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Thanks BB for the ideas... I think I'll talk to my builder about the idea of skirting the foundation - that definitely has some potential to be easy and satisfy what I'm looking for. That could also be done post-construction pretty easily, don't you think? Marianne - that fridge sounds...

No basement. My house will be a small 16x16 cabin with a loft. It has a sonotube foundation and will have a 4' porch. (only the foundation is done at this time... next the rootcellar... next the walls and roof, etc.) I have a builder for the house, but he really doesn't have much experience...

Thanks for your concern, Farmfresh. I was actually joking with a friend of mine that it would be fun to install climbing holds along the culvert instead of a ladder... to make root cellaring even more fun! I know an accident could happen to anyone, but I'm really not too concerned about that...

Thanks to everybody for the replies and feedback. Especially Farmfresh, I really appreciate the concerns you brought up... makes me think. 1. Depth - it really does freeze down to 2-3 feet deep here. It's 30 below for weeks on end. I spoke with some locals who have root cellars and they've...

Hello Bubblingbrooks! We truly are neighbors... I'm up in Talkeetna. :)

Here's the link to the design! myhomeinthewoods.blogspot.com/2011/05/root-cellar-design.html

Hello. I am thinking of building my own root cellar using galvanized steel culvert pipes - keeps construction extremely simple, since the culvert is load bearing and, of course, keeps the cost down as well. The overall design plan is to bury a 4' diameter culvert piece horizontally under ground...