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06-21-2009, 01:22 PM
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Location: Orlando, Florida
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This cave/home is 17,000 square feet - and is 45 feet under the forest!
Cave Sleepers - KPLR (http://www.kplr11.com/la-hm-cave-house14-2009may14-pg,0,7462853.photogallery - broken link)
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06-21-2009, 02:03 PM
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I Love It
Wish I had a cave like that. Them radon guys must be going nuts trying to convince them they are all going to die.
Beautiful use of what Mother Nature provides.
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06-22-2009, 08:17 AM
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Location: Sanford, NC
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That is awesome. I've always wanted an "underground" house.
Neat neat neat.
Al
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06-22-2009, 08:49 AM
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Location: West Michigan
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Very cool home.
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06-22-2009, 09:01 AM
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Location: Visitation between Wal-Mart & Home Depot
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cosmic
Wish I had a cave like that. Them radon guys must be going nuts trying to convince them they are all going to die.
Beautiful use of what Mother Nature provides.
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I love that too, but wasn't that an abandoned sandstone mine? It would be a hard sell getting my wife to live in a cave, but I'll bet the operating costs are about zilch apart from lighting and whatever the family uses to cook. Just a few feet into a cave of any size generally finds a very stable (and comfortable) ambient temperature.
I want to know how they solved plumbing and ventilation challenges. Surely they are on septic, but I would think the waste lines would be considerably lower than the tank and leach field... Problem? |
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06-23-2009, 04:35 PM
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Location: In the woods
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Very cool. I was wondering about heating and ventilation also.
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06-23-2009, 11:53 PM
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Location: Mishawaka, IN
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Ah, but do they have a Batmobile that shoots flames that serve no purpose out of the back? 
Kidding aside, that's really neat. |
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