Rundownhouse
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Hi guys, I built this a week or two ago. I plan on using it for ale fermentation only, as I've got a chest freezer for lager brewing and conditioning. So far I haven't gotten around to actually fermenting in it, but it will hold at 60F empty in the Nashville weather. It's big enough for at least 4 carboys, maybe 5 if I stagger them carefully enough.
I moved into a house not too long ago, and needed a workbench/work area. I got inspiration from some of the threads here to make the space underneath a fermentation area. The hardest part was probably finding a mini fridge tall enough to hold a carboy with airlock. Mini fridges without freezers are just about impossible to come by, it turns out, and a freezer usually takes up just a bit too much room.
Its a 2x4 frame with 3/4in plywood. Between 2x4 studs I placed 1x4 spacers to create a 3/4in air space, and the stuck a layer of 3/4in foil-faced insulation on. I had enough room after doing that to put another layer of 3/4in foil-faced insulation on. Then I foil taped all the seams. The floor got a layer of whiteboard for easy carboy sliding, and all the outside joints got caulked. The top of the workbench is the old laminate kitchen countertop that I ripped out when I redid the kitchen.
So the chamber, outside in, is plywood, 2x4 frame, 1x4 spacers, 3/4inch air space, 3/4in foil-faced insulation, another 3/4in foil-faced insulation, and whiteboard on the bottom.
I moved into a house not too long ago, and needed a workbench/work area. I got inspiration from some of the threads here to make the space underneath a fermentation area. The hardest part was probably finding a mini fridge tall enough to hold a carboy with airlock. Mini fridges without freezers are just about impossible to come by, it turns out, and a freezer usually takes up just a bit too much room.
Its a 2x4 frame with 3/4in plywood. Between 2x4 studs I placed 1x4 spacers to create a 3/4in air space, and the stuck a layer of 3/4in foil-faced insulation on. I had enough room after doing that to put another layer of 3/4in foil-faced insulation on. Then I foil taped all the seams. The floor got a layer of whiteboard for easy carboy sliding, and all the outside joints got caulked. The top of the workbench is the old laminate kitchen countertop that I ripped out when I redid the kitchen.
So the chamber, outside in, is plywood, 2x4 frame, 1x4 spacers, 3/4inch air space, 3/4in foil-faced insulation, another 3/4in foil-faced insulation, and whiteboard on the bottom.