If someone isn’t put off by the entrance with the random semi-feral cats, they’re quickly going to go “wait this building is like 3x the size on the outside but there’s no door”.
Which is a good lesson for secret compartments: hide things someplace people don’t want to look. Nobody minds looking at a bookshelf to find a panel gap that’s out of place and a book that conceals a latch. But nobody wants to go digging through attic insulation, hoarder trash bags, or cat litter.
Obviously nothing posted to this sub is going to stay hidden from a forensic team with days to search. But even your average crackhead is going to see that squalor in this post and just nope out.
Having a secret room in a very poor area makes sense to me. Having a second one might be a bit much especially if I need to get on the ground to go get some food.
"It's not that I'm hungry or anything but I'm going to have to pause the movie and ask you to stand in that corner and close your eyes for like 5 minutes."
There was a guy who was hollowing out massive secret tunnels underneath a suburban home, he got caught inside his crazy warren and burnt to death in a fire.
He's been successfully building a tunnel network under his home in the UK for years now. It has 3 entrances, 1 in this home's kitchen, 1 in his detached workshop, and his finishing up a hydraulic lift that lowers his car from the drive way into the tunnel system. He also has the foresight to get city approval before the project, where the tunnel girl (from what I remember) kept getting hung up because she kept having to stop and get city approval for her project.
He created the situation for the fire. The tunnels were illegal. The electrical setup was illegal. He had extension cords attached to extension cords attached to extension cords, and he kept flammable materials with little ventilation and no exit strategy. He knew he was putting this kid in danger.
Sounds like the dude had some pretty substantial mental health issues. And the “kid” was 22 there of his own accord… not trying to make excuses but again 10 years in jail seems steep. It’s not illegal to chain extension cords together.
But yeah I can see like maybe 3rd degree murder. Not manslaughter.
ICC codes are only LAW if it's been adopted by the state or municipality. I'm not arguing that it's a good idea. I'm saying that it's not against the LAW.
There are definitely laws from OSHA or the Fire Marshall about doing so in public spaces or like a restaurant, but I highly doubt there's a municipal code about extension cords.
Talk to your local fire station. Let them know the layout of your home and where the secret room is. It might not be the perfect solution, but they'll keep note of it for if they ever have to respond to your place.
That’s right, escape room. I called it the wrong thing. And apparently it triggered some folks as I’m currently at -12 with that comment haha. I’m glad you understood what I meant— escape rooms, not panic rooms
Since I was a kid I’ve fantasized about having a hidden room(s) and it’s such an awesome concept.
That said, as I got older and thought it through more, I came to the conclusion that the only way it could really be done safely, due to the things you mentioned, is in the style of Clue or something similar, where passageways push open rather than locking shut, or needing motors to open doorways.
You’d need to rely on camouflaging rather than actual locks, or I really feel like I could never actually relax in my hidden space.
I guess you could hide analog latches/levers to make an entryway a little more secure, but anything that requires electricity to open is an immediate no from me. Like you said, I just think about a fire, or the motor dying and I can’t get a cell signal back there to have someone come rescue me. Gives me the heebiest of the jeebies.
My back hurts just from seeing them go through that Alice in wonderland type entry. Also what is even the point of the last compartment with the food, do they really have to hide their snacks. And what’s up with those arm rests, they look like they have metal on them.
Every year we get closer to this dystopian future where people live like the middle ages but have incredible technology like pocket super computers, droids, and spaceships
You hope this belongs here, are you kidding? This is like a secret compartment within a secret compartment within a secret compartment. It couldn't possibly belong here more than it does. It's finally home. You finally sent it home.
Drag marks on the carpet are a big problem
Maid-gimp is released every other Tuesday.
If someone isn’t put off by the entrance with the random semi-feral cats, they’re quickly going to go “wait this building is like 3x the size on the outside but there’s no door”.
Which is a good lesson for secret compartments: hide things someplace people don’t want to look. Nobody minds looking at a bookshelf to find a panel gap that’s out of place and a book that conceals a latch. But nobody wants to go digging through attic insulation, hoarder trash bags, or cat litter.
Obviously nothing posted to this sub is going to stay hidden from a forensic team with days to search. But even your average crackhead is going to see that squalor in this post and just nope out.
Having a secret room in a very poor area makes sense to me. Having a second one might be a bit much especially if I need to get on the ground to go get some food.
The second secret room: for when you like someone enough to show them your secret room, but not enough to share snacks with them.
"It's not that I'm hungry or anything but I'm going to have to pause the movie and ask you to stand in that corner and close your eyes for like 5 minutes."
How did you get the chairs in? Feels like there must be another entrance. Very cool though.
I think the guy get everything in then only build the wall partition
Clever video editing? When she closes the door, it looks like it cuts
Yeah maybe it does cut but I'm pretty sure you can see the chairs before they turn around to close the door.
The thing about hidden rooms, as awesome as they are, I think I’d be terrified I’d get trapped in there
There was a guy who was hollowing out massive secret tunnels underneath a suburban home, he got caught inside his crazy warren and burnt to death in a fire.
This guy
Wonder if he is related to tunnel girl.
https://www.realtor.com/news/unique-homes/woman-wins-approval-to-build-underground-bunker/
That tunnel girl is a lot less interesting and impressive when you know about Colin Furze
https://youtube.com/@colinfurze
He's been successfully building a tunnel network under his home in the UK for years now. It has 3 entrances, 1 in this home's kitchen, 1 in his detached workshop, and his finishing up a hydraulic lift that lowers his car from the drive way into the tunnel system. He also has the foresight to get city approval before the project, where the tunnel girl (from what I remember) kept getting hung up because she kept having to stop and get city approval for her project.
Dang that’s crazy. I don’t understand why he was charged with anything though. Unless he started the fire…. Weird situation all around.
He created the situation for the fire. The tunnels were illegal. The electrical setup was illegal. He had extension cords attached to extension cords attached to extension cords, and he kept flammable materials with little ventilation and no exit strategy. He knew he was putting this kid in danger.
Sounds like the dude had some pretty substantial mental health issues. And the “kid” was 22 there of his own accord… not trying to make excuses but again 10 years in jail seems steep. It’s not illegal to chain extension cords together.
But yeah I can see like maybe 3rd degree murder. Not manslaughter.
It is illegal. https://codes.iccsafe.org/s/IFC2021P2/chapter-6-building-services-and-systems/IFC2021P2-Pt03-Ch06-Sec603.6
ICC codes are only LAW if it's been adopted by the state or municipality. I'm not arguing that it's a good idea. I'm saying that it's not against the LAW.
There are definitely laws from OSHA or the Fire Marshall about doing so in public spaces or like a restaurant, but I highly doubt there's a municipal code about extension cords.
He knew enough not to do it himself…
That, plus you’re cooked (literally..) if there’s a fire. Big no from me.
Exactly!!!
Talk to your local fire station. Let them know the layout of your home and where the secret room is. It might not be the perfect solution, but they'll keep note of it for if they ever have to respond to your place.
the good news is that once you tell them then you don't have a secret room any more
Well if that's the case, then nothing in this subreddit is secret any longer.
Have you heard of those panic rooms? You have to figure out clues to get out of the room. People pay for that. Nope nope nope nope
Escape rooms. Panic rooms are for people’s homes. If the home is broken into they have a safe room to get to.
That’s right, escape room. I called it the wrong thing. And apparently it triggered some folks as I’m currently at -12 with that comment haha. I’m glad you understood what I meant— escape rooms, not panic rooms
That is not a panic room.
You aren’t actually trapped in the room.
They are awesome.
More like Don't Panic rooms, staff are there in case of panic. And Coldplay.
The exit door is literally unlocked the entire time. They run partially on the honor system.
Lol, you don’t literally get locked in. It’s just pretend.
Since I was a kid I’ve fantasized about having a hidden room(s) and it’s such an awesome concept.
That said, as I got older and thought it through more, I came to the conclusion that the only way it could really be done safely, due to the things you mentioned, is in the style of Clue or something similar, where passageways push open rather than locking shut, or needing motors to open doorways.
You’d need to rely on camouflaging rather than actual locks, or I really feel like I could never actually relax in my hidden space.
I guess you could hide analog latches/levers to make an entryway a little more secure, but anything that requires electricity to open is an immediate no from me. Like you said, I just think about a fire, or the motor dying and I can’t get a cell signal back there to have someone come rescue me. Gives me the heebiest of the jeebies.
Firefighters do in fact hate hidden rooms.
I can imagine! I didn’t even think of that
Yeah. As much as I like to browse r/hiddenrooms to check out cool stuff, basically everything there is a hazard 😅
The building is obviously bigger from the outside
reverse tardis
Retardis for short
This guy isn't happy until a secret compartment is non-euclidean
No way
Have you ever read house of leaves, though?
Didn't pet any of the cats, video invalid
Why are there so many cats locked inside that room? Doesn’t seem like much of a life for them, poor things
Doesn’t seem much of a life for the guy in the video, either. Sure, he has a couple of secret rooms, but he locks himself away from the cats?
I just want to be alone with my Mario posters.
The Mario posters won’t return your love. Just sayin’.
Anyone else find this kinda disturbing?
Why do I feel like this isn’t real?
I fully expected it to be full of more cats.
Where’s the toilet?
Does that look like a neighborhood that has indoor plumbing to you?
That's where he's coming back from!
Ah yes, the bathroom which is shared with the Ethiopian restaurant down the street.
When they're in Ethiopia, I think they're just called restaurants
Toilet is under the other chair.
In the cat room
its the box of graved on the right as he walks in.
Bucket is best i can do
I just feel bad his cats live in squalor and he’s living it up.
My back hurts just from seeing them go through that Alice in wonderland type entry. Also what is even the point of the last compartment with the food, do they really have to hide their snacks. And what’s up with those arm rests, they look like they have metal on them.
Bruh. 1 litter box for 6 cats?! Gross
This is definitely a J.O. Station
do the cats ever get to play in the tv room?
I think the right half of the house would give it away.
Hiding the Western/Japanese corrosive anti-revolutionary elements from the spying villagers, then broadcasting it all to the deanonymized net.
Every year we get closer to this dystopian future where people live like the middle ages but have incredible technology like pocket super computers, droids, and spaceships
Have a yabba-dabba-doo time!
This is fucking depressing
Secret back room casting studio?
What fire code officer?
You hope this belongs here, are you kidding? This is like a secret compartment within a secret compartment within a secret compartment. It couldn't possibly belong here more than it does. It's finally home. You finally sent it home.
Does he have another way to get out or will he be entombed there is that electronic lock fails?
I like the shitty camera cut to let you know the chair isn't really attached to servos.
The secret room got a secret room
Subtle door
Yum hot drinks
Doesn't look like there is any ventilation - you would asphyxiate if you used up all the oxygen in there.
I lost it at the dong dong donggg.. 🤣🤣🤣
That famicom hooked up to an HDTV:
Rich parents
I love how I didn’t understand a word except the duh dun dun nuhh
Now that’s a casting room!
That cat is going to rat you out so fast.
I can see the faces if the cats
I hope he lets the cats out often because that looks so stuffy for all those kitties.
Bathroom??
I thought this was going to be a drug run tunnel!
You push those chairs together and it's backroom casting couch...