super nice setup... props on your skills....
Very well done. Impressive!
Your choice of beer could use some work though!
Is that a Vertical Smoker in there? That's an awesome build and Im going to steal some ideas for my own house.
Well I thought long and hard about what I wanted to do with the top. As I stated I want to match my BBQ so Im going with the same stucco and tiles with the taps mounted in a coffin box similar to the high back rise on my BBQ. I decided to use 3/4 treated plywood which I treated again. I then placed a shower pan polyurethane cover over that. The cap on the outside edges will be redwood. I will add photos when I get to my computer. The lid will lift like a car hood with heavy hinges that are recessed in the redwood. To make the rear of the Keezer stronger I sank metal footings into the concrete and then mounted angle iron along the top to secure the mount. I will try and find photos of the metal. I think if you look back at the other photos you might see some of the iron.
Serious overkill...but very impressive. It goes with the patio so why not? it works !! Great job.!!
You must be self-employed→ with a lot of time on your hands ! lol
Now..get Brewing !!
I like your design. How hard is it to flip the lid up?
I was considering doing something similar minus the indoor taps (shared walls won't work out).
These idea may be too late, but I just jumped onto this thread:
1) After you add the backerboard, thinset, tile, grout, tower box etc to the lid, it had to get MUCH heavier then it was when you showed it propped up and open. How heavy is the lid to open and are you still using that notched 2x to hold it open? Is that enough....and...
2) In each picture where you showed the lid open it wasn't open all the way (ie the lid wasn't in a vertical position. I've found I want my lid to open the entire 90 degrees so it's straight up and I can get kegs in and out of the back positions very cleanly. If your lid only opens say 85 degrees (not all the way to vertical) this could be a problem for you. Especially homebrew kegs....you'll find it's best not to be moving them around too much after you've got them into place so your sediment stays consolidated on the bottom of the keg and doesn't cloud your beer. (generally speaking...hefs/wits...different story).
3) AWESOME work. You're a craftsman. You put that kind of care into brewing beer and you're going to make great beer
What did you use to treat the wood again? Sealant? Boric acid?
Thanks
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Not sure if this will help at this point, but here's my .02 cents. For the line going into the house, a way to keep it chilled without having to worry about putting air back and fourth, go to an A/C supply house and get some insulation wrap that fits the same size as the tubing. Wrap it up and rerun it through to the inside of the house. You could also, if you were so inclined, run pressurized chilled soft copper lines along the tubing, if its that important to keep it really cold. But then you would either need to tie into the compressor lines of the cooler or create all new ones. Money fixes all
Do you have any pictures on how you made the outdoor kitchen?
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Or if there's a build thread somewhere, post up the link!!!
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When they make a Thread for BBQ set-up I will be the 1st..
Why not use this thread? Or start a thread in the diy section?
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I like your design. How hard is it to flip the lid up?
I was considering doing something similar minus the indoor taps (shared walls won't work out).
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