Make-n-Do

In this week’s video, I finish the new steps leading out of my bunker excavations. I was worried that I

Using the space during excavation I learnt that steps were definitely a must have for getting out of the pit

Bags, bags, bags – so many bags! By the end of this video, I will have filled and extracted 19

More digging!!! I hate digging. At least I hate it now after all the digging I already did. But, digging

This week I set out to install a garden hose in a niche cut into the wall of my bunker

This week I get a little artistic in the bunker. Things are going in, instead of always coming out. I

It feels great to be putting things back into my excavations instead of always taking stuff out. This week I

It feels great putting things back into my excavations instead of always taking things out. This week I put walls

Digging is finished in my lift shaft, so now I need to figure out what to do about the groundwater

A mixed bag this week – dealing with floods, arches and freebies. Each bring with them their own negatives. But

We had some heavy rain recently. Not as bad as some, mind you – but enough to flood a man’s underground

In this video I weigh all the dirt coming out of the liftshaft – and ponder, “where’s all that water

The headline is not clickbait – I nearly died. But you will have to watch to find out what happened.

This week I chisel out the concrete at the top of what will be a shaft between my upstairs and

I’ve changed direction again this week – digging down from the top of the lift shaft. That means I have

In an unusual turn of events (sarcasm), I’ve gone off on a tangent on the basement project. While I had

All work and no play makes Brian a dull(er) boy. So, this week, as well as laying more rock wall

It’s always a significant turning point when things start going back in to a project. This week, I begin bricking

We had a lot of rain recently. The resulting flood in my basement diggings was prompt enough for me to

The giant slab I cut last week gets moved outdoors in this video. It wasn’t easy, of course. But, with