Don't know if you'll see this now being its 2019, but i am watching and am completely intrigued by the series and already can't wait to watch more. Thank you for these set of videos, it captures a lost time in history as well.
When he said it was "35 degrees outside" I thought he meant it was a hot day, but 35 degrees in American units is actually a rather cold day. Adding the conversions makes things much clearer. 👍
I see you’ve been blessed by the TH-cam algorithm for whatever reason. Me and a lot of people seem to be binging all these old videos. This is awesome, it’s something I’ve always wanted to do but after seeing all this I doubt I’d ever have the money or time to do so. I’m quite impressed with your fortitude. I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone take on a project this big more or less on their own, especially considering you don’t just have unlimited time and money to just go at it non stop with a whole crew of contractors and whatnot.
Awesome content! Up until now I really had no idea just how much larger L3 was in comparison to the other two levels. I imagine projecting an image of space on the dome ceiling at L1 would look amazing! Cheers as always for these videos.
The sewer tank you are referring to is a "Sewage Ejection Pit" with the sewage ejection pumps. Also your sump pumps dumping into them would have not been allowed in a commercial application. I have worked on many old buildings that had this type of system, the float switches would fail a lot and caused stinky work to repair. I just found your videos and have binge watched all of the in one night. Thanks for sharing your progress...
I know were not supposed to "ENVY" our neighbor, but i can't help it. I was a maintainer at McConnell AFB (82-86) and wish I would of had the forethought to buy a site and do what you are doing. On one hand it makes me sad to know the "Titans have left the building" so to speak, but it's so AWESOME to see you preserving part of our past. Greatest respects and thankfulness to you and your family!!!!
I'd really think carefully about spiral stairs. They save some space, yes, but are much more dangerous in addition to being much slower and more difficult to use. Is it worth saving the space for something that might irritate you multiple times a day, every day? The existing stairs, blasted and painted, seem pretty nice and would probably fit great in the industrial aesthetic of the finished place. Of course, it all comes down to what is practical.
Fantastic video as usual. The progress so far is amazing. Even though I've seen you make it, I still can't imagine how difficult it was getting it to this stage. I hope you can get in to the silo some day. That's got to be an incredible sight.
With a rusty metal primer, or any primer, you have to coat it afterwards with a top coat of paint. When I worked at Lowe's i had several customers come in with primer issues such as this one and you can't just leave the primer on itself. It's not meant to be permanent top coat.
hey guys for the door and other outdoor metal you should be looking at marine paints. The kind they use to paint metal hull fishing boats etc. bonding to metal and resisting moisture is literally what they are designed for.
Thanks! I have quite a relationship with the local Sherwin Williams and I think this is what we've talked about. The outer door will get moisture but the inner doors won't. So the question is... what color? I've always wanted a red door. :-)
I know this is 3 years old, but have you guys thought about using something like truck bed liner on some of that exposed metal? It's supposed to be very durable, and is designed to adhere to metal.
I am pretty much like below post Austin- watching in 2019 and intrigued! Hats off to you on the project. I wonder how it ended up. Your were sure working at it given high water table and method of destroying for deactivation. Going to try and snag one of your hats.
Looking good. I really do want to come up and take a look at your silo. It has been 46 years since I pulled my last alert. Have you had any former Titan II crewmembers come to visit this silo?
You might be interested in a paint called POR 15, it stands for paint over rust (not lose rust though) goes a very long was, only cons are its doesn't like UV and you can't easily paint over it, in saying that it comes in colors and you can hit it with s hammer once dry, would be good for your steel work you don't want to sandblast
I'm curious. Are you planning on installing an Air-Intake system with NBC filtration capability? Are you planning on making the place survivable in the event of a nuclear incident? You could use the silo for long term storage of weapons, food, water, ect. Are you planning on installing an independent power generation capability, and if so diesel or just batteries charged from local grid? What is the length of time you plan on prepping for? Three months? Six? One year?
I can't be the only person who thinks the top level would be an incredible iMax or planetarium projection space! If you rigged up projectors you could reproduce the night sky while sleeping.
Interesting Video. Other than the Septic Tank, what is at the bottom (under) the bird cage? If I owned this, I think I would have actually removed the bird cage :-)
You mentioned in another video Level 2 was higher than the cableway after removing all the equipment. The was because the springs contracted. In this video they look extended again and looks like Level 2 is even with the cableway. What did you level the floor out?
It is crazy to think about all the progress you have made over the years. Level is so much bigger than I thought. One question how does the heating system work?
7:00 I would be tempted to have a big mural painted on the dome of level 1 of a sky and trees and mountains, and perhaps a city skyline, that would help with the claustrophobic feeling of being underground.
I've never had anyone be claustrophobic down there. It's quite large and open. We do plan on having some TV "windows" as well as a planetarium projection on the dome level. That should make it feel more above ground.
have to say very impressed with your project and very curious about it also. so many questions and ideas haha can only imagine how you feel about the whole thing. Personally my curiosity about the silo is driving me nuts!!! there are a couple decommissioned and abondoned missile silos near me in Colorado/Wyoming but I have yet to go visit them myself but planning to do in the future.
Just be careful Jacob! If you haven't already, you may want to watch all of Ep05 before you go. :-) I know if I open the silo I start tinkering with it. Which always costs money. Which takes away from finished the current project. :-)
Already have the safety equipment for it and double checked after watching your video also these silos and everything are opened and have been for years from the looks of it though there are some videos from previous adventurers going in it on TH-cam which I wouldn't mind getting your opinion on before or if I go see it for myself
Haha true but the silo is still gonna drive me crazy till you get in there but $$$$ and time is always a issue with every project so I completely understand where your coming from idk if I could stay away from that side as long as you have
You know we have a few of these already to move in just 1 state above you in Missouri. There is a nice one for sale in polo mo. All this time and money and energy and resources when there already in Kansas and Missouri that's only 1 state away.
There is a series of books by Hugh Howey starting with "Wool" that I think you need to read. They are fictional novels about the distant future where the earth is poisoned and people live in these silos. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed them and we don't even own a silo. ;)
No structural problems with the tunnel plug. I still need to concrete in the top 14" but I'll get to that sometime. Access portal rebuild is coming... :-)
Hey man. Have you looked at the 1000w lazer cleaning systems that are about these days? would do wonders on all the metalwork there ? :) fantastic project though love it!
Another excellant video. There was a fella who turned an Atlas F into a home and he hung some type of thick material on his walls to cut down the echos. Though I am sure that even just filling the place with furniture will help to cut it down. Place looks amazing and I am very jealous! Maybe I'll have to buy one myself, dig it up, and ship it to Australia (kidding)! Are there two entrys into the escape/vent tube? One on L3 and one on L2?
The official entrance is on level 3. Level 2 has a horizontal tunnel to it just like the escape but this is where the ventilation system went. Future video... :-)
Death Wears Bunny Slippers this is kind of obvious advice but just get some sound dampening foam for the walls. The same stuff found in music recording studios
Looks great! So what will happen when we catch up with current day? Willl the videos stop? Or is there still plenty to do that you will be documenting?
Thanks Dan! Well, that's a concern I have for sure. The videos won't stop, but they could be slower to release than they are now. I know everyone will hate that... we'll do our best.
Not that I've seen, but I am going to chat with the museum next time I'm there. I do know of a LOT of pictures of construction though. I was planning on doing a video on the construction.
That's exactly what we are doing. Only difference is level 3 is 1000' sq ft so that's would be a big ass kitchen. So part of level 3 will be a kitchen and the other half will be... :-)
Thanks for keeping these coming, I really do love to see this transform. You did the paranormal activity theme in this video, it's creative content not forgetfulness ;) Have you had any strange contacts from gov. agencies or anything since posting these videos? I know I was shocked you could even own one when I first saw it, I'm sure there's at least one over zealous paper pusher out there that thinks this is a problem somehow. Also, how's the dam holding up?
No contacts from the government. The site was turned over to civilians before decommissioning so its not like they are worried about anything classified. And, I'm not the first person to do this to a missile silo. From all I've seen, mine should be the most "home like" but again, other people own and explore them. What would be awesome is if they forgot something at the bottom of the silo and they had to go get it. :-)
I'm always impressed by you american peoples bringing up so much money for that stuff/your crazy hobbys. Excuse me if it was mentioned in a previous video, but how did you actually aquire that much money? saved up or credit or did you rob a bank?
In a previous video he mentioned he got it appraised and then took out a mortgage for the place itself, but the work going on in there is bit by bit with saving from whatever they do for work
I don't know if painting the concrete with anything but a breathing type of paint is a good idea. You will damage it if it can't breathe. That, or building a huge water well at the lowest point so the water drains naturally from the ground around the structure. Obviously it has to be done all around the place, and that might get expensive.
I think you are saying that b/c of the moisture usually seen in basements. This doesn't have this problem. Literally, there is no moisture on the walls. I'm guessing because the concrete is so thick?
One thing to consider is that the outside of the concrete shell is wrapped in solid steel plate. (It's a Faraday cage for EMP hardening.) There is actually a Titan II in Tucson that has been partially excavated so the top one third or so of the LCC is exposed and you can see it. If there isn't any concrete making contact with the surrounding soils then moisture ingress shouldn't be an issue...right?
Death Wears Bunny Slippers do you wanna rebuild that at one point, so that it still works a d comes open like a massive sunroof. What would. Be really cool is to harden the second to top floor of the solo and turn the top into a kind of yard that you could entertain guests in that could be recovered at any time. I know you want to make it a garage, but I think you can probably do both, make an entrance to it in the yard and it all goes below that. Put the elevator on the side or something
Most people don't want to sell them so that's the first difficulty. I wanted to buy one closer to where I lived (at the time) but no one would sell. Many people think that one day they'll do something with it. When in all reality, no one (and I didn't either) know what they are getting into.
A bank loan 6 years ago and the rest has been self-funded. I work as a marketing guy in technology. What I tell everyone is that I get some major stuff done when time and money align.
The heating and air system is still under contract. What?! What does that even mean. Does that mean they're still contractually obligated to provide working heating and air systems for this facility, even though it was decomissioned?
What? I have no idea what I said (and I don't feel like listening to myself again). But no, the HVAC isn't under contract. There isn't a HVAC system in there right now.
Death Wears Bunny Slippers "ooo there's my MIG welder, I love that thing." I figured I need to leave a comment to help with the TH-cam algorithm. you're doing/have done some pretty awesome things. are you on the grid as far as electric? any hassles from code enforcement/ permits?
Right now we don't heat it. If we close the doors and let no air in it would go down to 58 degrees F (14C) and stay there. Right now I think its about 65 degrees in there but will get cooler over the winter b/c we have air flowing through it. Its quite comfortable in there unless you stop moving for a while. Then you feel the cold. I did some math and I think I need somewhere around 50,000 BTUs to heat it which is very reasonable. But, the heater will probably have to run full time because of the thermal load from the concrete. Its like a huge heat sink and would take years (guessing) to warm up)
It didn't occur to me to think of how long it would take to warm up that amount of concrete and the effect it would have. What's the moisture in the air like? Do you get problems in certain areas on the opposite side of the structure to the vent?
GldRush98 -- The original silos had to be kept within a few degrees of a specific temperature to keep the liquid propellants from either gelling up or boiling off. I can't imagine what it cost the USAF in electricity...
Acoustic treatments. Something in the center of the dome hanging and something around the perimeter. That's where we'll start and then see how it sounds from there.
I think what you and others that are doing the same thing, is great. But in practicality , this is not cost prohibitive. Maybe if it was free? But I doubt it. But what your doing is cool as hell!!!!
Thanks Neil. And not sure what you mean by not cost prohibitive; depends on a lot of factors I suppose. Will I ever get my money back out of it? I don't really know; but I think so. :-)
+Death Wears Bunny Slippers Well, the bunkers I've seen for sale are around $300,000 in their decommissioned state. If I had to guess it would take another 200-300,000 to make a home. So $500,000 for the average joe is cost prohibitive If you have the money, then it's a very cool idea!!!! I wish I could have found one and bought it directly from the government. From what I've read, the government sold them fairly cheap
Background... that could be a video itself. My profession is technology but I grew up working on farms. Dad had a welding and machine shop. Lots of woodworking and shop classes. So I owe all of these mad skills to that. :-)
Amazing project but given the number of silos, why did they not dig out the top of each building and take everything out, just leaving the concrete. Seems like a criminal waste of material and lazy.
How many times a week does your wife face palm because "what the hell are you doing?" ?!!! You're a lucky man to have a woman who puts up with your male nonsense! I've never found one!!
Don't know if you'll see this now being its 2019, but i am watching and am completely intrigued by the series and already can't wait to watch more. Thank you for these set of videos, it captures a lost time in history as well.
me too! ..watched every vid up till now - got to save the rest for the weekend!
Amazing to see the Control Center stripped out, Huge difference since the last time I was there.....in June of '76!
Wow! :-)
You should totally paint the night sky with stars on the big dome ceiling!
Was thinking.... projection of the actual outside. Cameras outside... projectors... awesome. But $$
with glow in the dark paint!
Those springs would make beautiful hanging lamps.
Thank you so much for adding metric and celsius conversions! :) Love your videos!
Welcome and thanks!
Death Wears Bunny Slippers when the next video coming lol can't wait to see more I can't get enough of these videos, keep up the hard work 👍👍👍👍
When he said it was "35 degrees outside" I thought he meant it was a hot day, but 35 degrees in American units is actually a rather cold day. Adding the conversions makes things much clearer. 👍
I see you’ve been blessed by the TH-cam algorithm for whatever reason. Me and a lot of people seem to be binging all these old videos. This is awesome, it’s something I’ve always wanted to do but after seeing all this I doubt I’d ever have the money or time to do so. I’m quite impressed with your fortitude. I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone take on a project this big more or less on their own, especially considering you don’t just have unlimited time and money to just go at it non stop with a whole crew of contractors and whatnot.
This is great to watch! And thank you for posting the measurements in meters and celsius for us who have the metric system.
Awesome content! Up until now I really had no idea just how much larger L3 was in comparison to the other two levels.
I imagine projecting an image of space on the dome ceiling at L1 would look amazing!
Cheers as always for these videos.
Thanks!
Thank you for taking all the time to film this and then edit it into videos. Its awesome to see the progression.
Thanks!
The sewer tank you are referring to is a "Sewage Ejection Pit" with the sewage ejection pumps. Also your sump pumps dumping into them would have not been allowed in a commercial application. I have worked on many old buildings that had this type of system, the float switches would fail a lot and caused stinky work to repair.
I just found your videos and have binge watched all of the in one night. Thanks for sharing your progress...
I know were not supposed to "ENVY" our neighbor, but i can't help it. I was a maintainer at McConnell AFB (82-86) and wish I would of had the forethought to buy a site and do what you are doing. On one hand it makes me sad to know the "Titans have left the building" so to speak, but it's so AWESOME to see you preserving part of our past. Greatest respects and thankfulness to you and your family!!!!
Thank you James! Not sure where you live but you are always welcome to come here for a tour. Feel free to email me gt@dwbs.video.
Really decent of you to add the unit conversions for watchers foreign to you. Thumbs up!
I'd really think carefully about spiral stairs. They save some space, yes, but are much more dangerous in addition to being much slower and more difficult to use. Is it worth saving the space for something that might irritate you multiple times a day, every day? The existing stairs, blasted and painted, seem pretty nice and would probably fit great in the industrial aesthetic of the finished place. Of course, it all comes down to what is practical.
Um.... :-)
Yeah, I can confirm. Narrow spiral staircases are just garbage to use.
Outstanding work! I'm excited to see what the current look is.
Thanks!
Fantastic video as usual. The progress so far is amazing. Even though I've seen you make it, I still can't imagine how difficult it was getting it to this stage. I hope you can get in to the silo some day. That's got to be an incredible sight.
Thanks! There's so much I haven't shown because I didn't have a camera crew. The silo will be fun hopefully one day!
With a rusty metal primer, or any primer, you have to coat it afterwards with a top coat of paint. When I worked at Lowe's i had several customers come in with primer issues such as this one and you can't just leave the primer on itself. It's not meant to be permanent top coat.
Your MIG welder and plasma cutter are your 2 best friends. I always have those
Incredible transformation.
"to have water down here isn't much of a concern... oh, there's my MIG welder!"
heh.
Big thzanks for adding the metric values. :)
I agree, very considerate! Thumbs up :)
Wow that's a huge difference (painted and all).
I'm loving the tour! Keep up the great video's :)
Thanks Martijn!
Thanks for sharing your epic endeavour! That looks like soo much work but definitely coming along nicely. Cheers
Thanks Paul!
2021 checking in. Only just discovered your video series and I'm fascinated :)
Not sure how I found your videos but been here since about day 1, I really enjoy the videos and the progress your all making here.
Thanks Brandon!
I bet your wife is happy that you're test painting areas... beginning steps to a home! lol
Heading the right direction!
Great update! Thanks for putting the metric equivalents in the video :)
Welcome! I need to be better about that.
hey guys for the door and other outdoor metal you should be looking at marine paints. The kind they use to paint metal hull fishing boats etc.
bonding to metal and resisting moisture is literally what they are designed for.
Thanks! I have quite a relationship with the local Sherwin Williams and I think this is what we've talked about. The outer door will get moisture but the inner doors won't. So the question is... what color? I've always wanted a red door. :-)
Death Wears Bunny Slippers any realtor will tell you a red door helps with the resell value of a home lol!
I know this is 3 years old, but have you guys thought about using something like truck bed liner on some of that exposed metal? It's supposed to be very durable, and is designed to adhere to metal.
Great idea and I wanted to do that. But its VERY expensive and I couldn't find anyone to come in to do it remotely.
Looks great man.
Thanks brother!
I am pretty much like below post Austin- watching in 2019 and intrigued! Hats off to you on the project. I wonder how it ended up. Your were sure working at it given high water table and method of destroying for deactivation. Going to try and snag one of your hats.
I'm finally caught up on your videos. You've come a long way. love the content.
Thanks!
Looking good. I really do want to come up and take a look at your silo. It has been 46 years since I pulled my last alert. Have you had any former Titan II crewmembers come to visit this silo?
No, no one that pulled alerts. Email me at gt@dwbs.video for thoughts!
You might be interested in a paint called POR 15, it stands for paint over rust (not lose rust though) goes a very long was, only cons are its doesn't like UV and you can't easily paint over it, in saying that it comes in colors and you can hit it with s hammer once dry, would be good for your steel work you don't want to sandblast
That sounds very familiar. Will have to go look at what we used.
I'm curious. Are you planning on installing an Air-Intake system with NBC filtration capability? Are you planning on making the place survivable in the event of a nuclear incident? You could use the silo for long term storage of weapons, food, water, ect. Are you planning on installing an independent power generation capability, and if so diesel or just batteries charged from local grid? What is the length of time you plan on prepping for? Three months? Six? One year?
Peter - This may make for a good video!
You can't use primer to prevent rust, it is just to aid in top coat adhesion. Primer actually attracts moisture
Looking good
Thanks Sean!
I can't be the only person who thinks the top level would be an incredible iMax or planetarium projection space! If you rigged up projectors you could reproduce the night sky while sleeping.
For sure thought about it. May mess around with a projector or two. :)
Death Wears Bunny Slippers you gotta do it man. Would look awesome
As always, awesome sauce!
Thanks!
Interesting Video. Other than the Septic Tank, what is at the bottom (under) the bird cage? If I owned this, I think I would have actually removed the bird cage :-)
You mentioned in another video Level 2 was higher than the cableway after removing all the equipment. The was because the springs contracted. In this video they look extended again and looks like Level 2 is even with the cableway. What did you level the floor out?
It is crazy to think about all the progress you have made over the years. Level is so much bigger than I thought. One question how does the heating system work?
No heating system yet.
7:00 I would be tempted to have a big mural painted on the dome of level 1 of a sky and trees and mountains, and perhaps a city skyline, that would help with the claustrophobic feeling of being underground.
I've never had anyone be claustrophobic down there. It's quite large and open. We do plan on having some TV "windows" as well as a planetarium projection on the dome level. That should make it feel more above ground.
have to say very impressed with your project and very curious about it also. so many questions and ideas haha can only imagine how you feel about the whole thing. Personally my curiosity about the silo is driving me nuts!!! there are a couple decommissioned and abondoned missile silos near me in Colorado/Wyoming but I have yet to go visit them myself but planning to do in the future.
Just be careful Jacob! If you haven't already, you may want to watch all of Ep05 before you go. :-)
I know if I open the silo I start tinkering with it. Which always costs money. Which takes away from finished the current project. :-)
Already have the safety equipment for it and double checked after watching your video also these silos and everything are opened and have been for years from the looks of it though there are some videos from previous adventurers going in it on TH-cam which I wouldn't mind getting your opinion on before or if I go see it for myself
Haha true but the silo is still gonna drive me crazy till you get in there but $$$$ and time is always a issue with every project so I completely understand where your coming from idk if I could stay away from that side as long as you have
Jacob - I'm not a safety expert but will help where I can. My biggest concern is having a good air meter. So if you have that, great!
You know we have a few of these already to move in just 1 state above you in Missouri. There is a nice one for sale in polo mo. All this time and money and energy and resources when there already in Kansas and Missouri that's only 1 state away.
There is a series of books by Hugh Howey starting with "Wool" that I think you need to read. They are fictional novels about the distant future where the earth is poisoned and people live in these silos. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed them and we don't even own a silo. ;)
Badass Crib.
Thanks!
U could use Rustoleum rusty metal primer on the metal and it will protect it forever...
How is the tunnel plug holding up? Any leakage around it? Also, top of the Access Portal - raised above grade? GREAT update!
No structural problems with the tunnel plug. I still need to concrete in the top 14" but I'll get to that sometime. Access portal rebuild is coming... :-)
Hey man. Have you looked at the 1000w lazer cleaning systems that are about these days? would do wonders on all the metalwork there ? :) fantastic project though love it!
Another excellant video. There was a fella who turned an Atlas F into a home and he hung some type of thick material on his walls to cut down the echos. Though I am sure that even just filling the place with furniture will help to cut it down. Place looks amazing and I am very jealous! Maybe I'll have to buy one myself, dig it up, and ship it to Australia (kidding)! Are there two entrys into the escape/vent tube? One on L3 and one on L2?
The official entrance is on level 3. Level 2 has a horizontal tunnel to it just like the escape but this is where the ventilation system went. Future video... :-)
Death Wears Bunny Slippers this is kind of obvious advice but just get some sound dampening foam for the walls. The same stuff found in music recording studios
Looks great!
So what will happen when we catch up with current day? Willl the videos stop? Or is there still plenty to do that you will be documenting?
Thanks Dan! Well, that's a concern I have for sure. The videos won't stop, but they could be slower to release than they are now. I know everyone will hate that... we'll do our best.
I'd paint a mural of the sky on the domed ceiling,fluffy clouds on a blue sky
Did you already get your HVAC finished? Im a HVAC controls engineer and would love to design and program that building!
Brandon - Not even started with it. Send me an email if you don't mind! gt@dwbs.video
Best Episode yet, You should just have running commentary for all your vids
We'll do our best!
T-shirt idea "my other house is a silo"
That sound at 7:34 immediately reminded me of the game Half-Life, same sound effect :)
Nice! Mine aren't sound effects though. :-)
u do not remove rust between ground and metal(outer layer) that level will keep corrosion on long term
Do you have any plans for silo?
Not right now...
are there any videos floating around on the building of these back in the day ?
Not that I've seen, but I am going to chat with the museum next time I'm there. I do know of a LOT of pictures of construction though. I was planning on doing a video on the construction.
what are you planning on doing with the part where the missiles used to be kept
Nothing right now... too expensive to do anything with it right now. You can see an idea I had in this video: th-cam.com/video/6vJb_f1CyG0/w-d-xo.html
amazing. I'd have the top floor as the master bedroom, 2nd lounge/living space and 3rd kitchen.
That's exactly what we are doing. Only difference is level 3 is 1000' sq ft so that's would be a big ass kitchen. So part of level 3 will be a kitchen and the other half will be... :-)
Death Wears Bunny Slippers a dungeon? 😂😂😉😉😉
Thanks for keeping these coming, I really do love to see this transform.
You did the paranormal activity theme in this video, it's creative content not forgetfulness ;)
Have you had any strange contacts from gov. agencies or anything since posting these videos? I know I was shocked you could even own one when I first saw it, I'm sure there's at least one over zealous paper pusher out there that thinks this is a problem somehow.
Also, how's the dam holding up?
No contacts from the government. The site was turned over to civilians before decommissioning so its not like they are worried about anything classified. And, I'm not the first person to do this to a missile silo. From all I've seen, mine should be the most "home like" but again, other people own and explore them.
What would be awesome is if they forgot something at the bottom of the silo and they had to go get it. :-)
Oooh! I love my mig welder! LOL
What about the intake air shaft blast valves?
What about them?
Are you planing on moving in full time at some point? (maybe you already have?)
Haven't yet, but am planning on it. Its all about the $ right now but I should be able to move in sometime in 2017. Famous last words. :-)
I'm always impressed by you american peoples bringing up so much money for that stuff/your crazy hobbys. Excuse me if it was mentioned in a previous video, but how did you actually aquire that much money? saved up or credit or did you rob a bank?
In a previous video he mentioned he got it appraised and then took out a mortgage for the place itself, but the work going on in there is bit by bit with saving from whatever they do for work
Spark is correct. Took out a loan years ago and the rest has been self-funded
spark016 lovely avatar
How many more vids should we expect until we are caught up to the present?
I don't really know... 4-5? Maybe less. I also may need to skip a week uploading. Can't wait to hear how terrible I am if I do that. :-)
Death Wears Bunny Slippers literally hitler if you skip
jeepxj - Um... well that's pretty bad. :-)
I don't know if painting the concrete with anything but a breathing type of paint is a good idea. You will damage it if it can't breathe. That, or building a huge water well at the lowest point so the water drains naturally from the ground around the structure. Obviously it has to be done all around the place, and that might get expensive.
I think you are saying that b/c of the moisture usually seen in basements. This doesn't have this problem. Literally, there is no moisture on the walls. I'm guessing because the concrete is so thick?
Moisture will always move through concrete. On thick concrete the evaporation is faster then the amount of water that can move through.
One thing to consider is that the outside of the concrete shell is wrapped in solid steel plate. (It's a Faraday cage for EMP hardening.) There is actually a Titan II in Tucson that has been partially excavated so the top one third or so of the LCC is exposed and you can see it. If there isn't any concrete making contact with the surrounding soils then moisture ingress shouldn't be an issue...right?
Really cool video. Got a question for you, when they decommissioned the silo and blew it up where did the giant silo door go ?
The took it apart for scrap.
+Death Wears Bunny Slippers thankyou
Death Wears Bunny Slippers do you wanna rebuild that at one point, so that it still works a d comes open like a massive sunroof. What would. Be really cool is to harden the second to top floor of the solo and turn the top into a kind of yard that you could entertain guests in that could be recovered at any time. I know you want to make it a garage, but I think you can probably do both, make an entrance to it in the yard and it all goes below that. Put the elevator on the side or something
How high is the ceiling on the top floor of the bird cage. Seems like it's either 12ft or 30ft high, cant tell.
greeninja 13 feet or 4 meters!
Do most of the Titan II silo's cost around the same amount to purchase or does the condition of the place weigh heavily on the price?
Most people don't want to sell them so that's the first difficulty. I wanted to buy one closer to where I lived (at the time) but no one would sell. Many people think that one day they'll do something with it. When in all reality, no one (and I didn't either) know what they are getting into.
I'm sure they'll be even less inclined if they're watching any of these videos. :)
Really would love to see this place one day!
I was wondering do you think USSR still has your nuke base in its targeting computers given the state of its current problems.
I'm thinking no... they had to confirm that the Titan II sites were destroyed so they know they are abandoned.
How are you funding this whole project? Is this your full time job or do you have an actual job and work on this whenever you have time?
A bank loan 6 years ago and the rest has been self-funded. I work as a marketing guy in technology. What I tell everyone is that I get some major stuff done when time and money align.
The heating and air system is still under contract. What?! What does that even mean. Does that mean they're still contractually obligated to provide working heating and air systems for this facility, even though it was decomissioned?
What? I have no idea what I said (and I don't feel like listening to myself again). But no, the HVAC isn't under contract. There isn't a HVAC system in there right now.
11:49 is my favorite part
The random shaky camera part? :-)
Death Wears Bunny Slippers "ooo there's my MIG welder, I love that thing." I figured I need to leave a comment to help with the TH-cam algorithm. you're doing/have done some pretty awesome things. are you on the grid as far as electric? any hassles from code enforcement/ permits?
Look up Kawasaki Warehouse arcade in Japan. They basically paid millions to replicate what you already had before scrapping.
When are you going to do a new tour or upload next
That echo is a deal breaker for me. lol
Really? All the pain in the asses in this place and that's the deal breaker? :-)
The echo would probably dissipate once its furnished with soft furnishings ie; carpet, lounges/sofas etc
Do you ever see the silo?
i know its any older vid but try jail or prison paint its anything everywhere
paint worth a shot
6 years ago!
When you make these comments I don’t really have context. Not sure what part of the video you are watching. 😊
How do you heat this place? What's the internal environment like at this point in filming?
Right now we don't heat it. If we close the doors and let no air in it would go down to 58 degrees F (14C) and stay there. Right now I think its about 65 degrees in there but will get cooler over the winter b/c we have air flowing through it. Its quite comfortable in there unless you stop moving for a while. Then you feel the cold. I did some math and I think I need somewhere around 50,000 BTUs to heat it which is very reasonable. But, the heater will probably have to run full time because of the thermal load from the concrete. Its like a huge heat sink and would take years (guessing) to warm up)
It didn't occur to me to think of how long it would take to warm up that amount of concrete and the effect it would have.
What's the moisture in the air like? Do you get problems in certain areas on the opposite side of the structure to the vent?
I"m not quite sure how to vent exit air. Originally it exited through the silo but that's sealed off. Its for sure something I'm working on now...
Death Wears Bunny Slippers so we're these things heated when they were active silos? Or just left at ambient temp? Sounds too cold to live in for me!
GldRush98 -- The original silos had to be kept within a few degrees of a specific temperature to keep the liquid propellants from either gelling up or boiling off. I can't imagine what it cost the USAF in electricity...
how are you going to stop the echo?
Acoustic treatments. Something in the center of the dome hanging and something around the perimeter. That's where we'll start and then see how it sounds from there.
I think what you and others that are doing the same thing, is great. But in practicality , this is not cost prohibitive. Maybe if it was free? But I doubt it. But what your doing is cool as hell!!!!
Thanks Neil. And not sure what you mean by not cost prohibitive; depends on a lot of factors I suppose. Will I ever get my money back out of it? I don't really know; but I think so. :-)
+Death Wears Bunny Slippers Well, the bunkers I've seen for sale are around $300,000 in their decommissioned state. If I had to guess it would take another 200-300,000 to make a home. So $500,000 for the average joe is cost prohibitive If you have the money, then it's a very cool idea!!!! I wish I could have found one and bought it directly from the government. From what I've read, the government sold them fairly cheap
Metric posted in the video ❤️
How much money have you put into this now
I don't know... $300k?
@@GTsTitanRanch that's not so bad
What's your background?
Background... that could be a video itself. My profession is technology but I grew up working on farms. Dad had a welding and machine shop. Lots of woodworking and shop classes. So I owe all of these mad skills to that. :-)
Articulates? Or reticulates?
My friend died that day Feb 14, 2013.
If it were me I would just build a house on top of this silo and make this an extended basement/fallout shelter, but hey everybody's different.
That would have been the smarter way to go. :-)
Hey it's never too late
plus co2 always sinks to the lowest spot posible. that i know of.
Amazing project but given the number of silos, why did they not dig out the top of each building and take everything out, just leaving the concrete. Seems like a criminal waste of material and lazy.
How many times a week does your wife face palm because "what the hell are you doing?" ?!!! You're a lucky man to have a woman who puts up with your male nonsense! I've never found one!!