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@rickblessing24472 жыл бұрын
I'd move there in a heartbeat to get away from the infested insanity of today.
@BruceLeeKingoftheSewers2 ай бұрын
So go then.
@johnnyobigcatdaddy2 ай бұрын
Amen!
@bdmenne2 ай бұрын
@@BruceLeeKingoftheSewersyou are the ones we are running from.
@CharlesQ37772 ай бұрын
@@BruceLeeKingoftheSewers Say hi to Master Splinter for me.
@thesurvivalist.2 ай бұрын
Same!
@jz4222 жыл бұрын
I saw cisterns and I though of what of I know called cisterns, an underground water storage tank. In my 60 years I've never heard of a tank as shown called a cistern.
@SlapthePissouttayew2 жыл бұрын
That's what I was thinking.
@angrygnome47792 жыл бұрын
Me too. On hot days I swim in my cistern.
@metalbikiniadventure66442 жыл бұрын
same here
@davidk75442 жыл бұрын
I saw an anthropology/archeology program on the Picts, stone age NW England (?) The stone-mound houses they built were called "cysts" (pron. kisseds)
@curtisthomas26702 жыл бұрын
If the tanks are also buried underground they are called cisterns. These shown are used for both transport and underground use
@Fireguy972 жыл бұрын
Who cares what it looks like? If it's warm and waterproof, it's cozy and home.
@kathleenrayner12342 жыл бұрын
Exactly 👍👍👍👍👍
@cyborgar152 жыл бұрын
@Jim Watson Why?..can he borrow yours?
@nodakjohnsful2 жыл бұрын
My ex isn't free !😅🤣😂
@hawghawg3812 жыл бұрын
@Jim Watson weak men let women run them.
@henrydycha37382 жыл бұрын
Said no girl ever
@thefreestylefrEaK2 ай бұрын
As a Canadian I don't recall ever seeing one of these in remote northern Canada or Alaska. In Russia more likely.
@lauraw.700811 күн бұрын
Me either. Quonset huts yes. Cisterns?
@geronimo55376 күн бұрын
Yeah the last photo had a russian sign on it. Otherwise I have never heard of this in north America. Maybe the Arctic.
@Marcusianery6 күн бұрын
@@geronimo5537 Same, I might live in the southern of Scandinavia/Nordics, but never seen anything like this.
@karlepaul66325 күн бұрын
If you paid attention, they mentioned the Soviet Union along with showing a lot of Russian writings in the background
@monaliza33344 күн бұрын
Yuh because Russians invent things... 1st in space, 1st in Artika!
@Colorado_Native2 жыл бұрын
My wife and I were exploring Tomboy Basin in Colorado. We saw a flag and went to check it out. It was a big old (about 8 feet in diameter and 20 feet long concrete pipe) shelter in the ground. The back end was boarded up and the entrance end had a door and window. Someone had built a floor and put in a bed, stove, table and a couple of chairs. There was a stove pipe barely sticking out of the ground. We were told it was a shepherds shelter.
@richardjohnson2965Ай бұрын
Bring them here to the US….low cost housing.
@williamryan919520 күн бұрын
Much needed and welcome low cost housing.We become a better society with secure housing for all.
@zGoodMan187z20 күн бұрын
Ask the railroad for decommissioned oil tankers
@keltic341thoughtyouknuskii3420 күн бұрын
They're not allowed due to restrictive housing codes set by the rich to keep property values rising artificially.
@georgiarasmussen834320 күн бұрын
We already have a gazillion shipping containers, and the ubiquitous little wood-framed sheds produced in every state. The barrier to low-cost housing is zoning laws designed to push poorer folks into section 8 multifamily complexes.
@sanr681619 күн бұрын
The government here wud find a way to make it cost 80-100k
@morenofranco92352 жыл бұрын
Fantastic. I love it. Way back in the early 70's there was a Big Book called "The Whole Earth Catalog". It included EVERYTHING for sustainable living Off-the-Grid. This mode of accommodation was in there. Thanks, Incredible.
@doonhamer252Ай бұрын
I packed that around in my kit bag for 3yrs..
@philhand5830Ай бұрын
Same time frame, I was reading Mother Earth News... very interesting and inspiring...
@amramjoseАй бұрын
These were also buried and converted to fallout shelters during the cold war. A friend of ours bought a house which had one in its back yard. The kids loved it to play in.
@mickhannett585826 күн бұрын
That's a great memory the earth catalog was fascinating
@doonhamer25226 күн бұрын
@@mickhannett5858 As someone recently said " the "Google" of the day" wish we had that pile of mags and ME mags... completly differant view of life and what it will become.. My brothers sent me a fairly regular stream of "literature " to prime me for my demob back to civvy life..
@guidosarducci30472 жыл бұрын
Why can't we use these for homeless folks. Seems very plausible.
@richardalexander708929 күн бұрын
Because that would be FAR too logical and cost pennies on the dollar to what "they" demand the taxpayers spend.
@prezdentraygun879027 күн бұрын
You have the idea that homeless folks don’t want to be homeless. Most do want to keep living without the responsibilities of having a home.
@curmudgeon193327 күн бұрын
@@prezdentraygun8790 ...or the fact that in many locations rents in the last decade have risen far faster than wages. Right-wing media would have you believe that ALL homeless people are drug-addled losers...as a way to keep the sheep toiling for their crust. As corporate profits climb, and wages flatline, fear of being homeless is a perfect way to ensure compliance and obedience to the capitalist overlords. Of course your KZfaq handle gives away your continued trust in Ronnie's 'trickle-down economics'. lol
@JamesFisherfrilleddragons25 күн бұрын
We could, but they would just make it methed up
@HanginInSF25 күн бұрын
Because you can't give those people anything they won't destroy.
@flowerdalejewel2 жыл бұрын
These are fantastic! Necessity is the mother of invention. If they hold up great in the extreme weather and are comfortable to live in what would be the problem? If I didn't have a permanent home I'd be very grateful to have one!
@deborahduthie45192 жыл бұрын
Me too. A cocoon when cold and covered with plants for summer. Better than Nursing homes.
@valvenator2 жыл бұрын
I'm sure it beats living like a hobo in a refrigerator box sleeping under a pile of newspapers. I was thinking these would make for great rent-a-cabin's in a park or little hunting lodges too. A huge tin can mounted off the ground would keep the vermin out better than a wooden box.
@yukonfarnsworth16882 жыл бұрын
People in iraq want ice water.
@dr.floridaman48052 жыл бұрын
They where made to keep the guards of the concentration camps warm. Gulags
@davereiland99212 жыл бұрын
Citation needed.
@georgemcmillan91722 жыл бұрын
I would have no issues living in an old oil barrel. In fact, I would love to build my home with several of these connected together, and put it underground, using the geo- thermal properties of temperature control...
@amramjose2 жыл бұрын
Great idea , as the ground would be a natural insulator.
@jt19292 жыл бұрын
Note- these are stationary cistern tanks that held water storage, not railroad oil tankers
@joshhayl74592 жыл бұрын
🔵 I don't think you understand the material that these 'Cisterns' are made of,....this is no thin-skinned-sheet-metal barrel here, this is SOLID-STEEL a couple of INCHES thick!! ..... a HUMONGUS difference!
@georgemcmillan91722 жыл бұрын
@@joshhayl7459, it makes sense for the thermal aspects, but would not deter me in any way...
@dylanhuff34142 жыл бұрын
Nice George nice.
@texasblueboy15082 жыл бұрын
In the late 1970's and 1980's here in Texas large fuel tanks were used as quick housing for oil field workers.
@TheSulross2 жыл бұрын
but in Texas it gets very hot and in some locales - especially where lots of drilling - trees and good shade is scarce
@texasblueboy15082 жыл бұрын
@@TheSulross In West Texas, but we have trees and such in the rest of the State.
@harrymills27702 жыл бұрын
@@TheSulross No problem. Just stick an air conditioner in the window. It's the American way.
@joshhaney97692 жыл бұрын
Been really hot in KS but the other day I actually saw an old farm house without a a/c unit
@angrygnome47792 жыл бұрын
I just put my ac in the window last week. Thought I was going to be able to avoid it this year but I caved.
@551taylor2 жыл бұрын
We modified standard ISO shipping containers by adding insulated panelling, windows doors, heating and power. You can also add air conditioning if you want. The advantage is that they can be delivered on site by military DROPS vehicles or aircraft. They can be slung under large helicopters and they won’t roll downhill in a strong wind. They can also be stacked for multi-level offices and accommodation. When arranged correctly, they can provide windbreaks for open areas. You can even leave them on any ISO standard truck and live in them ready for bug-outs! Oh, and we buried them as bomb and fallout shelters too!
@Jim-ic2of2 ай бұрын
Got a mouse in your pocket ?😊
@SwampDonkey64Ай бұрын
San Francisco? 😂
@ManiacRacingАй бұрын
Sadly shipping containers are expensive now, and most places have codes against using them without extensive rework and cost.
@hughjunit250320 күн бұрын
Unless you heavily reinforced the containers they will collapse underground
@dakota982118 күн бұрын
" They can also be stacked for multi-level offices and accommodation." Wrong. They can be stacked if they're being used as CONTAINTERS. When you turn them into a tiny home and cut sections of the walls out you weaken the container to the point that they are unsafe to stack. They're also not cheap. Container homes are for the gullible and naïve.
@MrsSherrymcm2 жыл бұрын
I think they’re fabulous! Some of them looked beautiful inside!!!
@dustyroads57532 жыл бұрын
We have 2 for ammo dumps (ammunition storage). Buried in dirt except for the front where the door is located, and a vent pipe in the top. The dirt acts as insulation and keeps the temperature inside in the 50s even during summer temperatures of 100F+ or winter temperatures of -10F.
@Bohica-tq3ps2 жыл бұрын
Uhhhhhhhhhh.................How much ammo you got? Asking for a friend. 😁
@Mr.56Goldtop2 жыл бұрын
@@dustyroads5753 Yeah, the brain dead occupier of the white house and the domestic terror organization the ATF want to know.
@jasonarcher72682 жыл бұрын
That's pretty badass
@Bohica-tq3ps2 жыл бұрын
@@dustyroads5753 It's no wonder I'm having trouble getting ammo...........And paying through the nose for it.
@fromtheflightdeck2522 жыл бұрын
@@Mr.56Goldtop President Mr Burns?
@carolannpacificadam194414 күн бұрын
Those could really be helpful to those trying to have a place. Could be cute inside
@snakemanmike2 жыл бұрын
They look a lot more comfortable than some of the housing that the US military forced me to live in during my Army career.
@pennythomas93052 жыл бұрын
Definitely!'
@nadnavlis2402 жыл бұрын
I guess I was lucky; no complaints about housing from me. But when you spend months out of every year living in trenches, any real housing is appreciated.
@CrWood-jm2ci2 жыл бұрын
Mr Lawson you too know about crappy quarters I was drafted and served in Korea when it was still a combat tour on DMZ 1968 as/ a farm boy from Oklahoma and Cherokee I was quite pleased to have a q hut quanset huts and cold ass bunkers 20 feet from north Korea getting shot at by commies and makli kimchi.and ramen noodles some how I still miss it thank you for serving and god bless you c r woodall 2 and Korean war veteran yes.we got combat.pay and..the combat patch in Korea 1966 to 1974 and Korean post 50s campaign medal from south Korea and a.f.e.m good luck you sir
@paulmcfeeters55542 жыл бұрын
Considering the amount of bears in the north I would rather be in one of these than most stick built houses. Log cabins would work well too.
@keltic341thoughtyouknuskii3420 күн бұрын
🐻❄️ you think we don't know where the 🚪 door is at?
@stephenpowstinger7332 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of the Quonset hut. We had them in the army - a round roof, effectively a half-barrel shape. A complete barrel seems unnecessary except on permafrost. An oval barrel would be more aesthetically pleasing. Also not for the claustrophobic.
@sheilagravely56212 жыл бұрын
Oh but I would love it! I don't do well in big wide open places, but I do really well in smaller more confined spaces. (I'm a paranoid schizophrenic as well as an introvert). I could easy do this.
@CrWood-jm2ci2 жыл бұрын
Mr powslinger I too remember q huts in Korean DMZ during war quiete and cozy really quite warm c r in Texas usa
@davidbarrus65422 жыл бұрын
You are correct.
@mikemetague79732 жыл бұрын
Yes. Their 1941 first manufacture in Quonset Pt., RI, was half round corrugated steel with flat ends w/doors. They were ubiquitous late in WW2 by the military, and surplus Quonset huts became widely used in towns shortly after the war. Our small town had a storage facility-cum-auto mechanic shop Quonset hut. (What I called a cistern back then was a trough-like rainwater catch and retain tub for water drained fr. non-cylindrical roofs.) These huts are prefab and need insulation, just as do tanks and RR tankcars, for setting up as a residence.
@deanronson63312 жыл бұрын
They should be called Gomer Pyle huts.
@bradtipton9862 жыл бұрын
The interiors shown remind me of high end motorhomes or large RVs here in the US. Space well used and comfortable for the inhabitants.
@valvenator2 жыл бұрын
You'd be the talk of the town pulling into an RV Park with one of these in tow on an 18 wheeler :)
@bradtipton9862 жыл бұрын
@@valvenator Don't tempt me. I am too old to take on such a project. Too poor to buy the 18 wheeler.
@tedsmith61372 жыл бұрын
In my country, a cistern is the tank that holds the water to flush the toilet!
@harrymills27702 жыл бұрын
I think of a cistern as an underground tank for holding water, typically for drinking. Underground is the typical application, although I think "cistern" just means a tank that holds water. Common application is collecting rain water, which is why people think of them as being underground. The "flush tank" for a toilet is, technically, a cistern. In the U.K., I think water for washing and flushing is not drinking water. That's a whole separate water system. The reason I clicked on the link was because I thought they were putting them in the ground, with modifications for living inside them, like so many are doing, now, with shipping containers.
@toriladybird5112 жыл бұрын
@@harrymills2770 depernds where you live.. City water in Portsmouth UK is from the same source so i can safely brush my teeth even using water from my toilet cistern.
@charlesfoster5752 жыл бұрын
…all throughout the Caribbean a cistern is the lowest floor of a concrete/block home that is sealed to make a tank to catch the water from the roof since there are no ground water sources. The best ones use an 18” void in at least one of (or all) the walls so water is gravity fed to plumbing and keeps the interior cool. Since the 1700’s.
@JT13582 жыл бұрын
@@harrymills2770 UK homes have only one water supply coming into the house, thus the water used to flush the toilet comes from the same supply as that used for drinking, cooking, and washing. There are very few exceptions to this.
@Mark5mith2 жыл бұрын
It's definitely a tank, we're mostly water, I'll go with that.
@thomastolbert61842 жыл бұрын
Lived in a Quonset hut in Alaska when the temperature was fifty six below. Heated it with a small oil heater that burned JP one oil(jet fuel).
@winnifredforbes11142 жыл бұрын
Nice and cozy? 😱
@jasonwcoleman2502 жыл бұрын
But didn't you hear the narrator? "The only thing that can battle those temps are a cistern". How did you possibly survive without one?
@jasonwcoleman2502 жыл бұрын
But @@kosmotto, the narrator was super specific, only a cistern will keep you Alice in those temps. There's no way igloos have been working for the snow natives, they've been in cisterns all along and lied about their snow globes. I can't imagine a yurt possibly tolerating those temps. A shipping container is clearly out of the question.
@semrayildiz69702 жыл бұрын
@@jasonwcoleman250 A Yurt is all around, round, just like the igloos and the domes. the top is round and the walls are round. whereas the cylinder has 2 flat sides. So Yurts are rounder than cylinders. I can't understand why they wouldnt work in the extreme low temps when they are still being used to this day? And Yurt is something traditional and Turkic and I know that the same people in their extreme Caucasia still use it. If I am wrong can you please explain?
@standunitedorfall18632 жыл бұрын
@@semrayildiz6970 Cylinders are all round. They have no flat sides. But floors, and ceilings have been added making it appear flat.
@darknessislight36892 ай бұрын
I’d live in one 😊without a second thought 💭
@fatoomgierdien21812 жыл бұрын
Phenomenal!! This is fantastic. We have a shortage of housing for millions of our people. I myself pay a huge amount of rental even though I am almost 63yrs old. I can live in this comfortably. I am in Cape Town. I will send this to our government.
@Norm4752 жыл бұрын
I lived in a Quonset hut when I was stationed in Japan in 1961, they would rattle like hell when we had one of their frequent earthquakes. The earthquakes were minor and you probably would not have noticed them if you were in a structurally sound house, but living in a tin can you could hear every noise.
@saxxon90032 жыл бұрын
That's really interesting Norm. You were basically living inside your own speaker, transmitting the vibrations from the earthquakes. Amazing when you think of the physics involved.
@patmcbride98532 жыл бұрын
Without proper insulation, the cold soak would kill you. The best shape to retain heat is a sphere, because the surface area is less than any other shape when compared to volume. Cylinders are better than rectangles, and are also more able to part the wind, instead of being pushed by it.
@got2kittys2 жыл бұрын
Continue adding elements to a geodesic dome, and you'll make a sphere.
@patmcbride98532 жыл бұрын
@@got2kittys Close enough.
@evensgrey2 жыл бұрын
@@got2kittys Except that geodesic domes are bastardly things to build, wasteful of materials, and have lots of unusable space due to the curved walls/roof. A cylinder on it's side may be a bit on the low side, but you can build things that don't need full height, like bunks and tables, into the sides.
@amirlach2 жыл бұрын
I seen these when I worked in Siberia. The first ones might have been made from tanks, but later ones were purpose built. They are intermodal , like Sea Cans.
@allme25472 жыл бұрын
The narrator's cadence & inflection reminds me of how my 3rd grader self would read a report in front of the class... completely disconnected from what any of it meant! Lol
@bosatsu762 жыл бұрын
It's an AI program reading it... So many postings use it for some reason...
@frankmiller952 жыл бұрын
@@bosatsu76 The reason is stupidity, an abundant resource everywhere, but especially here on YT.
@bosatsu762 жыл бұрын
@@frankmiller95 Greed and disrespect as well...
@vince77352 жыл бұрын
Yes true
@harrymills27702 жыл бұрын
@@frankmiller95 Zero work goes into the video that way. All you need is to lift a story/description and you don't even have to worry about reading or editing. There are quite a few KZfaqrs who are chasing maximum clicks for minimum work. It could also be people who would turn off viewers if they used their own speaking voice.
@BAZZAROU8122 жыл бұрын
This would make great housing for the homeless as well as shipping containers..
@MR..1812 жыл бұрын
Like the round one better...ha ha ha
@PeterLawton2 жыл бұрын
Yes. Do that.
@winnon9922 ай бұрын
Yes, You’d just have to rebuild the inside every so often when they tear them up ! That’s why their where their at 99% of them. Try it and see !
@evelynbreton9652Ай бұрын
They should go back where they came from
@j.dunlop82952 жыл бұрын
In 1978 my parents moved to Alaska, Moose Creek, December was a really cold month that year, their heating bill for the month was over a $1000.00 in a trailer house, they obviously moved ASAP. -20 to -55 that month.
@RobertRobinson-dy3rjАй бұрын
A bear can't get in 😊
@ricosuaveon22 жыл бұрын
This is amazing. Reminiscent of a Quonset hut, so popular with our army in the mid 20th century, but the curve is extended all the way around.
@ricosuaveon22 жыл бұрын
Is it possible to get them in America?
@TK-zc5wu2 жыл бұрын
Remember two used as shops when I was a kid in Plymouth UK was sad when they pulled them down and left the space empty for years progress eh!
@recoveringsoul7552 жыл бұрын
@@ricosuaveon2 these look interesting right?
@deborahduthie45192 жыл бұрын
They were called Nissan huts here in Australia. I like these cocoons.
@recoveringsoul7552 жыл бұрын
@@deborahduthie4519 are they fireproof, from external fires?
@notyouraveragegoldenpotato19 күн бұрын
Lets be honest here. In those temps and conditions- ANY place that kept them warm would be the best thing ever to them
@HollyMoore-wo2mh21 күн бұрын
The military lived in Quonset huts. My parents lived in one during World War Two. "The sides were corrugated steel sheets, and the two ends were covered with plywood which had doors and windows. The interior was insulated and had pressed wood lining and a wood floor. The building could be placed on concrete, on pilings, or directly on the ground with a wood floor. The original design used low-grade steel, which was later replaced by a more rust-resistant version. The flexible interior space was open, allowing use as barracks, latrines, medical and dental offices, isolation wards, housing, and bakeries."
@ronaldlebeck95772 жыл бұрын
Having friends who are native Russian speakers, I know how things can get translated strangely. "Tank" in English is бак (bak) in Russian and "cistern" is сливной бачок (slivnoy bachok). I'm trying to figure out why they're using "cistern" in the title... A cylinder is much more efficient and by not having square corners (except on the ends), less prone to stress fractures caused by expansion and contraction from temperature changes. I would at least coat the outside with mastic to prevent rusting, though the addition of spray-on concrete would provide more thermal mass. These could be partially buried with one end facing south. Using spray-on polyurethane foam on the inside would give added insulation (I think that might have been mentioned). I've seen earth-sheltered homes made from culvert sections and also ceramic silo blocks. There's a dome-style structure made in Canada that is supposedly so efficient, insulation-wise, that a light bulb can keep it warm. I need to find that again.
@brodriguez110002 жыл бұрын
I suspect one of the things is weight. Concrete culvert would be very heavy to move.
@ronaldlebeck95772 жыл бұрын
@@brodriguez11000 The one earth sheltered house I saw in a book that I have used half round sections of huge corrugated metal culvert. These were, I'd say, about 10 feet across. I say "culvert" because that's what it looked like, only huge (definitely not the normal size metal culvert that one would see under to the end of a driveway or under a highway). The half sections were welded together and resting on top of a concrete slab with a channel on both sides for the edges of the metal sections to sit in. The whole thing was coated on the outside with mastic to provide a moisture barrier, there were skylights installed, the north end was sealed and buried, the south end had windows. There were two of these Quonset hut-style sections running parallel to each other, one slightly higher than the other, with a connecting piece between them that had the laundry on one side and the mechanical room on the other. There was a garage attached on the uppermost side. The lower section had the living room and kitchen, the upper section had the bedrooms. Everything (except the garage) was buried and grass was planted over it. The whole structure was built into the side of a hill. Oh, the inside had sprayed on polyurethane foam for insulation and was sealed over with something. This was in a book on earth-sheltered house designs that I bought back in the late 1980s, early 1990s. If this type of structure was going to be above ground, one would apply spray on concrete at the building site. I've seen a dome house that was constructed with rebar and wire mesh, then had sprayed-on concrete applied. I've heard of another that had used an inflatable "bag" which was coated with something , sprayed-on concrete applied, when it was completely set up and cured, the "bag" was deflated and removed, leaving the concrete behind in place. Pretty cool.
@harrymills27702 жыл бұрын
@Ronald Lebeck You and I frequent some of the same places.
@jt19292 жыл бұрын
I’ve worked in some rail tankers during winter and you do heat up fast with only little ventilation
@mountainguyed672 жыл бұрын
@@ronaldlebeck9577 Cistern means tank for storing liquids (usually water) in English. So they’re using a correct word, it’s just not the first choice for Americans.
@brokenvessel41712 жыл бұрын
If you buried them almost completely, the earth would provide themal mass for heating in the winter and cooling in the summer.
@harrymills27702 жыл бұрын
My first thought. I also thought "Why not bury them?" when I watched the video.
@ericwilliams16592 жыл бұрын
Yes burying them would increase their R value but where they are used most likely has Permafrost or solid rock. Making digging them into the earth very difficult in some areas. Secondly if they are buried they are more likely to rust and corrode faster. Shortening their life span and increasing their cost of production.
@masa4612 жыл бұрын
Permafrost
@tommyfred61802 жыл бұрын
one you have permafrost in the far north. so buried them and you would freeze fast. two when you get two foot of show in one night the last thing you need to be is showed in underground. having them up in the air provides wind cooling in summer. stops them folding in spring and keeps them out of the snow in winter.
@crhu3192 жыл бұрын
@@ericwilliams1659 depends on wraps & coatings available,
@scottwiseman801524 күн бұрын
I remember back in the 80's in Granite City, Il, and St Louis, Mo, they used old rail freight cars and tuned them into affordable housing.
@chrism19121 күн бұрын
When I was much younger I thought I’d love to live in old train passenger cars & s as caboose. Even drew out designs of how to place them side by side or end to end, even I a spoke snd eherl concept . If we, worldwide, but especially in wealthier countries, repurposed instead of building new and wasting so much , we’d all be better off
@garymucher95902 жыл бұрын
Interesting concept. And I have to admit, if they are setup inside with niceties, they look very comfy. Who would have thought... Thumbs Up!
@bluesman972 жыл бұрын
The one good thing about those is states won't be able to jack up your property taxes.. due to no increase in appreciation.
@fjb49322 жыл бұрын
blues man, You underestimate the gov't. I've done absolutely nothing to my property, yet my taxes keep going up due to appreciation ...
@harrymills27702 жыл бұрын
@@fjb4932 And inflation. That's how they get rid of people who are on a fixed income.
@ebayerr2 жыл бұрын
blues man : If the county or city even allows you to live in one.
@sascotttx51452 жыл бұрын
@@ebayerr Storage for agricultural supplies.
@ebayerr2 жыл бұрын
@@sascotttx5145:Good point.
@allanwhorrall51422 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. What a surprise to see the snug , and warm abode in such cold climate. I would think that these houses/ living quarters would be an asset for our Canadian Natives in the far north. Congratulations to the Russian genius who invented this type of lodging.
@kgrant31842 жыл бұрын
@Allan Whorrall Agree! Exactly what we need for our Canadian winters with summer heat mitigation, too, as we go into "The Eddy Minimum" and its climate change - and not just for our far north! Proper installation would also help mitigate against extreme winds, forest fires & the like - some of the CIA-released Chan Thomas doc "Adam & Eve Story" anticipated happenings. Good on the Russians!
@philliphall519819 күн бұрын
I want a electric blanket or two just in case, hate the dam cold weather Happy people have a safe and warm place to sleep and live 😊
@nicolarollinson43812 жыл бұрын
Sold! I would love to live in one of these.
@4thinternational2832 жыл бұрын
This could be the solution to the homeless situation.
@GreensiteofhellАй бұрын
Often homeless people don't want a house - too much administration and responsibility. Btw I'm not homeless, but one wants a cylinder house anyway. Do you know where I buy one?
@bubbablue1100Ай бұрын
2 years later. Apparently not.
@tablescissors67Ай бұрын
@@Greensiteofhell Plus when given housing, they quickly turned it into a crime riddled area full of drug dens, drug dealing, stealing, vandalism, shoot outs, shooting up, and prostitution. The issue is not as simple (for most) as just put them into homes (to ruin neighbors and neighborhoods).
@cayceesmith265029 күн бұрын
At least the begining. I believe mental health access needs to come along with it. And probably job therapy. Combine the three, and we've got a winner!
@Montegrl26 күн бұрын
Yes, also in isolated communities where transporting supplies and building construction is a challenge.
@amramjose2 жыл бұрын
I'm guessing they still have to be well insulated inside, otherwise the metal cylinder is at whatever outside temperature it is exposed to. Still, this is a great concept for small homes.
@dwaneanderson80392 жыл бұрын
Yes, I was wondering what they used for insulation, but the video didn't say.
@RayleighCriterion2 жыл бұрын
It looks like they have external insulation in the more extreme locations.
@russcattell955i2 жыл бұрын
I don't know in all cases but some tanks are double skinned. The tanks I worked with in the milk industry were.
@michaelmaston47022 жыл бұрын
They can be insulated inside...outside...or a combination of both.
@scotty2jobsscotty2jobs342 жыл бұрын
A liquid hydrogen tank is double walled with neoprene insulation in between. It has a one way travel time of approximately 350 hours. So it will keep the liquid at -423 digress for 350 hours before in vents the gas that has accumulated in that time frame.
@ShakespeareCafe2 жыл бұрын
The condensation on the metal surface must be dealt with. There's no getting around it. The metal is cold the moist warmer air inside condenses and water drips from the ceiling.
@kimdearborn17282 жыл бұрын
Find a way to use that condensation for water or a heating situation I'm not an engineer but it's an idea
@harrymills27702 жыл бұрын
Ridding the interior of moisture is a problem. But if you have a vapor barrier between the living area and the metal, condensation isn't a problem. And it's not the condensation dripping from the ceiling that's a problem. It's the water building up in the bottom and causing it to corrode, like the bottom of an air-compressor tank, which reminds me I didn't turn off and drain my tank, yesterday.
@anthonycampbell88762 жыл бұрын
Condensation is the same in air liners. All condensation runs to bottom in cargo bay soaks insulation corrodes metal .worked on DC-8 with so much corrosion you could remove rivets with fingernail.
@todrohde608717 күн бұрын
Doesn't matter what shape it is. Insulation is more important and controlling moisture. I've lived in temps from +100 degrees Fahrenheit to - 60 in North Dakota.
@LambentLark2 жыл бұрын
They should look into using these on the north slope oil fields in Alaska. I had to go up there a few years ago to do a walk down on a facility. (Before new consruction engineers check measurements IRL to what is on the engineering drawings the facility was built from so their new drawings will be accurate.) While I was there, I stayed in a connex. One morning, I left my pillow lean against the wall, when I tried to go to sleep that night it had froze to the wall. I'm a pillow flipper but that was nuts!
@tawnihaynie10652 жыл бұрын
You should of asked to be out in the North Slope Borough in Prudhoe apartments. You must of been a very long distance away. Prudhoe Bay is a city within itself. ☺☺☺😇😇😇
@LambentLark2 жыл бұрын
@@tawnihaynie1065 Yeah, I wish! I was out at Milne Point. And I wasn't on a regular rotation. I would just go up at the pre-engineering phase and make sure the drawings we were working off of were accurate. The food was good though.
@kimdavis63982 жыл бұрын
These are great! There are so many solutions to put a dent in our homeless epidemic which was created and is maintained by politicians. Too bad we don't have public servants instead.
@bobclifton80212 жыл бұрын
Have you ever heard of Quonset huts? Probably not. During WWII and afterward they were standard housing units in the far north and elsewhere. They were very effective too.
@harrymills27702 жыл бұрын
Now they have fabrics infused with quick-crete. Inflate them, hose them down, the quick-crete hardens, and instant quonset hut. Quick, sturdy temporary headquarters that will remain standing for years.
@caseysmith5442 жыл бұрын
@@harrymills2770 There are also huts made of tent like material or a thicker material once used for older Military Ponchos in the 1980's that get starched to the point of full tightness and they do the same thing, hose the building down with fast dry type concretes then let dry and same deal but they are not inflated but set up quickly. This I have seen used on some of the dome tent shapes with a thicker rubber material to make a cheap permeant Igloo looking house.
@robinjonson52422 жыл бұрын
I have a Giant Quanset Hut & a Tubular Tank, like the ones they shown,but it's Standing Upright to hold water, Lol.. never thought to make a little house out of it !!🤣
@ljprep62502 жыл бұрын
I was born in one in the '50s on an Air Force base in Alaska. It was their hospital.
@doonhamer25215 күн бұрын
@@ljprep6250 our quarters and sick bay were quanset huts, the gables were bricked in .. then in Arctic, they were same but timber frame walls with a canvas liner.. in winter they shoveled snow half way up the wall to cut some of the wind chill .. as snow is just on 0 Celsius, but wind -40 +. We bought an unused kit unit that was to be used on dew line.. in it was yhe instructions on how to put the quansett on to masonery, timber or concrete walls in order to allow for greater head room, ours went onto timber ..plus ours was fitted with roof lights(windows)
@SjeedughaitАй бұрын
at first sight, that door will jamm in the cold. metal will shrink. stay home. no place like home.
@alanrobinson43182 ай бұрын
Funny how the Igloo used by tribes in the far north have been around for centuries. They keep you alive in as harsh, if not harsher conditions.
@gerry51342 жыл бұрын
I know there is a craze to convert shipping containers into homes. They can even be stacked one on top of the other.
@gerry51342 жыл бұрын
@Septimus of Gorgas Would make a cool looking structure ! 👍🏼
@gerry51342 жыл бұрын
@Septimus of Gorgas LoL 😁
@bobyoung16982 жыл бұрын
No. Wood has always been a superior insulator in that it is temperature neutral, whereas metal conducts heat or cold immediately and directly. With the same amount of insulation, professionally installed, wood structures will always be more comfortable than metal structures.
@orrindavis212 жыл бұрын
May have less air leakage from these structures
@bobyoung16982 жыл бұрын
@@orrindavis21 that is certainly possible. Even good insulation, if installed poorly in a wood structure, allows for enough air exchange to drop the overall rating.
@RayleighCriterion2 жыл бұрын
These structures were transported to the sites most likely with poor quality roads, the strong metal shape was more durable than any wooden structure.
@cyborgar152 жыл бұрын
Can't wait for you to find some wood to build with on the artic ice..
@bahjinelson39862 жыл бұрын
@@cyborgar15 Yeah, but large, metal containers are lying everywhere.
@vincent2327Күн бұрын
In the UK a cistern is the small water container on the back of a toilet, which would make the whole concept slightly more difficult.
@benstandard2 ай бұрын
I'd love to have a dozen or so of these and make a little housing park out them for my family and friends. I'd likely live there as well.
@TK-zc5wu2 жыл бұрын
I Thought they looked gorgeous a bit like a hobbit home
@danielholman72252 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I’d live in a “cistern” if I thought I could save on the heating bill. Looks pretty cozy.
@pisathongsonlone39352 ай бұрын
Metal is a great conductor for heat but they have to keep the fire going cuz it’s also great conductor for cold
@tomtompkins6779Ай бұрын
Pretty simple to insulate would help with both heat and cold and condensation
@tommartinez62Ай бұрын
there wasn't enough information on heating. plumbing. insulation nor. layouts. Is there a part 2
@kilterkaos12 жыл бұрын
My family has been into the tank manufacturing business since the mid-70s. To this day we build and install tanks for companies like Procter & Gamble’s, Smuckers, US ALCO .. It would definitely be cheaper to purchase already built and used tanks then it would be for a company like ours to build one. Altering an already built and used tank would make for a great side project though.
@Dewydidit2 жыл бұрын
That depends on what was stored in it I suppose. It would be touchy to slap a torch on one that held diesel fuel for 20 years.
@M70ACARRY2 жыл бұрын
@@Dewydidit I was a medic in a oil producing community. Have had several fatalities with 100 barrel tanks. Two Young boys lit a lighter to peer inside. Several others were ignited by welders. Dangerous stuff.
@Dewydidit2 жыл бұрын
@@M70ACARRY I know you can weld on them if they are filled with water or inert gas... But folks shouldn't just snag a used tank and start striking sparks.
@kman27832 жыл бұрын
I'm thinking three of these in the shape of a T would be awesome. One for kitchen and dining room, another section for living room and office/Gym area. Lastly one more section for sleeping area and bathroom W/Shower, washer/dryer. My Alaskan retreat, hunting/fishing lodge. 🌴😎🌴USA
@John-rw2zf2 ай бұрын
This is a really good idea that could be used for other purposes. Several things might be cabins, storage, RV's, smoke houses, tornado and hurricane shelters. People had some great inventions many years ago that can still be very useful today.
@jeffreyallen96262 жыл бұрын
Great idea so good that these men would create a warm comfortable home for all of their people🙏❤
@3ppcli25 күн бұрын
This concept is absolutely incredible. Thanks for the video.
@dbach70512 жыл бұрын
I would imagine the main reason is because it is a small space and smaller spaces are easier to warmup.
@dany33562 жыл бұрын
And better if it is cilindrical like these ones, because you don't have upper corners where the warm air could hide.
@ConwayBob2 жыл бұрын
@@dany3356 -- Yes. Plus the circular cross-section means there's less surface area for the same volume, and that means fewer square feet that can conduct and/or radiate heat out of the house.
@michelesherman56602 жыл бұрын
I have been looking at tiny homes for 2 yrs. I was burnt out of my home in 2018 along with the rest of the town. I'm going to rebuild, or just build. But tiny it will be.
@jollyrodgers72722 ай бұрын
First time in my long life I ever heard these Tank Cars (tank wagons) carrying "ISO Tanks" referred to as 'cisterns' - which are subterranean water storage vaults/catchment basins dug into earth and/or rock, usually lined with tile, brick and/or plaster, and been used since earliest recorded history of mankind. SOME people in the North prefer to live in them.
@ironnorse2 жыл бұрын
Some of the most expensive real-estate comes in the form of "recycled" water towers. In San Francisco, one resold for millions having a birds eye view of the entire bay. Freighter containers also make great homes.
@billjoe392 жыл бұрын
any 'new' million dollar 'recycled' home in SF now has exclusive views of homeless camps and dirty streets
@reganleblanc36062 жыл бұрын
I always wanted to convert a water tower, location, size, possibilities, just super cool in my eyes.
@ironnorse2 жыл бұрын
@@reganleblanc3606 Regan its been done and looks great! Id settle for an electrical tripod, first level platform sits about 250ft high, second, although much smaller at about 300ft. made of metal. How about a forest ranger watch tower?
@theodoremartin61532 жыл бұрын
@@billjoe39 and abandoned
@tedwojtasik87812 жыл бұрын
I want to buy four and have an engineer design a central pod which connects all four in a cross-pattern. That way I can pretend I am on the space station during the night and still in the space station by day except it would be during a CME right before my face melted off. WOO HOO!!!
@winnon9922 ай бұрын
Better pretend you had a lot of money too !
@winnon9922 ай бұрын
Better pretend you had a lot of money too !
@afrikasmith104917 күн бұрын
Can you imagine a future where almost everyone could easily move their houses and you can even change the shape into whatever you want?
@craigpittman97642 жыл бұрын
My house when I was a child had a cistern that used to be used to collect rain water, my dad cleaned it out, and we filled it with water from a local town, which was necessary because our well was only 20 ft. deep and often went dry.
@HeatherRose_2 жыл бұрын
I live in northern Canada and I've never seen anyone living in one of these.
@dr-stephennewdell38822 жыл бұрын
these are in Russia
@BelloBudo0072 жыл бұрын
An Aussie here - Do you think such a dwelling could catch on? In my experience, sometimes when things seem too good to be true, it's because they are.
@keirfarnum68112 жыл бұрын
I lived in Alaska for 20 years and I never saw one of these either.
@ricosuaveon22 жыл бұрын
@@keirfarnum6811 Alaska is not Russia.
@heru-deshet3592 жыл бұрын
Perhaps because they are all underground.
@ladypilliwick81792 жыл бұрын
I live in a 1953 Spartanette. it's like an airstream but made better 28 foot travel trailer... every thing he's saying is true
@pixiepostcard20902 жыл бұрын
Ahead of the curve, eco-conservationists can learn a lot from this.. cool stuff!!!
@hecate2352 жыл бұрын
Link several together, cover them with earth, and you'd have a hobbit house! Warm in winter, cool in summer, and tornado proof too!
@santamanone2 жыл бұрын
Actually those railroad cars are called “tank cars.” A “cistern” is a place where water is stored and doesn’t move.
@mountainguyed672 жыл бұрын
Actually cistern is another word for tank, it’s not any more specific than that.
@rozzgrey8016 күн бұрын
I knew a priest who used to work there, in what he called the 'Cistern Chapel'. He painted the ceiling up as well.
@seanshaw516421 күн бұрын
The trick for the cistern is that it doesn’t have ANY angles that would negate the internal temperature of the shelter. Also, think of the qounset huts of WWII..
@michaelprocter12982 жыл бұрын
What a cheap way of building adorable housing in any climate conditions. Hope they are able to stand up in tropical storm areas. Like Northern Territory, West Australia and Queensland Australia.
@MadMax-bq6pg2 жыл бұрын
Mick, the big crocs would just chomp their way straight through and the drop bears wouldn’t have an issue slashing through that steel. 😉
@elizabethmcglothlin54062 жыл бұрын
Makes me wonder if it's also cheaper to leave the tanks where they're sent rather than send them back empty to be reused.
@BouncingTribbles2 жыл бұрын
This is simply how trade works. Old trading ships could only sail trade routes that let them fill their cargo holds. If there isn't anything to send back then you don't send the box it came in back
@BobEckard7 күн бұрын
This could be a fit for homeless types in designated areas with little to no upkeep.
@howardsimpson489Ай бұрын
I have a cabin made from a shipping reefer. This is a 20 foot ISO container fully insulated for chilled/frozen food international transport. It stays warm with just the waste heat from the fridge, microwave, computer, electric jug. Very robust, any container cartage can shift it. Wind, earthquake resistant, even flood proof with the doors secured. Stainless steel interior and exterior so no maintenance. Only a bit more expensive than ordinary boxes second hand.
@jenniferjuniper972 жыл бұрын
How is the oil residue removed?
@hanksteroz61402 жыл бұрын
That was very enlightening & interesting
@altonkenne5792 жыл бұрын
Where im from a cistern is a concrete tank elevated on concrete legs to hold well water it is elevated so that you do not need a pump . Gravity feed is sufficiant .
@strangerous13136 күн бұрын
Some folks live in brotherns. But no matter their home, they all go to the Cisturn Chapel on Sundays.
@pityparty99552 жыл бұрын
The county zoning here would never approve such a good idea. Wonder what a tank would cost in the USA.
@kenreynolds10002 жыл бұрын
Overkill for most of the US. Better to use a container.
@stephenmartini58902 жыл бұрын
@@kenreynolds1000 ....containers aren't a better idea because they are prone to leakage and rust. Also, their flat walls are not structurally strong making them like a sail in high wind, ask any truck driver. The roofs are flat and may pool water if not covered correctly.
@happydee69502 жыл бұрын
We use 10 foot diameter corrugated culvert in the U.S. which costs $100 to $300 a linear foot to build similar structures. The oil tanks they used can be much more expensive. The trick is to keep it under 50ft long so you can ship it on a standard truck flatbed with no oversized load requirements.
@kenreynolds10002 жыл бұрын
@@stephenmartini5890 I still think that the cost to overcome known issues with containers are cheaper and easier than a prepping a cylinder for habitation except for the worst conditions. Those leak/rust/oven issue don’t magically go away without lots of mitigation on a culvert as well.
@Norm4752 жыл бұрын
I know people that buy shipping containers to use as a deer camp.
@markwindsor9142 жыл бұрын
I suspect they'd be much warmer if allowed to be covered with snow. Inside an igloo it is warmer than outside because the wind chill factor is removed. Basically the snow would be an insulator.
@fasx562 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful evolution of the original idea of living in a cylinder that can withstand very cold temperatures. What is so beneficial and cost effective is the small investment it takes to produce these portable homes. They have been engineered and designed to be comfortable and attractive and the best all weather homes used in the Arctic. Thank you for producing this video and a very successful story brought to light.
@vontrap69422 ай бұрын
Probably because they are cheap to make. Though I'm not sure how warm they are compared to other types of buildings. I build my walls with at least R30 insulation, in some cases over R40. I can't see these having that much. Perhaps being a small building with a wood stove in there it would stay warm easily enough.
@javi84312 жыл бұрын
I'd put 3 of them together just to make a bit more room out of them side by side
@BelloBudo0072 жыл бұрын
Do you mean like in a U shape with connecting doorways? That's certainly an idea.
@HectorPerez-tb8hn2 жыл бұрын
what about an interior patio ? or a pond ?
@recoveringsoul7552 жыл бұрын
@@HectorPerez-tb8hn greenhouse?
@toriladybird5112 жыл бұрын
I would say create a courtyard and use four connected with glass corridors that could be like mini green houses. The court yard could be used as a area to use greywater to grow veggies.
@Travelgirl02242 жыл бұрын
@@toriladybird511 - great idea! I was thinking have them spoke out like a wheel, like 5. They would all come together by one end of the structure... to a general hall/ entry way.
@cynthiakeller59542 жыл бұрын
Seems like the oil would have permeated the metal walls thus keeping the tanks always smelling like oil.
@harrymills27702 жыл бұрын
It doesn't work that way, unless the tank is corroded.
@cynthiakeller59542 жыл бұрын
@@harrymills2770 Thanks for clarifying. They remind me of old style caravans which I love!
@jt19292 жыл бұрын
The video says cistern, as in water storage not chemicals
@jt19292 жыл бұрын
@@filster1934 cistern is the description
@ellendoyle1957Ай бұрын
One formerly used to store oil or gas would kill you to with the chemicals if you lived in it. Only use one that had water if it if you were to buy one.
@corneliusdrvanderbilt8222 жыл бұрын
It is a brilliant design for that area. I was a young buck in the late sixties working on Permafrost Project where temperatures plummeted to minus 57 C and the wind lifted Kamaz trucks. These cylinders are ideal. These people are special breed to live there and by happy. Good luck to them. Yes, there is charm looking at white snowed under ...
@mr.sir017314 күн бұрын
Imagine how bad it would suck to live in one of these in a hot area like phoenix Arizona or Dallas Texas
@joshhayl74592 жыл бұрын
🔵 These would make the most sensible zombie-proof housing that exists!.... and it can be moved if necessary!
@danielgriff26592 жыл бұрын
wouldnt it be a death trap? how would you get out?
@joshhayl74592 жыл бұрын
@@danielgriff2659, 🟦 I think you failed to grasp the meaning of the phrase "Zombie-proof",..... It only works when you're IN-SIDE of it. Other than that, you leave by the DOOR!....The same way you would any OTHER Bldg.
@bufordpruitt95012 жыл бұрын
How many times can a salesman say "This is great! This is great. This..." No real information here. Empty calories.
@michaelmaston47022 жыл бұрын
Another viable housing idea. I would use 2...connected by a short passage for more room. Use one for sleeping / recreation, and the other for living space. Units such as these are naturally modular...which, I think, adds to their appeal. Also, they can be had in different sizes.
@erichess42792 жыл бұрын
Makes one wonder if these would be more efficient and economical than the rectangular shipping container?
@geoben18102 жыл бұрын
@ Eric Hess .Shipping containers can be stacked. Quonset huts not so much.
@amanofmanyparts91202 жыл бұрын
In thermal terms, the cylindrical shape would have a lower surface area than the square cross section of a shipping container, thus reducing the cooling effect of the outside air and wind speed. In theory raising the floor level to give a walking surface would lower the volume to live in, but the 'lost' space could be used to house other things such as clean and waste water storage or electrical heating systems with warm air ducting.
@ottopartz12 жыл бұрын
A major problem in arctic areas is that any little crack is a place that snow WILL blow in. The doors on a shipping cube would have to be welded shut and a new well sealing door set installed. The other problem with snow is that it piles up and would put a lot of strain on the roof of a cube, where a cylinder transfers much of the load to surrounding snow. Plus you would have to put a secondary roof on a cube as it would provide places for water to accumulate and insects to breed during the brief summers.
@CollieJenn2 жыл бұрын
Difficult automated stacking and less usable space vis a vis container v rectangular containers.
@casparcoaster19362 жыл бұрын
oldest known huts in archeology, weren't square or rect foundations... they were circles. round houses were oldest on earth found so far.
@mountainguyed672 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but not oriented this way. Right? The circle would have been drawn on the ground, not in the air.
@doonhamer252Ай бұрын
we bought late cold war ( DEW Line) unused quanset kits at an auction .. Was supposed to be a temporary measure while we worked on the claims and trapped.. ended up for 7yrs with additional grain silo units added with a corridor as bedroom /hangout for the kids.. surprisingly warm , but did need plenty of oil for the stoves and 3 log truck loads of timber for the wood burning furnace . Wouldn't do it again ,now. But then it was the best option.. We later moved claims and bought an as new ATCO camp .. Kids were at college and or in forces, so was a big empty nest ..
@peterevans81944 күн бұрын
I am not sure why these are considered miraculous? They are just a conversion of a standard railroad tank...I am not sure I would want to live in a tank that had been carrying unknown chemicals or even crude oil? Other than that, I assume they are reasonably cheap and easily available, at least in the Russian far north... Being circular, they probably have a better snow load than say a shipping container..The circular shape also means you get an underfloor space (and extra insulation)....All that is needed really is to insulate the interior, which is not rocket science...
@OldCoot8162 жыл бұрын
"the wind rushes at a speed of 60 meters per second...". That works out to 37,282 mph.
@cedrusthe1st2 жыл бұрын
134.2 mph if ya do the math right
@zinsanez2 жыл бұрын
🤣
@jermainerace41562 жыл бұрын
They need to put these things up on Mt. Everest instead of all those tents that people leave there and don't bring down. Maybe put some lights on them too so people can find them when they are coming back too late at night.
@MHLivestreams2 ай бұрын
Here in Wales, we have little house huts for stranded people to shelter. Can't remember the name, but yes, great idea