A man spent two years digging an incredible 10 feet to 40 feet deep tunnel under his garden to connect his cottage to his house.
Stamford, Lincolnshire-based inventor and YouTuber Colin Furze spent months working on the extraordinarily laborious project, removing three and a half tons of rubble a day.
The 42-year-old, whose excavation videos have each been watched more than six million times, eventually connected the tunnel to his Lincolnshire home, which he says is one of the “funniest” projects he has ever done.
“One of the most talked about projects on my channel,” he explained.
Youtuber Colin Furze took a 40-metre walk from his house to his gazebo to avoid the rain.
Colin dug the tunnel under the barn floor in November 2018 and worked on it while his neighbors were away so it wouldn’t be too noisy.
As the tunnel got longer, Colin even built a small mining cart and pallet to pull the debris out of the hole. Pictured during construction
“It’s a really cool project, everybody loves the idea of tunneling.
‘I do projects that people really want to do, but I don’t have the time or money to actually get them done.
“I’m very lucky because it’s faster to open the back door and go to my cabin, but it’s much more fun to use an underground tunnel and you don’t get wet when it rains.”
Colin dug the tunnel under the barn floor in November 2018, and it took about a year to dig and work up to three and a half feet while his neighbors were away, so it wasn’t too noisy.
Pictured at the entrance to the barn that connects to the tunnel, it took Colin a full year to dig three meters down.
He used a shovel and bucket with a pulley system to remove the debris from the hole as he dug deeper.
Last March, with the help of his friends Rick Simpson and Tom Lamb, he restarted the tunnel using hydraulics to excavate dirt and rocks sideways.
As the tunnel got longer, Colin even built a small mining cart and pallet to pull the debris out of the hole.
“We had to dig everything by hand because the tunnel runs under the foundation of my shed, garage, and house,” said Colin.
Colin Furze’s house with kitchen on left and barn on right, tunnel under buildings
“It was hard work, but it was also one of the funniest things I’ve ever done.
“We wanted to keep the noise from my neighbors as low as possible, so we used a paddle and plumbing system that was very quiet.”
The tunnel, which is 1.2 meters wide and two meters high and opens into a closet in Colin’s kitchen, is reinforced with steel and concrete.
Colin, known for his inventions, including the world’s fastest disabled scooter and steering wheel whirlpool car, adds: “The tunnel is so wide, everyone passing by wants to try it.”
Source: Daily Mail
