calcite. ( Could also be other similar "carbonate" minerals like magnesite or aragonite.) Way to tell is to drip some dilute hydrochloric acid on it or even vinegar. Quartz won't fizz but carbonate minerals will.
Hard to tell from the quick view of your first shell like "fossil" but it could be a brachiopod cast. Then again could be a round ball of grit...
Good work! Cheers.
Im going with fósil. Lump of grit just doesn’t have the same flair to it
@@sachalyall8243 🎶 I got a lump of gri-it! I got a lump of gri-it! And guess what it's stuck to! 🎶
...well, I tried.
@@HaloInverse Preserved with lots of wit
@@HaloInverse Torn out with my(his?our?) grit
@@CyanicCore o hi
Honestly I can't even actually imagine the labor effort or the cost of steel and concrete. This is something I would've loved to actually try out, but holy crap the dedication is amazing.
I'd love to know what this thing has cost. I wonder what gauge the sheet steel is?
He makes a lot of money as a plumber and now because of his TH-cam popularity. But yeah I'm definitely curious how much this all costed him.
Tens of thousands I'm sure
“Have you found anything cool while digging up rocks?” Colin: Yea, rocks :D
Absolutely love these videos
First, don’t need to apologize for taking long on releasing videos for this project. Even without the council involvement the sheer labor this takes is insane! Iv loved every episode and I can’t wait to watch each and every new one!
We all should start digging tunnels, make a massive network and meet up with Colin.😆
A few years back, I saw a tv programme about a guy who had been digging his own secret tunnel to nowhere for the past like 10 years or so. The council were digging to lay a new water or gas pipe or something like that, and discovered it. Seeing as it wasn't in their records, and the whole thing was tiled out in a kind of victorian fashion, work stopped while they called in archeologists to check it out.... then a sheepish looking local turned up, and said "yeah, sorry, that's my tunnel. It's my hobby. If you keep going through it that way, you'll come up under my house."
Goes to show, Furze is just the latest in a long line of great British nutters :)
@@garyfreeman7122 I think it's in the gene that the British likes dig.
We have such massive networks of tunnels in Malta, they are known as air raid shelters
yep, a few years ago I remember seeing a local tv news piece about a guy on the south coast who dug down beneath his house. He went down vertically a fair way, scooped out a chamber then set off horizontally and created several other 'rooms'. Fabulous job, all really well finished. Been trying to find the details out ever since, lol, but can't trace it, doh.
Going under the Atlantic might be a little tricky though.
Honestly the digging is really relaxing to watch
Quartz crystallization is a precursor formation of gold amalgamation. When prospecting I always sink exploratory bore holes around quartz formations, they routinely indicate the presence of gold.
the massive geology nerd in me was very pleased with you showing cool rocks you've uncovered, hope you do it in the future if you find more cool stuff!
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I’ve waited so patiently, the time has finally come. Love this series
You are a true Champion & genius Mr Furze. Asking for forgiveness rather than permission was probably a good way to deal with ur local council (many will disagree). Rule Number 1 states: you can do anything you like if you dont get caught! Cheers from Oz
Awesome project and series! ❤🎉
I love how your neighbour reacted. Because that's how anyone would react to someone building such an insane tunnel system without having seen it on the channel beforehand
I would love to see a real estate sales person, attempting to explain this tunnel to prospect buyers. Hey ever wanted a tunnel, slash hidden dungeon.
I think he mentioned in another video he'd have to sell it as a bunker that just happens to have a house built on top of it.
@@lnxmachine but that was before he made the tunnel, although he might still do that
Plenty of UK homes still have bomb shelter bunkers AFAIK. This is just a more extravagant, habitable, modern version of that.
Who doesn't want a hidden dungeon?
@@seigeengine that is accessible from the house
Eres un grande! gracias por compartir.
Those quarts ones are so cool and SOOO pretty!!
...which reminds me of the similarity between a digital watch and an elephant: they both come in quartz...
i feel like you should do a live stream when you're doing the final part of the tunnel that connects to the bunker so everyone can watch the final break through into the bunker
he absolutely needs to do this
Those major cracks in the rocks are called "joints" by geologists and can form for any number of reasons. You're also totally reasonable in comparing to the nearby quarry, and it's a neat comparison too because some of the first geologists, from the UK, and made similar comparisons to what they found in their digs to quarries miles away - and that near-horizontal comparison helped geologists clue into (sedimentary) rocks being deposited horizontally and that they resulted from "sedimentation".
Do you know where the draft could originate from? Or could that be from almost anywhere where there would be the slightest hole/crack/gap?
@@Masterfighterx
The draft could be coming from anywhere along any interconnecting crack. Broadly speaking, it's generated by a difference in heat and pressure from the air source and the tunnel.
I'd guess it's carrying cool dense air from somewhere a connected crack comes to, or close to, surface and the air is flowing down into the ground and welling up/flowing into his tunnel. Kind of like water flowing from the surface into a leaky basement. In such a case one might see the air flow fluctuate (speed of the air, directionality) somewhat in correlation with surface temperatures/weather/the seasons.
Another possibility is that it's hot air, warmed by some deeper/nearby heat source (or just the natural earth heat gradient) and it's upwelling/rising through interconnected cracks.
In both cases, "nearby" could be miles away or right next door.
Yet a third option, though a bit different from the others, it could be air displaced from the cracks by water, such as from a recent rain, the tides, etc. He might find the directionality of the air flow changes depending on how wet or dry the season is as the groundwater level rises and falls.
@@Dudekahedron Excellent information!
Agreed, stellar breakdown! From a fellow geology nerd, all 3 scenarios are fully plausible. Would be really interesting to see any well logs and maps from the area to dial it in.
@@Dudekahedron Thanks, much appreciated!
Colin your a true inspiration 👌🏻👌🏻
I just got back to your channel after so long, and that's a hell of a way to wake up, I should implement that to my mornings
I'm just incredulous at the mass of steel and concrete you're planted in your yard. Very nice work!
Hope a steel tree starts growing in the backyard soon, a lot cheaper if you can harvest your own steel than to purchase it.
When I asked colin a couple of years ago how he will prevent his bunker from rusting he answered "with love" now I know it actually was WD40
Is there a difference? WD40 IS love
Can you smell the tunnel now?
It's amazing how well a thin coat of "dried" oil will protect steel. The best protection from rust is being blued and oiled.
@@aserta I know exactly how Colins tunnel smells and that's probably the weirdest thing I've posted in any comment section ever. 🤣
WD 40 turns to varnish over a few months. That's why it's bad to use it to free up stuck machinery unless you follow up with a proper lube once everything moves again.
Lol on what you had to do to weld on the back side of that wall you installed. Your sense of humor is awesome!
Colin is ungovernable. Respect.
I love how he commits to doing the things that most people just dream about and never act on.
It’s expensive to do what you want for fun.
with steel prices, that's got to be expensive. seriously
And not everyone has the wits to design, and fab all of this, plus, the machinery. This is easily over 10k, and everyone can't fork that over easily.
@@lohostege 10k? No. That wouldn't even start. I just bought a 4×8 3 1/6 (similar to what he is using) and I paid 400$
@@deelarry2137 I said easily over 10k, not just, 10k.
Almost hope that this tunnel extends forever just so we can keep getting a new tunnel digging video every month or so
And connect with your neighbours. They should have entrances too since it’s public land
Only problem is he's limited to his property line, and he cant dig down easily and make walls like he's been doing because everything needs to be taken in/out through the hatch including all of the dirt/rocks, so best case scenario is that the ground under him is solid enough to maintain structural stability on its own and not fill with water, although the surfaces could be sprayed with epoxy, but the whole process would be very slow
@@Sausketo How cool would it be though if somehow he was able to just dig further and further but within the property line, essentially turning it into a multi-story bunker lol
Love this shit
@@pistol0grip0pump That's what I was thinking, just keep going down and down a few storeys. Make it a multi-level wonder complex!
The new series colin's catacombs
Love it, thanks Colin.
Beautiful! I’ve only just got planning through for a simple 12 x 6m garage after 14 weeks so god knows how you’ve managed that this side of 2022! 👍
This project, for me, makes the Great Escape even more amazing. Imagine how hard it would be to dig this tunnel using bowls as shovels.
They did have a sandy soil though, but the length and how they had to acquire wooden cribbage for the tunnels meant none of the beds had adequate wood left supporting their mattresses. Not to mention that disposing of the sand was big issue due to the difference between the ground top soil layer and sub soil layers, had to be careful spread around the camp as just dumping the sand would draw attention. The documentaries of about all the problems they had in addition to just digging the tunnel by spoons and bowels shows how ingenious the plan was. The fact every bunk house was built above the ground so that the tunnel was exposed and anyone going through that open space was at risk each time.... continues to add to the list amazing facts of that project.
Which if you haven't head of The "Colditz Cock" which was a glider built by British prisoners of war for an escape attempt from Oflag IV-C (Colditz Castle) prion camp in Germany, I suggest you enjoy another "great escape" that almost happened but the war ended before they flew their glider out of the attic in the castle..... Post war inspection believed they would have had a working flying glider for their escape.
They had loose soil, so the digging would have been the easy part, relatively.
Retrospective planning permission would be good here. They would probably refuse or raise loads of questions about an abstract idea but, since they can see the quality of your work, it's straightforward
This tunnel and all your inventions will become fossils of humanity. Simply amazing.
I love that Collin makes ya not wanna skip the ads, they’re always funny 😄
"It's easier to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission". If I learned anything from this video, this is the #1 thing. Absolutely brilliant!
Depends what you're doing, not much they can say about it since no cables or pipework were at risk, and it's not littering his lawn or anything.
I wouldn't take it as good fish to build an annex building at your property near the lake or anything.
@N Fels
Listen, what we're on about is this:
They gave Furze the ok (and he was prepared to fill it in once he was done).
Anyone with grey matter in working fashion can see the difference between what Furze is doing, vs putting up a brick house on worm-eaten wooden foundations or stupid stuff like that, the effects of which, Lara Kempf, another youtuber, is struggling with right now.
Also, remember, I CLEARLY advised strongly AGAINST putting up anything on waterfront property and not tell anyone.
I've been in construction for a wee bit, and welding too, and no foundations were made until after the soil was checked, and no concrete was poured until after the concrete was tested, not a single nail, screw, plank or box was put up without going through the OK'ing process.
Same thing with the welding, x-ray's and granular inspections all the way from here and to Japan and back.
Every type of material and composition thereof has it's limitations and tensile strength.
Outside of work I have never put up so much as a single brick or 2x4" or weld bead in any sort of permanent state where strength mattered, without every I and T checked and crossed & approved from and by the appropriate authorities and OTHER professionals, wherever required, and sometimes OUTSIDE of lawful decrees.
Why? Because I live by the mantra that everything you do can be criticized & scrutinized, I make it a point to have it criticized even if I CAN get away without.
That doesn't mean that I have no right to make up my own thoughts, as well as speak them in public for that matter, so long as they're not acted upon, putting lives at risk.
I get that you see a lot of sh*t every day, but you're there for a reason, to catch the 1% that goof.
Trust is the crux and core of our society and we can't function without it.
Next time, keep feelings in check and give people benefit of the doubt, that goes for people you work with, and people you work for.
And if you can't do that, such as you've venomously demonstrated here, you don't deserve so much as a single PENNY of that 40-60k.
That about sound fair enough?
As a Contractor for thirty years; I wouldn't advise that one whatsoever. Seen guys lose a fortune and in the end bulldoze the thing over anyway. Seen some able to formalize as long as it was up to code and paying fines if the building dept was kind. Done the just do it and had it backfire a couple of times, but best just to be upfront and respectful. Except for the new insane energy standards that are pure green WOKE nonsense our idiot Gov Inslee pushed for (like R43 in attics no interior ducting, ect) , the laws are there for a good reason.
@@ellkir1521 Absolutely! I advise against any unsafe haphazard sh*t, costs more in the long run.
But as Furze clearly said, he was prepared to fill it back in and only seemed to bring it up with city counsil and the like after they spotted it on facebook, and he gave the OK to actually have it inspected for the pure shiz of it, and they actually approved.
So he must have done something right.
Agree about most of the building rules, they're meant to protect contractors and homeowners alike.
And on the note of all the woke building rules, I've even seen those that preach about and for certain codes and the like get their stuff bulldozed too because they thought they were above the rules.
It’s actually really cool seeing the less silly side of Colin when he flexes his knowledge on stuff. The videos make it look so simple but there’s so much specialist skill and planning that must go into this.
I’d be interested to know what happened to all that excavated rock!
Probably dumped in that nearby quarry he mentioned.
Probably dumped it bit by bit while walking around the exercise yard …
@@gregf-stormvejr6892 lol Shawshank
He dug another tunnel and dumped the excavated rock there.
Yeah, I'd like seeing him more like this. I've skipped any of his videos of interesting but not interesting enough topics to suffer insufferable hyperactivity and screaming.
Ketton Quarry! I've gotta see this tunnel when done!
Hey Colin, i LOVE this series, when will the next episode be released?