Finally, a decent Zombie-proof house [Archive]

Adeptus_Minor

04-28-2011, 04:13 AM

At last someone came up with a design that gives you a cool looking house in safer times, but some great defensibility features for 'just in case'. :dthumb:

http://all-that-is-interesting.com/post/4956385434/the-first-zombie-proof-house

derf

04-28-2011, 08:00 AM

fail.

It didnt say anything about a natuarally occuring natural gas well that had enough ebergy to keep the house going indefinately, also where is teh garden for growing food, and the barn/stable for raising live stock.

marko138

04-28-2011, 08:33 AM

Bad ass.

Particle Man

04-28-2011, 08:41 AM

Needs a brewery for making beer

OneSickPsycho

04-28-2011, 08:42 AM

I'd live there...

EtyrnuSS

04-28-2011, 09:48 AM

Transformer house?

Archren

04-28-2011, 09:55 AM

I totally dig this. I know what I'm building for retirement. :lol:

LeeNetworX

04-28-2011, 10:19 AM

Want.

Papa_Complex

04-28-2011, 11:17 AM

I always wanted to build a house in a hillside. This eliminates the need for the hillside :lol:

azoomm

04-28-2011, 12:31 PM

I always wanted to build a house in a hillside. This eliminates the need for the hillside :lol:

Evan and I have looked at container homes. We literally want to be able to button up our house so we can leave it for a few months and not worry about hurricanes, thieves, or otherwise.

I just sent him the link... I think this might be our next plan.

Papa_Complex

04-28-2011, 01:08 PM

Evan and I have looked at container homes. We literally want to be able to button up our house so we can leave it for a few months and not worry about hurricanes, thieves, or otherwise.

I just sent him the link... I think this might be our next plan.

I'd hate to see the price-tag on it. Maybe you can find one that got foreclosed on :lol:

azoomm

04-28-2011, 01:13 PM

I'd hate to see the price-tag on it. Maybe you can find one that got foreclosed on :lol:

We might find it, but won't be able to get into it. :lol:

defector

04-28-2011, 01:16 PM

Seems like the giant garage door is a pretty big weakness. Zombies are relentless. They can get through there.

Apoc

04-28-2011, 01:26 PM

Transformer house?

ow thats what I fucking want! A house that turns into Fortress fucking Maximus!

anthonyk

04-28-2011, 01:33 PM

Seems like the giant garage door is a pretty big weakness. Zombies are relentless. They can get through there.

Yup, I'm gonna have to give it the grade "zombie-resistant" based on that.

Cory

04-28-2011, 01:38 PM

Awesome!! But try getting cell service in that mother effer :lol:

Papa_Complex

04-28-2011, 01:59 PM

Awesome!! But try getting cell service in that mother effer :lol:

If you can afford the house, then I'm willing to bet that you could afford a couple of cell repeaters :lol:

"If your house is more secure than the Militia compound, you might be a redneck."

udman

04-28-2011, 02:16 PM

Coulda spared a little coin for more parking.

Papa_Complex

04-28-2011, 02:17 PM

Coulda spared a little coin for more parking.

You abandon the vehicles outside, then cross the drawbridge to safety.

udman

04-28-2011, 02:50 PM

You abandon the vehicles outside, then cross the drawbridge to safety.

My zombie fort would have a zombie garage with a zombie tank to look for supplies and survivors (chicks) after shit cooled down.

Papa_Complex

04-28-2011, 03:02 PM

My zombie fort would have a zombie garage with a zombie tank to look for supplies and survivors (chicks) after shit cooled down.

Then you want a zombie LAV-25. It'll hold 6 'survivors' not counting the one in the 2nd seat, the one on your gun, and the one on your 'gun.'

Particle Man

04-28-2011, 03:18 PM

Then you want a zombie LAV-25. It'll hold 6 'survivors' not counting the one in the 2nd seat, the one on your gun, and the one on your 'gun.'

:lol:

Adeptus_Minor

04-29-2011, 01:33 AM

Evan and I have looked at container homes. We literally want to be able to button up our house so we can leave it for a few months and not worry about hurricanes, thieves, or otherwise.

See, that's what I was thinking.
I know the zombie naysayers give us zombie nerds a hard time, but such things can have practical value in the pre-apocalypse world as well! :lol:

LeeNetworX

04-29-2011, 07:50 AM

Then you want a zombie LAV-25. It'll hold 6 'survivors' not counting the one in the 2nd seat, the one on your gun, and the one on your 'gun.'

LOLZ
:lol

azoomm

04-29-2011, 09:46 AM

See, that's what I was thinking.
I know the zombie naysayers give us zombie nerds a hard time, but such things can have practical value in the pre-apocalypse world as well! :lol:

Exactly.

Evan officially hates you for finding this, I emailed it to him on the ship yesterday :lol:

Adeptus_Minor

04-30-2011, 01:11 AM

Exactly.

Evan officially hates you for finding this, I emailed it to him on the ship yesterday :lol:

Tell him it's Ed's fault. He posted it on FB and I just stole the link redflip

Trip

04-30-2011, 09:05 AM

tommymac

04-30-2011, 02:35 PM

FAIL, the openness of the large doors and slowness of sealing the place up would allow infiltration rather quickly. Two small entrances with extreme protection/quick closure on both is what is needed. You also need a hydroponic garden and access to your own well water. Building your own renewable energy supply is a must as well. Only then can you be zombie proof.

Well this depends if these are slow or fast moving zombies, most depict them as rather slwo moving creatures so it is feasible esp if you have a good early warning detection system around the perimeter.

Trip

04-30-2011, 04:10 PM

Well this depends if these are slow or fast moving zombies, most depict them as rather slwo moving creatures so it is feasible esp if you have a good early warning detection system around the perimeter.

Slow ones are always deceptively sneaky and can beat the detection system especialy with that many openings to monitor. All it takes is for one of those automated systems to fail to close and you are fucked. You need something you can humanly close (depending on electricity/hydraulics in a zombie apocolaypse is dumb) and only have a limited amount (2 entries) to close. You can't have one because you need a secondary exit incase zombies overrun one. You also need a 3rd emergency exit only escape hatch. One that's impossible to enter by, but you can exit. Say a cliffside basejump exit or zipline.

OneSickPsycho

04-30-2011, 05:33 PM

FAIL, the openness of the large doors and slowness of sealing the place up would allow infiltration rather quickly. Two small entrances with extreme protection/quick closure on both is what is needed. You also need a hydroponic garden and access to your own well water. Building your own renewable energy supply is a must as well. Only then can you be zombie proof.

Seems to be a pretty rural location... I doubt the hoard would be unmanagebly while you're locking things down.

Electricity is over-rated, we've lived as a species for a long, long time without it. A well thought out ration of food, a private natural garden, and a rainwater collection system (climate permitting) should be enough.

That said, I'd love to get all fancy with the shit, but simple = survival.

Trip

04-30-2011, 05:52 PM

Seems to be a pretty rural location... I doubt the hoard would be unmanagebly while you're locking things down.

Electricity is over-rated, we've lived as a species for a long, long time without it. A well thought out ration of food, a private natural garden, and a rainwater collection system (climate permitting) should be enough.

That said, I'd love to get all fancy with the shit, but simple = survival.

For this dude, electricity is essential or he is fucked. He ain't moving those boulders by hand, that's for sure. Hope he has a good hydraulic system and knows how to maintain the fucker.

Being able to produce electricity also means you can maintain a hydroponic garden. No need to worry of zombies messing with your food supply.

azoomm

04-30-2011, 08:35 PM

You know zombies aren't real, right?

:wink:

Actually, some of their other designs are better. Like underground homes, etc.

Apoc

04-30-2011, 08:50 PM

You know zombies aren't real, right?

:wink:

.

And thats why your brains will be eaten first.

Porkchop

04-30-2011, 08:53 PM

You know zombies aren't real, right?

:wink:

Actually, some of their other designs are better. Like underground homes, etc.

There is one in the neighborhood next to us. All you can see is a small peak with skylight windows and solar panels. Not quite zombie proof, but eh....

Particle Man

05-01-2011, 08:16 AM

You know zombies aren't real, right?

:wink:

You've obviously never seen me on Monday mornings before I've had coffee...

LeeNetworX

05-02-2011, 08:17 AM

You know zombies aren't real, right?

I'm sure mother nature could whip up some virus or researchers could create some bio-weapon that turns humans into crazed ravaging animals that act just like zombies - isn't that reason enough to have this discussion?

Pfffttt....girls.....

Particle Man

05-02-2011, 09:50 AM

I'm sure mother nature could whip up some virus or researchers could create some bio-weapon that turns humans into crazed ravaging animals that act just like zombies - isn't that reason enough to have this discussion?

Pfffttt....girls.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis

See section about Rats...

the chi

05-02-2011, 10:22 AM

Soooo, what about the pool area when the place buttons up?

It's awesome, but I agree with Trip, apocolypse, end of the world, etc you aren't going to have electricity for long, or fuel for generators, etc, there would need to be a manual set up for getting that place closed up ASAP. As far as gardens, and rain collection, some type of rooftop system that could be completely secured, say a cage or something on top might work, and judicious use of solar energy would be a plus to avoid the need for electricity and generators.

OneSickPsycho

05-02-2011, 01:23 PM

For this dude, electricity is essential or he is fucked. He ain't moving those boulders by hand, that's for sure. Hope he has a good hydraulic system and knows how to maintain the fucker.

Being able to produce electricity also means you can maintain a hydroponic garden. No need to worry of zombies messing with your food supply.

1) In the event of a Zombie apololypse, I'm going to shut the doors and not open them... most likely before complete infrastructure failure.

2) Hydroponic? Why? Earth roofing... grow your crops on the roof.

Trip

05-03-2011, 11:13 AM

1) In the event of a Zombie apololypse, I'm going to shut the doors and not open them... most likely before complete infrastructure failure.

2) Hydroponic? Why? Earth roofing... grow your crops on the roof.

1) What if you get no warning of the attack before you shut your doors? What if one of the doors fails at the start of the zombie attack? This is why you can't be a proper Zombie proofing engineer.

2) Two words: Zombie Motherfuckin' Birds

I thought you were a Zombie expert, pfft...

OneSickPsycho

05-03-2011, 11:37 AM

1) What if you get no warning of the attack before you shut your doors? What if one of the doors fails at the start of the zombie attack? This is why you can't be a proper Zombie proofing engineer.

2) Two words: Zombie Motherfuckin' Birds

I thought you were a Zombie expert, pfft...

1) Again, I doubt there'd be a bazillion zombie hoard at your door without some warning... first zombie, doors are shutting. Weekly door testing just in case...

2) Zombie birds? Oh, you're talking a Resident Evil type of zombie... Ok, fair enough... I was thinking a more of a 28 Days Later sort of thing, but whatever...

Trip

05-03-2011, 11:43 AM

1) Again, I doubt there'd be a bazillion zombie hoard at your door without some warning... first zombie, doors are shutting. Weekly door testing just in case...

2) Zombie birds? Oh, you're talking a Resident Evil type of zombie... Ok, fair enough... I was thinking a more of a 28 Days Later sort of thing, but whatever...

1) How exactly are you going to shut one of those doors if it fails? Now you got a gigantic motherfuckin hole your protection and the dude that built it is not coming to help your ass (zombies = him with his family) and you aren't moving that big block of concrete yourself = fucked.

2) If you prepare for only one type of zombie = fucked

Rangerscott

05-04-2011, 01:25 AM

There seems to be a lot of fucking going on during a zombie apocalypse.

LeeNetworX

05-04-2011, 11:48 AM

Adeptus_Minor

05-04-2011, 09:21 PM

You guys can argue and nitpick all you want - but the truth is, I'd rather be in a place like that than just about anywhere else during a zombie apocolypse. It's still better fortified than 99% of what's out there.

Kinda my point.
I'm pretty sure every kind of structure is going to have potential pitfalls.
However, with a little bit of planning (a decent fence, good food & water stores, some form of off-the-grid power), a place like that is way better than the unsecured windows, weak doors, and overall poor defensibility of the vast majority of homes out there today.