Before I start, I would like to say that I actually can do everything that I am saying.

I would barricade from both inside and outside. On the outside, I would put my tractor, my trailers, benches and metal fencing. I would park my 2 SUVs at strategic locations to prevent zombie entry. Windows will be boarded up and covered with tarp, blankets and towels (It's better if they don't know the windows are a way in). If time allows, I would board up doors as well.

On the inside, I would start by barricading all entries. In the laundry room I would move the washer and drier in front of the door. In the basement(after removing any needed items) I would move the massive entertainment center in front of the door. Then I would chainsaw the stairs. In the living room I would move a couch, a huge chair and the entertainment center in front of the doors. After retrieving any needed items, I go upstairs and chainsaw the staircase.

Upstairs I will have with me weapons and a ladder. Firearms include 12 gauge pump shotgun, 20 gauge double barrel, 30-06 rifle, .270 rifle, .32 ACP pistol, .22 pistol and a .22 rifle. I will also have several heavy items, a baseball bat, an axe, a sledgehammer, a shovel, the chainsaw, lawn mower and several cans of gasoline. I will have a ladder to navigate the house, as I am confident that the combination of my barricades, my weapons and my location (the middle of nowhere in an extrememly low populated town) will mean very little to no zombies.

That entertained me for awhile.

Empty the outside fridge, transfer to inner.
Put very heavy objects in front of ground-floor windows.
Retrieve hunting equipment.
Find windows to where there is 360 degree coverage of the house.
Lock 'n load.
If all else fails, send in the corgi to munch their ankles off.

Baron Von Evil Satan:

seious:

dietpeachsnapple:

Sacman:
Id go into my basement, destroy the stairs and set up a spiky pit of death...

What happens when the spiky pit of death fills up with dead(ish) zombies?

you eat them

and infect your self with the zombie virus?

touche but hey if the zombie dies maybe the virus goes

blackshark121:
Take everything upstairs, get a rope ladder, smash the stairs. Done.

I second that. but I would acquire provisions first. I would also get the wood axe from my basement and the crowbar and shovels from my garage to defend myself. Just in case.

Insanum:
I wouldnt barricade myself in, I'd use those 5 hours to get to safety.

Barricade = Trapped.

true sir... true.

Fence posts to barricade the windows, move all the bed downstairs to help keep them stable. The front door is solid, I wouldn't barricade it as much. refrigerator would be moved upstairs, as would the rest of the food supply, once everything was up stairs, I would destroy them as much as I could, and just shove the upstairs sofas down over what's left to block them more effectively. Once I was safely entrenched, fill the bathtubs with and sinks with water, shut off all the lights, and wait.

Oh, and fuck the lack of ammo and guns. There's a pair of rifles in this home, with almost 1000 rounds of ammo between them, plus everyone who lives here is a damned good shot with a bow and arrow (and crossbow).

Besides, I wouldn't likely stay home. I live in the suburbs, I would have left at the first HINT of the zombie uprising. I'm a paranoid psychotic and I have three copies of the ZSG.

I love killin' zombies.

Bloody Hell.

Cookiegerard:
I know there are a lot of Forums on zombies, but here's one more. You have 5 hours to barricade your home from zombies. You can only use items you have in your home(the shed counts). How would you do it?

As an afterthough to those who would ask, you can't leave the area, it's chaos. And you have no guns or bullets.

EDIT: I meant to say that you can't leave for a week. You can not leave because the roads are blocked, it is chaos AND THERE ARE ZOMBIES.

EDIT 2: You can leave your house IF you are getting items to barricade with AND the location is only 30 second's away

Now that that is out of my system: It occurs to me that zombies cannot climb very well? How about just getting a rope or a ladder and smashing the stairs? I can go down when I want using the ladder, but they can't get up without getting me first, and somehow climbing the ladder (Which are hard to climb anyway, if one end is unsecured.)

Perhaps I can also climb up onto my roof and lay out an S.O.S. signal, too.

I have massive windows all down stairs, but only a few upstairs. I would drag all my food stuffs and my hunting riffles up, along with any fire wood and hatchets I have in the garrage. I'd also get as much fabric and clothing for warmth and insulation, as well as blocking the windows so that lights would not shine through. I'd also grab gasoline if I could, along with a fire exstinguisher. (If the zombies don't know you're there, then the better off you are, right?) Then, I'd destroy the stairs as well I could, and what I couldn't destroy I'd block with miscelanious paraphenalia. I'd block off the landing into the hallway where I'd camp, lock the doors, and use the chairs upstairs already in the room to barricade this door even more. I'd also block off two of the three windows with bookshelves. I would then drench the game room with gasoline so that if it becomes overrun with zombies, one shot will incinderate my undead adversairies. I'd leave the bedroom locked but easily accessed, as it leads to the roof, and is impossible to climb up but simple to climb out of, as my escape root (after a week, of course). I'd then camp on the toilet in the bathroom, which is perfectly positioned that I may shoot anything coming from any corner with shotgun and or riffle.

OR!

The Simpler Solution

I may simple take all my foods and weapons into the garage (which already has all my wood and clothing stuffs). I would then pull a couch infront of the laundry room, which is cramped and impossible to move in with more than one person to begin with. Then I'd move a shelf infront of the door to the laundry room (that is already in the garage) and one to the side door. I'd open the garage door, park my jeep infront of the entrance, and close it again. I'd scatter as much crap that is in my garage infront of the entry ways, then take my food, weapons, clothing, and matress up to the rafters, and poor gas in specific areas so that it wouldn't catch anything but my invaders, or at least avoid blocking my escape rout, which is simply the side door which I know will easily be destroyed. (Again, obviously after staying a week.)

Machines Are Us:
If zombies attacked and I was at home I'd be fucked, we have far too many glass windows/doors on the ground floor, I'd have to block off whole rooms rather than just possible entrances.

Also, the notion we can't leave completely messes up the hypothetical situation, because we would all starve to death eventually.

Same here, we have way too many glass windows and doors to try and cover up.

Hm... I was gonna say probably barricade the shit out of the cupboard at the bottom of my stairs, but...

blackshark121:
Take everything upstairs, get a rope ladder, smash the stairs. Done.

This is much, much, much better.

Lesse...

Grab the lever action that's in my closet (Yes, I have one.) Grab the ammo that is stored with it. I would then proceed to sit in my bathroom, take the iron bar I have, and use it to barricade the door, along with perhaps a metal filing cabinet. I'm set.

Yes, I realize the 'rules' say there's no guns and ammo, but I do have a lever action sitting in my closet.

I live in a dorm. It has a solid metal door designed to hold back robbers. I just need to barricade the window, ensure the walls are solid, and get supplies and I'm good. Unless my roommate is a zombie and zombies learn how to use keycards! Wait, I have a lock on the door too.

lock my door at my dad's house. (it's in a poor area and has bars and whatnot on all the windows)

or i would go to attic at my mums place and wait it out

Well we don't have barbed wire, but we certainly have everything necessary to make it in the garage. Make up enough to line all the fences (all 6 foot tall and solid), weld up some steel bars to put over any windows and in to replace the fly screen doors.

Get the chainsaw, bow and crossbow inside and sharpen up my sword, make up a bunch of spears and get all the ice hockey and motorcycle gear inside. Use the gear to acquire supplies.
Go down and raid the local supermarket for food, do it like a hit and run with our 4wd.

I think we could hold out for a few weeks at least!

dietpeachsnapple:

flare09:
Couches go up against my two door-windows. Mattresses go up against the windows. I make sure they're steady, then I wait with my cheap guitar for any zombie that happens to wander in.

Wait...

You are planning to flcl them?

Fooly Cooly... Correct? Well if that's what it means, maybe. I don't quite remember what happens in that show since it's been forever since I've seen it let alone any anime. But, no. By cheap guitar, I mean the one that I don't value that much. So I won't mind if it get's broken while I'm smashing some heads in.

I would use the furniture to barricade the front steps and the steps leading to the deck out back, but the trouble is my house has so many basement windows that my honest best bet would probably be to try and get on the roof.

MaxTheReaper:

Cookiegerard:
And you have no gun's or bullet's.

That's utter bullshit.
I'm an American - I know there's a pistol around here somewhere.

Anyway, I'm also located in Florida - were there are fucking hurricanes everywhere.
We have plenty of plywood to cover the windows.
And since we have so much, we could even layer it.

But that's a lot of work, and the house is basically indefensible.
Instead, I'd barricade myself in the attached garage - it's cold, there's a lot of interesting shit in there, and there are only two small windows.

Easy fix.
Drag all the food in there, set up a barricade, arm self.
Simple.

yeah with the no guns thing ive always had this idea. just go with it. 1. gun of choice and ammo in a glass case. 2. hammer 3.sign stating " break glass in case of zombie apocalypse.

now back on topic baricading your self in is suicide. run get to saftey.

I'd bottle some water, grab some dried food I like dried food :) . Then hold up in my attic.

Also I heart Zombies.

L4D2 FTW

I'm not telling people my zombie plan, if I did and you all became zombies you'd tell your zombie chums where I am hiding then I'd be screwed.

HUBILUB:
I'll do like Bill Murray and dress like a zombie. I win :D

They can smell you. -GASP-

OT: I'd pinch myself and wake up to a a lovely morning. I win :D

Also, I won't tell my zombie plan. I once killed someone becasue of over-exposure to awesomeness. XD

Head to my local gamestop and hide in the back. Not even zombies will go in there.
plus all the games will keep my mind of starving to death.

I live in a college dorm. Just slide the two dressers I have in front of my door and BOOM: instant barricade. Or I could just block the entrances to the stairs to my floor, and then bring the elevator to my floor and press the "In Case Of Emergency" button to lock it onto my floor, if I wanted a bit more space to move around in.

The dresser solution is simpler though, so that's what I'd probably wind up doing. I'm presuming adequate supplies are provided for survival, of course.

I'm full on screwed if this happens, Living in a dorm. So there isn't much stuff to barricade with. Plus with a good supply of 'food' for the zombies here. I think I would be a happy meal in no time. But I can disguise myself as one! then go to my friends. Their house is built like a bunker! has a good selection of swords, and a sweet supply of food.

I would get every food item and every container and take it upstairs. I'd also move the fridge upstairs. fill the bath and containers with water. Get poles then put knives on them, keep a special suicide knife handy and finally smash the stairs. I'd be safe unless the zombies were from l4d.

seious:

Baron Von Evil Satan:

seious:

dietpeachsnapple:

Sacman:
Id go into my basement, destroy the stairs and set up a spiky pit of death...

What happens when the spiky pit of death fills up with dead(ish) zombies?

you eat them

and infect your self with the zombie virus?

touche but hey if the zombie dies maybe the virus goes

Cook the meat good, nothing's safe from the awesome power of fire! But be careful.

Take as much stuff as I can into the attic, close the hatch and stay quiet until things get sorted.

Mazty:

blackshark121:
Take everything upstairs, get a rope ladder, smash the stairs. Done.

Exactly this. Easy enough, and damn effective.

Problem... The zombies could just break your supports and cave in the house...

I'd go on my third floor (only one way up, at least for zombies, can't climb), but first I would grab my father's guns from the garage (he's got like, 6) use those. To barricade the stairs I would use our couches and fridges. We've got 4 vehicles, so block the doors to the house using those. I would also barricade the 2nd floor (2 entrances and connections to the 1st floor and basement (three there, including garage). Go down there for food. That'd probably be about it. Or I would take our vehicles (or vehicle, depends on if I'm alone) and drive like a mofo. Or, if my family is dead and it's the apocalypse for sure, I would climb on my roof with the guns and have a little fun. Or mow them down in a vehicle. Or use my sword. Depends on how many there are.

Or secondary, barricade all extrances using furninture, every floor, then just go between 1 and two checking the entrances with the guns. I would still do the vehicle blockage. I could use the garage as an airlock kinda thing. Get into a vehicle, drive to a place with food (within 30 seconds drive) then come back into the garage, lock it up. I dunno, very vague question.

Oh, and I've got a bow and arrow and several arrows, so I could save ammo or use it if I run out.

EDIT: Just read the gun thing, arrows I guess, although I know there are guns in my house, so I dunno how they're not there :\

Insanum:
I wouldnt barricade myself in, I'd use those 5 hours to get to safety.

Barricade = Trapped.

wrong

barricade = YOUR FUCKED!!!!

OT- no guns?! Then you might as well committee suicide. There's not way you'll survive!!!!!

There's quite a few armchairs and desks, tables and chairs in my house. So I supposed I'd have to barricade the front door and the back door with those. But after that, I'd grab a ladder and climb up into the attic. I make a few runs going up the ladder bringing with me wood, tools and supplies such as food and weaponry, then resident evil style kick down the ladder. And then I'll have to seal up the manhole to the attic with the planks of wood I brought up (I got lots of wood in my storeroom) and nail it all up with the tools I brought (And the nails of course). Then through the attic I make my way onto the roof with the supplies, I trust that these zombies would be the stereotypical slow, shambling types that can neither climb nor jump.

blackshark121:
Take everything upstairs, get a rope ladder, smash the stairs. Done.

This because zombies would never be able to get up there and I'd be able to live up there for a month with all the food in my house

Sleep.

Best defense against zombies?

Pretend they aren't there.

so im shit out of luck

In my current estate, I'm in a top floor apartment. I'll just slowly starve to death I suppose.

If I were back in my American home...well, my family lives in a fairly remote location with various vegetable plants and fruit trees, and it's up a hill, so I'm none too concerned.

We might board up a few of the windows...but otherwise it's pretty awesome. Makeshift barricade around the front yard and we're set.

Unless there are zombie dogs...then there might be issues.

Fucking digging zombie dogs.

Put one couch at the bottom of the stairs and the second on the stairs, put the desks on the stairs, stack the dressers and matresse at the top, find any other lard items and stack them with the other stuff