D*Bo said:Comming along quite nicely. Giving me lots of ideas for my brew shed. I may build a 2 room cooler with fans on a controller and flap vents to keep the second room around 65* using only one A/C. It would run a bit more than your set up, but I wouldn't have to worry about the basement door getting left open and the temp getting to high.
tnlandsailor said:John,
This is an awesome project! I hope that instead of documenting your progress here in a discussion thread, you will (eventually) put together a PDF file with text and pictures on your construction steps, materials, costs, and lessons learned. If you need someone to host the file, I would be more than happy to from my company website. I did this with The Great Fridge Project and it proved to be very helpful for some people.
tnlandsailor said:John,
This is an awesome project! I hope that instead of documenting your progress here in a discussion thread, you will (eventually) put together a PDF file with text and pictures on your construction steps, materials, costs, and lessons learned. If you need someone to host the file, I would be more than happy to from my company website. I did this with The Great Fridge Project and it proved to be very helpful for some people.
Of particular interest, I'm wondering how you will deal with moisture?
Keep the pics coming!
JohnBeere said:Here is a photo of the wall board after installing it on three of the walls and the ceiling. Notice that the room isn't exactly square. I'm looking for some "L" shaped rubber molding that covers at least 1"... haven't been able to find anything yet. Anyone have any ideas?
When I was a Pizza Dude (that was a KICK @$$ JOB btw...) the kitchen had that kind of plastic wall board. It cleans up really easily. If you waterproof your room you could pressure wash it if you wanted to clean it w/o scrubbin, tho I'm not sure of a mess that would take pressure washing to clean that kind of wall. That stuff is TOUGH!! Don't know how many pizza pans I witnessed thrown against it without even a chip. Not sure about the corners, but the gap between pieces of the wallboard was bridged with a white strip that interlocked with the wallboard.david_42 said:Some bathtub molding is about that wide. I'm thinking about the type that comes in a roll and a crease for folding. The pebbled surface looks great, but I'd be worried about cleaning it.
This certainly has my keg locker beat!
Grimsawyer said:When I was a Pizza Dude (that was a KICK @$$ JOB btw...) the kitchen had that kind of plastic wall board. It cleans up really easily. If you waterproof your room you could pressure wash it if you wanted to clean it w/o scrubbin, tho I'm not sure of a mess that would take pressure washing to clean that kind of wall. That stuff is TOUGH!! Don't know how many pizza pans I witnessed thrown against it without even a chip. Not sure about the corners, but the gap between pieces of the wallboard was bridged with a white strip that interlocked with the wallboard.
jaybird said:I think you found your calling!!!! how many SF is the cooler now with all the insulation installed?
JJ
MrSaLTy said:Ok, where did you get that shelving? looks like good stuff. Man I would love to build one of these but seeing as it gets really cold here in the winter, I dont think I could use a A/C unit.
MrSaLTy said:Ok, where did you get that shelving? looks like good stuff. Man I would love to build one of these but seeing as it gets really cold here in the winter, I dont think I could use a A/C unit.
John Beere said:Open question to everyone - how do I know how hard the AC is working? or if the compressor freezes up? I have felt the air coming out of the back of the unit while holding 35 degrees inside the cooler and it is barely warm...
I also bought a "Kill A Watt" from Amazon ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00009MDBU/sr=8-1/qid=1156082717/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-7800337-6148944?ie=UTF8 ) which will measure how much electricity the AC is using over the course a week / month / etc. Very interested to see the results...
ablrbrau said:OK Beere Man, you've inspired me. You're not going to believe this, but I already have a walk-in cooler in my basement. It is a leftover from back in the day when the house was a cheese factory (only in Wisconsin, right?). The refridgeration equipment has long been removed, however. It has been my beer room since we bought the place 4 years ago. I have never felt the need to replace the refridgeration, though, since in winter the room holds a steady 45-55 degrees as is. That is, until you started this thread. Now I want cold year-round! You have inspired me to pitch the idea to SWMBO, and much to my surpise, she isn't opposed to the idea! She even said that I should get rid of the old shelving in there and replace it with nicer stuff. Of course I have so many honey-do projects to do before I can start that it could be several months before I get into it, but at least I have a tentative go-ahead.
BTW be sure to post when you figure out how much juice that thing is gonna use.........
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