How to Properly Fortify you house or current postion

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Permalink Reply by Ryan on January 6, 2009 at 1:15pm

go upstairs and destroy staircases. Put up a ten foot wall around your home if your comunity alows it. Keep upstiars full of suplies. Fill up your bathtubs and sinks with water so if you run out and power is shut off, you still have some water to help you survive longer.

Permalink Reply by prototype mercy on January 6, 2009 at 6:10pm

i agree with most of this but a ten foot wall would take to long to build a fence might work though.

Permalink Reply by Patriot on January 7, 2009 at 2:40pm

a ten foot wall would eventually fail depending on the material used and the number of zeds on ur perimeter.and besides if there are like afew hundred zeds they can easily just climb overeach other and go over the fence.the best thing to do is stay quiet and unseen.nail black sheets or cloth over windows.stock the upstairs with supplies.block off or destroy the stairs and make sure to have ropes so you can always come back down

Permalink Reply by James on January 20, 2009 at 1:39am

Yes, fence would be much better. You can see (and shoot) through a fence, no surprises waiting on the other side. Of course, vertical iron bars are better than cyclone fences, for obvious climbing reasons.

Permalink Reply by Rylan on January 21, 2009 at 3:25pm

I think building a fence, particularly the actually building, would draw more zombies to your location then in the long term would help keep out. Besides if there were any scavengers out there, ala Day of the Dead, they’d been draw to your location by the obvious signs of human habitation. You best option is to fortify the interior with make shift boards (tables) and minimize any signs that anybody is still living at your location.

Permalink Reply by James on January 29, 2009 at 2:15pm

I'm not saying a fence is the ultimate zombie proof defense, but only part of a home defense strategy. Of course you're going to want to cover your windows and make the house look uninhabited (no more mowing the lawn!), but a fence adds to your total security.

Permalink Reply by Bryce on January 29, 2009 at 5:28pm

I agree a fence is a good start! You should board up all windows and entrances, but still give yourself atleast 2 ways to escape the house per level, your "safe house" my end up acting as a funnel if they brake through, so always have an alternate exit. You can do this by placeing bar's across doors that are easily raised when needed. I would also avoid gunfire, not for fear of attracting other zombies, but it might also attract other people who are looking for a place to hide who in turn bring the batch of zombies that the are running from. Before the water goes out, start storeing water! if times get desperate, crack open your water heater, there's a few gallons in there, also try the toilet (just not the bowl water)

Permalink Reply by Patriot on February 1, 2009 at 8:25pm

a fence isnt the best of ideas.It could draw looters to your location and zeds might even be attracted but they probally wouldn't come unless you made noise or made yourselve visible for long periods of time.In your house you should fill the sinks and bathtubs full of water and anything else that is empty and clean and can hold water.You should store spare ammo and spare weapons in the same room.NEVER EVER keep gasoline,kerosene,lighters,matches etc in the same room.For your front door you should put the normal locks on and place a wooden bar infront of the door.Also place a wooden table if you have one in your possesion against the door.If you place the table at a angle the door will become jammed and will be very very hard to break down.Even if zeds breach the door they would have to get arround the table.Now if you live in a second or first story home you should board up the bottome windows and place cloth infront of them{for extra insurance}If you have a basement think about having a bag packed and ready to go there.That is if you can exit your home throught the basement.You should always have a weapon close at hand when your doing various things around your home.On the second story of your home if you live in a two story house you should put dark cloth infront of the windows.Don't worry about boarding the windows.Because if enough zombies arrive at your location to get to the second story your already very screwed.In your home you probally have every day objects such as brooms.You could break off the end of the brooms and sharpen it into a pike.You could keep this in your sleeping area as extra protection if you cant reach another weapon in time.Also you should have some sort of alarm system set up.Not loud noise but maybe something simple and crude but effective.This will get your house protected well for the time being

Permalink Reply by jordan on February 3, 2009 at 10:43am

Your ability to proporly fortify a position really depends on where you're living.
A house would more than likely be easiest, and since its yours you can do whatever the hell you want to it as long as it doesent violate building codes or break laws. I dont if we're talking pre or pst outbreak, but ill go postoutbreak just for the sake of it being easier
First of all you would want to build a perimiter wall around your home, probably about 20 feet out from the sides, front and back of your house (or as far as you can up to this point). Make sure the fence is dug into the ground well, as a normal fence would be and make sure it has a solid foundation. Depending on the materials available, it should be about 7 or eight feet high, and made of total metal (make sure there is braceing in the back so it can hold up against all the zeds that will be pushing against it! after the fence, I would reccomend digging a ditch, a really deep ditch, or a series of pits in case of the wall failing to hold whatevers outside off. This will at least trap a few and keep them from getting you. You can burn them later or dispose of them at your discretion. You want to make sure you can see over the fence from an elevated position somewhere behind, prefferably the second level of your house so you can asses whats coming after you. Make sure every window and door in your house has some kind of slide away heavy covering on it so that getting in through them while they are locked would be extremley hard (Yes, like in "I am legend"). On the actual inside of your house, make sure you have TWO places you can fall back to in case of a breach of the house, and make sure these are extra heavily fortified and have plently of supplies and weaponry should it come to a fight. If one or more of these "safrooms" is on the uper level, you should have a way of destroying stairs or any other means of access to that level once you are there. I would reccomend a pull up ladder or something of the nature so you can regain access later if need be. Each safe room inside the house should be double layered with protection and possibly have soundproofing to prevent the zeds from hearing you inside (this is also a good thing to line your house with). You want the inside of the saferoom to be usable as a combat site as well as a living area, as you may be forced to remain here for an extended period of time. Make sure that you have a NARROW (I cannot stress this enough) access to a wider area inside so that the Zeds cant use thier superior numbers to take you out. Maybe even put water down and then electrify certain areas of the flooring outside the safe room so the zeds cant get to you without a, shocking, suprise (and if they do, theyll have to be creative). Weapons such as handguns and axes should be plentiful and ready for combat. You may also want to consider combat openings to fire or chop through on your wall/doors/ windows so you can weaken their number before they can breach your defense. This is also feasible by fireing from the roof of your building. In addition, do anything you possibly can to keep them away from your safe room, and make these preperations in advance. Better safe than sorry. Electrify floors and walls, fill sprinkler systems with gas outside and burn them (coat your house in fire proof paint or keep the flame wall away from your house unless you want to burn), HAVE AN EXTRA ESCAPE ROUTE FOR EACH OF YOUR SAFEROOMS in case the situation gets too intense. But make this route inaccesable to Zeds, (I.E. a plank set so it runs a few dozen meteres out in mid air before touching the ground at a gradual slope. Theyll have to chase you if they want you. Have an escape vehicle capable of mauling zeds and taking punishment without comprimising stability or vital functions (get creative, think james bond). Do anything you can to keep them away, but prepare for the worst. Remember the nice thing about being a pessimist is that you're either always being proved right or pleasently suprised.

Permalink Reply by Patriot on February 3, 2009 at 12:43pm

i dont believe zeds could get electrified