Here used to be a WA mob that made circular concrete cellars with a spiral staircase that could just be dropped into a big hole in the ground and people have asked on the forums occasionally about these sort of pre-constructed cellars.
This popped up as a Google Ad on my site, they appear semi-randomly so I thought it might be worthwhile documenting it here. The company is based in SA, but claim to deliver Australia wide.
These people should make arrangements to manufacture locally in the bigger cities, I imagine freight on a 40 tonne lump of concrete is pretty savage from Melb to Bris.
Cheers Brian Life's too short to drink white wine and red wine is better for you too! :-)
Yer, transport is probably the killer. Still for 60k, you can make one yourself, and have it any shape and almost any reasonable size you want, and even with an easily accessible staircase.
I think it's digging the hole. I had an earthworker here and asked him how much for a 4x4m pit. He refused to give me a price, just said I must be mad.
pfft, I had my hole dug out by a front end loader and bobcat, cost me 2.5k, that included them returning to backfill, compaction, compaction tests, levelling and carting the remaining earth away.
The hole was 6x6, with a ramp for access, road fill on the ramp for traction and about 3 meters deep.
Duncan wrote:I think it's digging the hole. I had an earthworker here and asked him how much for a 4x4m pit. He refused to give me a price, just said I must be mad.
Hells bells Dunc. How do you reckon they get swimming pools into the ground?
