Moonpile
Well-Known Member
I'm finishing out the first floor of my split level house and as a result I'm able to build in a custom bar. I don't have a huge amount of space and I wanted to maximize the number of Cornies I could get in there so I'm building a custom insulated refrigerated space under the bar.
I've had a HUGE amount of inspiration from so many threads here I can't even count them. Thanks everyone!
Over the last few days I've finally gotten a chunk of time to work on this, and it's taking quite a bit of time.
Here's the basic frame of what I started with:
Behind this picture is my utility room, and to the left, the back of the drywall you see is the drywall for my bathroom. The main living room will be behind me.
Here I've dryfit the Haier 5000 BTU window unit air conditioner I'm going to use to cool the space. The box above it is a cleat for a removable draft box to rest upon. I've insulated this in the same manner I've insulated the rest, as shown below.
This is the wall between the bar and bathroom where the sink will drain and where the water supplies for the sink will be. I've insulted the space with two sheets of 1 1/2" Dow Super Tuff-R, which has an R-value of 9 per sheet. Needless to say, there's a lot of Great Stuff in here too. What I'm doing is spraying it into the corners in the back of the space, pushing in a sheet of insulation, spraying more into the corners of that space, pushing in the next sheet and spraying still more into the cracks that are left. Around the plumbing I just sprayed lots of it. I think I've used about 6 cans so far on this alone (not counting the rest of the basement build!).
I've had a HUGE amount of inspiration from so many threads here I can't even count them. Thanks everyone!
Over the last few days I've finally gotten a chunk of time to work on this, and it's taking quite a bit of time.
Here's the basic frame of what I started with:
Behind this picture is my utility room, and to the left, the back of the drywall you see is the drywall for my bathroom. The main living room will be behind me.
Here I've dryfit the Haier 5000 BTU window unit air conditioner I'm going to use to cool the space. The box above it is a cleat for a removable draft box to rest upon. I've insulated this in the same manner I've insulated the rest, as shown below.
This is the wall between the bar and bathroom where the sink will drain and where the water supplies for the sink will be. I've insulted the space with two sheets of 1 1/2" Dow Super Tuff-R, which has an R-value of 9 per sheet. Needless to say, there's a lot of Great Stuff in here too. What I'm doing is spraying it into the corners in the back of the space, pushing in a sheet of insulation, spraying more into the corners of that space, pushing in the next sheet and spraying still more into the cracks that are left. Around the plumbing I just sprayed lots of it. I think I've used about 6 cans so far on this alone (not counting the rest of the basement build!).