make a fridge without electricity

[webby]

make a refridge without electricity

 

[MrsJrotax101]

niceeeee

 

[Damaca]

When the apocalypse happens, if I'm left behind. I am SOOOOOOoOOOOOO doing this.

 

[KennyGS]

I have a hand-dug, hand-laid stone root cellar on my property. I believe it is always around 50F.

 

[Damaca]

Now I know where Kenny hides the adult beverages. Party at Kenny's! Toga toga toga toga

 

[iluvmycsx]

 

[KennyGS]

I wanted to show Michael when he was here, but forgot.

 

[webby]

Do you have any lighting down there? Pics?

 

[KennyGS]

There is no lighting, but I will take a pic to show what it looks like.

 

[Damaca]

Im imagining the well from Silence of the Lambs. "It puts the lotion on.its skin..."

 

[KennyGS]

It's an underground room. I think it's 13 steps down.

There are steel hooks hanging from the ceiling.

I'll take pics.

 

[webby]

 

[KennyGS]

Yeah, should look pretty close to that - not quite as deep.

 

[KennyGS]

OK, here are the pics of my root cellar. The main part of my house was built around the mid 1800's, so I'm guessing this is about the same age.

Here is a view of the top at ground level. Some of you may recognize the tree and swing from pictures I posted in a previous thread. The little white dog is Archie, who is an American Eskimo that we rescued a few years ago.

I rebuilt these doors about 7 years ago out of cedar, and was able to reuse the existing hinges. The top is poured concrete, and has a date that was obviously scrawled into it before it had setup (near Archie's toys) that says 1947.

Archie says, "I aint going down there."

There are 10 steps down to a wet clay floor. The room is about 9'x10', and I have to tilt my head to stand in the middle where I guess it is nearly 6' high.

You can see the hooks in the ceiling where they would have hung anything that they did not want the mice to reach.

Here's a shot from the back of the room looking towards the steps.

It was very cool down there, and would have been really comfortable if there weren't so many spider webs I had to to knock down.

 

[dentrecords]

I wanted to show Michael when he was here, but forgot.

That's a neat video though.

 

[webby]

that's pretty awesome. Does it get pretty wet down there if you have a bad rain? I'm guessing it'd stay in there if the floor is mostly clay? Did the previous homeowners say what they used that for, or it's original intention?

 

[07TLX]

I love your property even more now Ken...

 

[KennyGS]

that's pretty awesome. Does it get pretty wet down there if you have a bad rain? I'm guessing it'd stay in there if the floor is mostly clay? Did the previous homeowners say what they used that for, or it's original intention?

Whoever made that did an awesome job. I've looked down there in the spring during the rainy season, and at most the floor is wet/damp - never standing water. We live on a hill with a pretty good pitch on that side of the house. Any water on our property quickly disappears. The entire floor is clay, and has the same texture as a tennis court. The previous owner never used it, and had made some very ratty plywood doors to cover the opening, that could barely support their own weight - much less anyone standing on it. One of the first things I did was to make a set of sturdy doors to ensure nobody would fall through.

I suspect that nobody has truly used that for at least 40-50 years. We've been living there over 18 years.

I love your property even more now Ken...

Thanks Nathan, we like it a lot there. You're always welcomed to visit anytime.