Underground sea container grow room!

its not an assumtion its a valid point ..i work in construction , digging footings laying drains etc , anything we put in the ground has a concrete base otherwise it will just drift about with the movement yoiu get in underground . how tall are these containers ? i know nearly everywhere in england , you dig a few feet down and you hit either sand , rock or clay you definately dont want it lay on clay , it would be best on sand if you hit rock then you got a big big job . its best to check these things out before you start digging a massive hole in the ground .
if it was me id definately be laying a concrete slab in the base as its a knownm fact that after you have disturbed an area that size there will be lots of movement in the ground in the months that follow , you dont want to turn up at yopur grow and find that your container is sinking further down into the ground.
 
I've seen a grow that used one of those. I forgot the fourm i saw it on though but it was sweet.
 
red necks in my area use old school busses buried in hill sides for tornado shelters.......why not......
 
well i was thinking about one use for one of these things that had nothing to do with killing, except for making a killing growing that is
 
this has been done on BCBuddepot the guy put a green house over it. he put 4x4' post down the middle for support. if i recall.
 
God did say, Build on rock, not sand or dirt.


ThE sAtIvA hIgH said:
its not an assumtion its a valid point ..i work in construction , digging footings laying drains etc , anything we put in the ground has a concrete base otherwise it will just drift about with the movement yoiu get in underground . how tall are these containers ? i know nearly everywhere in england , you dig a few feet down and you hit either sand , rock or clay you definately dont want it lay on clay , it would be best on sand if you hit rock then you got a big big job . its best to check these things out before you start digging a massive hole in the ground .
if it was me id definately be laying a concrete slab in the base as its a knownm fact that after you have disturbed an area that size there will be lots of movement in the ground in the months that follow , you dont want to turn up at yopur grow and find that your container is sinking further down into the ground.
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hello, sorry to admit that I am mainly just a lurker on most of these sites, but I read a few of the early posts on this thread and just skipped to the end to add my experience.
I had the pleasure of helping construct almost exactly what you are talking about a few years ago. we did 2 40footers side by side, and had the same idea about "they must be strong, look how they stack them on ships". WRONG. dont get me wrong, this does work, but they must be reinforced before you bury them! We made a giant whole, and had to pull/push them down a ramp into the hole with the tractor because the excavator couldn't lift the 40 footers that well.
anyway, when we began to backfill, the sides of the containers began to bow inwards quite a bit, same with the top, and we had less than 1 yard of dirt on top. We ended up reinforcing them from the inside, using hydralic jacks, and postmals and stuff, we framed them with wooden posts, and after that they were fine. It took a long time though, and would have been much easier if it was done before hand.
Take my word for it. please.
 
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