The CoCo Cave.... my adventures in buiding my new growroom

[PuttPutt33]

Looks like a wonderful space for a room. Are you just going to pour a concrete slabe under there and level it off with a few drains in the concrete?

 

[Ono Nadagin]

Heya PP

No man I am going to hang the wooden floor on the pillars that are sunk to bedrock 20-30ft bellow grade and then build the walls off the wooden floor... or at least that is what we are planning atm

 

[Core]

some help out a unexpected corner

some help out a unexpected corner

hia Ono

love the cave idea buddy !
i come 2 offer some help ...

i'l be checking in how the progress go's...

BTW thanks for the Rep ...Lol

 

[Ono Nadagin]

D'oh! a D9 why didnt I think of that?

 

[HIDEyourBUD]

Still watching. More pictures please!

 

[Ono Nadagin]

Heya HyB.. Ok.. I will do my best to take some exciting pictures of a slow moving hole

 

[mtnjohn]

hey Ono....where are you bro??

hope all is well


mj

 

[Ono Nadagin]

heya mj

big storm took out my internet and it will be down for at least a month ...


litte update on the dig ... still diggin


Ill try to hek in at least 1-2 times a week by heading to a buddies

stay safe

 

[gaiusmarius]

glad to hear you are still at it, it will be so worth it in the end

keep on keeping on bro

 

[Playaction]

Ono Whats up Bro? This is awesome and very inspiring. I'm kinda tired of working in the closet and have been eyeing a new spot. l'll stay tuned.

 

[Guest]

Dude you cant dig a hole under your house that will severely fuck up the foundation which could cause some serious problems, am i wrong?

 

[C_Q]

He doesnt look to be taking that much dirt out. And besides, the pillars are 35-45 ft deep he said, seems pretty stable enough, but then again I aint no engineer.

What ever happened to this Ono? Still diggin? =P

 

[Guest]

i guess, i just hope he knows what he is doing, i mean the house could collapse on top of him... this could be a very bad thing but could be good, i hope he doesnt hurt himself

 

[Guest]

I am sure he is not taking any support beams out, so I see no reason why it would collapse..

 

[ElGato]

freaketh not young man

....i'm pretty sure the "dirt" was not load bearing (hah)
so he should be just fine



El

 

[Guest]

but what are those support beams attached to? arent they just buried in the ground?

 

[Pimpslapped]

but what are those support beams attached to? arent they just buried in the ground?

From what I understand, from reading the thread... The concrete pillars are buried in the ground, yes... down to a depth of 30+ feet and set on bedrock. The dirt he's moving is pretty much inconsequential in the face of that.

 

[Guest]

wow nice, thats a perfect setup then

i have some ground like that under my house but i dont have the balls to go diggin like this

 

[Ono Nadagin]

Heya everyone.... I have been with out internet for sometime now...(waiting on them to install fiber optic internlet... and unwilling to give the pisspoor cable company any more of my hard earned $)

But the cave is almost completely excavated at this point... so far it has been a frikin nightmare.. we have removed several tons of earth from underneath the building... I will try to get some pics in the next week or two and get them posted.

And to those worried about the building collapsing... no worries... those concrete pillars go 30-45 feet into the earth to bedrock and are not being weakend in the least.... also no 'support beams are being altered at all.. we are simply removing 4-6 feet of dirt of the top of 30-45 of dirt above the bedrock the pillars go down to

 

[AbaZabba]

Hey Ono :waves:

Good to see ya back around, I thought the diggin might have ceased, its good to see the project has still been carried through

cant wait to see the cave in action, take it easy man