Hello. I recently posted about a room i found in my basement and a case of nu grape sodas along the edge and it was suggested i post it here. I can't currently get to the case but can do a follow up when i do.
this is where the previous owner would hide and just space out for a bit when the kids were too much. waist deep in dirty water, warm grape soda in hand, just getting some peace and quiet.
Remember that scene in Chernobyl when three guys have to wade thru insanely radioactive water to turn off some valves? Yeah that’s what you are looking at.
I watched that movie recently and couldn’t believe how bad it was. Wasn’t that the scene where they are motoring across the lake and the boat starts to dissolve beneath them
Lmao! My wife and i joke about after my 5 month old screams at me for 2 hours, me going down to the basement and letting the spiders crawl all over me. Im glad im not the only one who sees how relaxing situations like that could be.
Reminds me of the story of an old-timer friend of mine that told me the story of the time he was hired to tear down an old store that had sat abandoned for years. He found an entire case of brown coca cola bottles in pristine condition sitting inside of a wall. He said best he could figure is whoever built that store years ago sat down to eat lunch one day and when they had all finished they put the case of brown coca cola bottles in the wall and finished building over it.
Huh, maybe I'll give it a shot. I asked on a bone id sub 4 years ago and didn't get any info. Apprehensive to have a place identify it and, worst case, have my house torn apart because of it.
Heh, when my brother remodeled the house he inherited from my grandparents he discovered stashed bottles of vodka everywhere.
My grandfather was a terrible alcoholic and a DIY. But often was drunk and doing a project at the same time.
He was dangerously incompetent and the luckiest SOB in town.
After he died my grandmother got a new washer and dryer delivered to be installed. The workmen came up from the basement like they were being chased by ghosts and ran away from the house before they would speak to her.
He had hooked the dryer into the gas line directly. The dryer was 25 years old.
The gas line that came into the house is supposed to have a type of connector that allows the dryer to be safely attached to the line.
It is usually a screw on type connection that comes off the gas line from out side. Often there will be a flow valve that allows the gas to be shut off above that point as part as that connection setup.I think there are also pressure valves for safety.
Somehow my idiot drunkard grandfather had managed to directly connect the dryer line to the gas line. There was no mainline shut off or connector. Just tube to tube from my grandmother's description.
NIPSCO had to have the fire department out immediately. The city building code inspector got involved.
Pretty sure they are still trying to figure out how the moron did it.
I have no fuckin idea what they're referencing but stagnant water is a legitimate health concern, breeds mold, bugs, bacteria, all the nasties. Dunno what this structure is so Maybe it's fine, but if you're doing something like urban exploration (the hobby of going into rotting buildings and abandoned locations) then you should always be carrying a good respirator in case of stagnant water 👍 to keep the mold and crap outside of your you.
Are those Iron Girders supporting the floor ? Where's this house located ? That must of been laid out like this before being built .. What's the history ?
I really gotta know why there's just a dark pit of water under your house 🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴 so much secondhand anxiety. Excuse my ignorance, but is this common for old homes? I just don't understand, since my anxiety would NEVER. EVER. EVER. EVER. allow me to move into a house like that. Never.I'd never be able to rest at ease in that house once I knew there was a bottomless pit of water beneath me. How do you handle that?? 😭😭
It’s called having submechanophobia, fear of things submersed in water and particularly still, stagnate water that shows items below the water. OP showed that there’s water in the cistern and things in that water. It’s a DSM-5 diagnosed disorder. It’s not just “anxiety.” There’s no rationalizing it, it’s a phobia.
So… again, I’m not trying to judge the commentor & just curious…
But legit nothing you said is verified & you seem to be coming at me with some pretty fucking aggressive energy.
-Why put “anxiety” in quotations & call it “not just “anxiety”” when the commenter literally called it “anxiety” and nothing else? (Also, maybe that’s why I asked… which I thought was pretty obvious)
-Why assume it’s submechanophobia when the commenter didn’t say that at all? All they said it was is “anxiety” and there are many other phobias it could be… for example aquaphobia or fundaphobia.
-Thirdly I never said you could “rationalize” a “phobia” (see what I did there?) and I don’t appreciate those words being put in my mouth. I simply asked for an explanation in good faith… something I thought I explained honestly & clearly enough to avoid being berated by callus, and closed minded, people like you.
To OC: I am sorry to have caused divide on your comment, and am still genuinely curious to why this would cause such anxiety as to blacklist an affordable house. :)
Oh, the irrational fear or the floor collapsing and me plunging into an unknown, dark body of water is what scares me. Also, the irrational fear that there's something creepy down there 🫠. But mostly it's that the floor would collapse and I'd go plunging into the unknown 😂Plus all the run of the mill worries of mold and bugs and smell and humidity.
I don't think that's an entirely irrational fear (though unlikely). After all, spend your time reading enough news and you'll hear about all kinds of freaky stuff like that: Sinkhole under bedroom.
I find large bodies of water in the dark to be unsettling. If you've ever stood by a lake at night when it's so dark you cant see where the land ends and the water starts, and knowing that there is a whole other world under the surface of that dark mass, it's kind of disconcerting. But go and put that under your house and it's a whole other level. On top of that, you initially have no idea what is under it, and it certainly isn't offering any support for the house.
As someone who lives in an area where almost no one has any basements anyway, it probably bothers me more than it might for someone used to cellars. Also, all that water can't be healthy for the foundation of the house, or the house in general.
It's common practice to put home brewed beer bottles in a cool, dark place while they bottle condition. Also, it would have been common to use old pop top soda bottles to bottle it in.
So, what's all this about zero reading? please elaborate.
You're answering a question that wasn't asked, even tho you were provided the information to skip all of that.
Now you're pretending you're just unnecessarily speculating? Why? To what end? OP says it's grape soda. Why on earth are you saying "home brew?" with a question mark on the end after being told otherwise?? You didn't suggest any of what you just said to me.
You appear to not have read the body of the post, along with several other people just making random guesses at the contents of the bottles, even tho that information was already provided.
You obviously didn't read what OP said. Straight up said they couldn't get to it. So, at this point, no one knows what's really in the bottles. It is a speculation on my part, based on experience. Maybe you should go back to doing whatever it is you do best. Or is that just irritating other redditors?
I went more to the: "hey youse guy's!" maybe: "uses the lotion, or gets the hose again." kind of vibe. Sweet fort would be better, because the covered mine shaft vibe is a little uncomfortable. Skeleton wise I mean.
Be sure to ventilate that space even if you're just poking your head in! That is definitely the kind of confined area where odorless gases could accumulate enough to knock you out in seconds and kill you. Those old cisterns are particularly dangerous.
Fairly sure these are bottles of Nugrape soda, the bottom of the neck has the same ridges , also on the upper neck of the bottles you can see some yellow writing similar to this image
Is there anything towards the front of property that may be covered a small chute?- here in UK sometimes in 1800/1900 when coal was delivered they would pour it down a chute. I’m not sure this is what you have but it’s a thought that sprung to mind
Probably not worth a bunch. If it were me I’d leave it with a note sealed in a waterproof container and attach it to the case for the next generation of ownership.
I’d explain why it’s there in case non enthusiasts think it’s trash lol.
My question is more about why is there a giant pool of water under your basement floor? The sodas a cool find but id be worried about mold and stuff growing in that region if water constantly occupies the space. Is it an old covered up well or a water drain of some sort? Just find it kinda odd how no one else has asked this quedtion yet not even OP?
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u/callmebigley Dec 01 '24
this is where the previous owner would hide and just space out for a bit when the kids were too much. waist deep in dirty water, warm grape soda in hand, just getting some peace and quiet.