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I am moving into a new place and even on a 60* day the uninsulated garage gets up to a screaming hellish inferno of a place. I am going to have a refrigerator in there for the beers and whatnot, but I am thinking that I might want to make something a little bit larger that I can store larger quantities in.
My thinking is that I have an additional a/c unit that could get put to good use. I have enough space that I could make a little box that is about 5x7 or 5x10 or so. The two problems are that it is a rental and I am not about to put any holes in the wall, so it will have to be a free standing box and then I have want to be able to move it when the time comes, so it can't be overly bulky.
I am thinking that I will frame something out with some 1x4 or maybe 2x4 in the corner. Use 4 studs on the short wall and about 8 on the longer walls. Insulate with sheet insulation and strap some kind of thin sheeting on the outside for rigidity. Then I will place the a/c unit in the upper half of the door area and tap handles on a section. Maybe on the floor plate I could put some rubber stripping to keep the air inside and help seal it. This will be placed on a large concrete garage floor.
I am not looking at this as a refrigerator, but rather a cooler section. If it gets to as low as the a/c unit goes then I should be fine. I plan to store wine and beer in here and possibly even do some fermenting of something in there. More though, it is for storage of colder things (ie...basement for those of you with that luxury).
Am I freaking crazy or should this be a fairly simple build? Am I crazy to think that I will be able to move this at a later date? Anyone have any suggestions for making this actually work. Any other thoughts that I might be overlooking?
I have seen other peoples cold box ideas, but this is the first one that I could find that will be taken down in a year or so (or moved if possible).
My thinking is that I have an additional a/c unit that could get put to good use. I have enough space that I could make a little box that is about 5x7 or 5x10 or so. The two problems are that it is a rental and I am not about to put any holes in the wall, so it will have to be a free standing box and then I have want to be able to move it when the time comes, so it can't be overly bulky.
I am thinking that I will frame something out with some 1x4 or maybe 2x4 in the corner. Use 4 studs on the short wall and about 8 on the longer walls. Insulate with sheet insulation and strap some kind of thin sheeting on the outside for rigidity. Then I will place the a/c unit in the upper half of the door area and tap handles on a section. Maybe on the floor plate I could put some rubber stripping to keep the air inside and help seal it. This will be placed on a large concrete garage floor.
I am not looking at this as a refrigerator, but rather a cooler section. If it gets to as low as the a/c unit goes then I should be fine. I plan to store wine and beer in here and possibly even do some fermenting of something in there. More though, it is for storage of colder things (ie...basement for those of you with that luxury).
Am I freaking crazy or should this be a fairly simple build? Am I crazy to think that I will be able to move this at a later date? Anyone have any suggestions for making this actually work. Any other thoughts that I might be overlooking?
I have seen other peoples cold box ideas, but this is the first one that I could find that will be taken down in a year or so (or moved if possible).