jeffmeh
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I'm helping some friends out with their new home pub, and they would like to run a keg line outside. It's a fairly short run, probably less than 6 feet, and we are not going to bother with glycol or anything else for cooling at this point. If the first pour is warm and foamy, so be it.
That said, I do need to go through drywall, insulation, and there are certainly plumbing vents and romex electrical cables back there. I'm thinking that the safest thing is to cut a small panel out of the drywall so I can move the insulation and see what is back there, then drill a pilot hole to the outside, and then use a spade bit or small hole saw to make the exterior hole.
I will probably also run a pvc pipe just far enough through the outside wall that it can be capped off. That should make it relatively easy to take the keg line in and out, as it will likely only be in use during the warmer months. I may use foam insulation around the pvc pipe. We are going to start with a picnic tap, so it will not be permanently mounted outside. That said, the place has been christened "The Boot," so we may mount an old ski boot to the outside wall and run the beer line out the toe to the picnic tap.
Specifically, what would be the best way to give the interior wall some type of "finished" look? I could get a small plastic access panel, but I would have to drill through both the door and the back of the access panel. It is behind and below the bar, so it doesn't have to be too finicky.
More generally, I'm open to any ideas on this. Thanks.
That said, I do need to go through drywall, insulation, and there are certainly plumbing vents and romex electrical cables back there. I'm thinking that the safest thing is to cut a small panel out of the drywall so I can move the insulation and see what is back there, then drill a pilot hole to the outside, and then use a spade bit or small hole saw to make the exterior hole.
I will probably also run a pvc pipe just far enough through the outside wall that it can be capped off. That should make it relatively easy to take the keg line in and out, as it will likely only be in use during the warmer months. I may use foam insulation around the pvc pipe. We are going to start with a picnic tap, so it will not be permanently mounted outside. That said, the place has been christened "The Boot," so we may mount an old ski boot to the outside wall and run the beer line out the toe to the picnic tap.
Specifically, what would be the best way to give the interior wall some type of "finished" look? I could get a small plastic access panel, but I would have to drill through both the door and the back of the access panel. It is behind and below the bar, so it doesn't have to be too finicky.
More generally, I'm open to any ideas on this. Thanks.