Concrete and Steel Above-Ground Storm Shelters
Our Pro Storm Shelters are manufactured to have your employee’s safety in mind. With no excavating, pouring concrete, or cranes needed for installation, we deliver and install your above-ground storm shelter to your industrial or manufacturing facility.
Storm Shelter Specifications
- Weighs 24,000 pounds
- Holds up to 16 people (5 sqft per person)
- 8’ x 10’ x 8’4” exterior dimensions
- Emergency Escape Hatch
- Ventilation shafts
- Door weights 250lbs
- 4” steel walls
- Exceeds FEMA 320/361 and NSSA Standards, reviewed and tested by 3rd part engineers
- ICC 500/NSSA Compliant Tested in Lubbock Texas at Texas Tech.
- Withstands 250mph wind speed
- Installation takes 2 hours, does not require concrete pads or digging for installation
FAQs
16 Non Related People.
The floor is 6” thick and the walls are 4” thick.
All Shelters have an emergency hatch located in the back of the shelter.
No, however each shelter has battery operated lights.
Yes, our shelters are ADA compliant.
Installation typically takes about 2 hours to complete.
Unfortunately, we do not offer the service of relocating the shelter to a new site after it has been installed.
Leave a minimum of 2’ 6” from the side walls of the shelter and 3’ from the back wall of the shelter from other structures to allow room for the hydraulic legs to extend to raise and lower the shelter.
In-ground anchors are driven 4’ deep into the ground and will not penetrate roots, rocks, boulders, slabs, or other solid material. If you
have a soil with large rocks, roots, or a rock shelf, please let us know, and we can prepare a modified concrete anchor.
No, however the site needs to prepared for the team to place the shelter safely.
The truck must be able to navigate safely from the road, alley or driveway to your selected site. This means that a clear path of a minimum of 10’ to 12’ wide and 12’ 6” high is required.
If you’re pouring a concrete pad for the shelter to sit on, it must be at least 10’ x 11’ (for an 8’ x 10’ shelter) or 8’ x 7’ (for a 6’ x 6’ shelter), 6” thick, protrude above the ground surface no more than 6”, and have rebar reinforcement along the entire perimeter. 3,500 PSI concrete is required.
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Contact us today for any questions over our above ground storm shelters to see if our shelters make sense for your business!
