GLENNAIRE CONSTRUCTION, INC
This is an exterior view of a shelter mounted on a raised area in a garage. The three holes are for ventilation, each 16" panel has a set of holes with a cover over the inside. We place one panel with the holes up and the next with the holes down for air circulation.
This is an interior view of Tornado Place shelters. The shelters are modular and can be configured to fit most size requirements. FEMA recommends 5 square feet per person as a minimum. Tornado Place shelters were certified by Texas Tech University to withstand an EF5 tornado.
The doors of Tornado Place storm shelters have extra reinforcing and three heavy hinges along with three heavy bolts to secure the latch side when you are inside. Tornado Place shelters doors open to the inside so you will never be trapped and not be able to open the door. The 16" wall panels have ventilation holes that are protected by a shield over them to prevent debris from coming inside.
The door on this walk in closet had to be reversed to swing out instead of inside. The closet was was so tight that we had to remove the base board to allow room.
The doors on Tornado Place shelters have a dead bolt to secure the door from unwanted entry. Once you are inside and close the three large bolts it is nearly impossible for anything to force the door open from the outside. With this means of securing the doors from the inside, the shelter can also be used as a panic room.
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Ideally you want your storm shelter to be under the roof of your house. We have put them on covered porches, in garages, in walk in closets, and in spaces that were designed for the shelters when the house plans were done. We can put them outside if there are no other options, either just sealing all the joints or putting a cover over them that leads from your house to keep you out of the rain and hail.
Just consider our shelters before you have a hole in the ground installed that can end up with water and critters in them. I have heard of the ones that some people have installed in their garages under where they park their cars. The downside to those is that you have to leave your car out in the rain and hail to use it and if you did have a direct hit from a tornado there could be a collapse on top of the top that would prevent your exiting it. There has been instances of people being trapped and the shelter filling up with water and the occupant drowning due to not being able to get out.