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Bezier , to Do It Yourself in Doing masonry for a root cellar vaulted ceiling
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That's really cool.

morgunkorn OP ,
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Thank you so much 😊

apis , to Do It Yourself in Doing masonry for a root cellar vaulted ceiling

Beautiful.

Some archaeologist is going to find this one day. Be fun to include a plaque with a message for them (and for anyone who uses it after you).

morgunkorn OP ,
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Yes great idea, I'll go to the engraving company to have a stone inscribed with our names and the year, it will feel nice to leave something tangible behind, and maybe burry a time capsule too.

petrescatraian , to Do It Yourself in Doing masonry for a root cellar vaulted ceiling
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Wow, that looks fantastic. Congrats!

Out of curiosity, what are you planning to store there? Wine? Ice? 😁

morgunkorn OP ,
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Thank you! Wine definitely, probably also plant bulbs in the winter, root vegetables... we have a passive house built on a concrete slab, every room is 19°-23°C all year round, it's too warm for those.

petrescatraian ,
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Cool!

loops , to Do It Yourself in Doing masonry for a root cellar vaulted ceiling
Scary_le_Poo , to Do It Yourself in Doing masonry for a root cellar vaulted ceiling
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It looks amazing!

Radiant_sir_radiant , to Do It Yourself in Doing masonry for a root cellar vaulted ceiling

Awesome work, and a fantastic idea in the first place.

Were you planning to bury a life-size skeleton wearing a construction worker's outfit nearby?

Either way, do post updates please!

morgunkorn OP , (edited )
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It all began as a "quick and easy project to learn the ropes before making the bigger construction elements" (retaining wall, stair, maybe pool even), and then we started looking at hobbit houses, fancying nicer materials, adding an alcove... It now feels like it will be the most complicated thing in the whole garden ^^'

Were you planning to bury a life-size skeleton wearing a construction worker’s outfit nearby?

i wasn't... until i read your suggestion! :D

Radiant_sir_radiant ,

i wasn't... until i read your suggestion!

Glad to be of service. 😁

If the cellar as your first project looks that cool, I can't wait to see the rest of the house. This is going to bring you decades of joy for sure.

Grayox , to Do It Yourself in Doing masonry for a root cellar vaulted ceiling
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That is epic!!! Mad props

photonic_sorcerer , to Do It Yourself in Weekly update: vaulted root cellar
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Looks like a really fun project, now I want to build one! What's that structure you're laying the bricks on called?

morgunkorn OP ,
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I don't know all the words in English, as a Frenchman living in Germany :') Apparently it's a "wooden formwork", according to this page: http://mkolar.org/travel/Cechy/new-house/index.html

We were lucky, as our neighbor who is also renovating offered the steps of his old staircase. I modelled the thing in SketchUp to be able to measure all the angles and dimensions. We then made templates out of plywood for the 2 kinds of segments and used a flush router bit to reproduce the shape.

https://discuss.tchncs.de/pictrs/image/9731f482-c5c6-4221-aaaa-c4601dc7ce13.jpeg

hemko , to Do It Yourself in Weekly update: vaulted root cellar

Damn that's cool

plactagonic , to Do It Yourself in Weekly update: vaulted root cellar

What will be inside? I bet some wine.

morgunkorn OP ,
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Ding Ding Ding! :) Wine racks, shelves with crates for flower bulbs, potatoes and other root vegetables... Which will mean we have to secure the entry, our (lovely) elderly neighbor has already mentioned coming over at night for a drink ^^

But it will probably serve as a tool shed for the coming year until we have the rest of the garden levelled and laid out, it's the first of many projects, we will come back to it for the aesthetics (lime render, floor tiling, door, outside cladding...).

plactagonic ,

I live in wine making region, so there are loads of these. Usually with house attached to it for wine making equipment.

When I want some wine I just go to the street with cellars, chose open one, ask and get some wine.

If it isn't obvious I work in brewery lol.

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