One chest freezer... Two choices

So the wife has officially kicked my brewing hobby out of the spare bedroom. She thinks the baby will want it's own room that doesn't smell like beer. I tried to tell her any child of mine wouldn't mind the spell of fermenting beer, but that arguement didn't go to well.

Luckily we just got a new kitchen table and the old one is in my brewing hobby's new home, the garage. I also just picked up a pretty large chest freezer off Craigslist. I think my only real option is to turn it into a fermentation chamber. Here it Kansas we'll hit 100F or more every day for about 1-3 weeks strait during the summer and 0 or colder several times during the winter.

My thought though is to possibly stick a nice double layer of insulation down the middle of it and possibly use it as a keggarator AND fermentation chamber. Can I put kegs and compressor on the cooling element side and then block off the two halves with some insulation. Then cut a hole in the insulation for a temp controlled computer fan and blammo.. instant dual purpose chest.

Anyone ever tried this before? I'm I nuts? Any big gaping holes in this plan that I'm oblivious to?

 

KC didn't do this with a freezer, but he built one that has two chambers.

Check it out.