Q: I’m trying to decide between buying an underground tornado cellar or an above ground storm shelter. Can you help me compare?
A: When considering underground storm cellars I highly recommend that you take 5 minutes to look at this information about in-floor shelters before committing to go that route. There are many unintended hazards associated with those designs, which are outlined in the link, and they forget to mention in their sales presentations. All information in the link is documented.
http://www.tornadoalleyarmor.com/above-ground-or-below-ground
That’s why we do one thing, above ground panelized steel safe rooms, and we do it better than anyone in the industry. We can prove it. Take a look at these comparisons on our website, clicking each of the 20 reasons why we’re better than any other design or manufacturer out there. It’ll be the most informative and educational 5 minutes you’ll find on the ins and outs of severe weather protection.
http://www.tornadoalleyarmor.com/why-taa
If you’re still not convinced, thanks for your time. Oh, and there are two three additional advantages! 1) bullet resistant to all conventional hand gun and hunting rounds; 2) you can make cell phone calls from inside, believe it or not; and 3) you can install our safe rooms any time after the slab is poured and after the home is complete. If you allow the footprint in your design, we can build it in the space regardless of location in the home. Builders absolutely love our safe rooms because they don’t have to coordinate any other construction activities around our installation. We come out whenever it’s convenient for them for us to install.