4.6 cu ft Fridge to 10.1 cu ft Fermentation Chamber Conversion

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I realize this build was a few years ago, but can you tell me if the magnetic strips used to attach the foam box to the fridge worked out? My garage will get pretty hot in the summer, so I am concerned about air leakage, but I want to salvage the fridge for potential kegerator at some point in the future. I'd rather a temp box such as this, rather than the typical screw-collar-to-fridge type of modifications.

Also, I was thinking of leaving the door attached to the fridge, just fitting a piece of foam board (with magnetic strips) to fill the gap between the fridge and the 90 degree open door. That gap on my fridge stays at about 1" throughout the swing of the door, so I think this would work.

Thoughts? Any guidance is appreciated, your setup is great.

Yes it worked pretty well, the only thing is if I bumped it then I think it would separate a little. The weakest link actually was the adhesive on the magnetic strip. So one time when I needed to relocate it to the other side of my "brewery", I took it apart and reassembled in its new location, however this time I added some tape that I had left over from some plastic floor under-layment (really strong stuff and also vapor barrier). This works well at keeping the two halves together firmly.

BTW I still use this unit regularly and it works great!

 

[user 107007]

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Re-using the fridge door was a "Man I'm soo stupid" moment. Was thinking what I'd need to get to build a door for a ferm chamber........

 

[Alstein]

Yes it worked pretty well, the only thing is if I bumped it then I think it would separate a little. The weakest link actually was the adhesive on the magnetic strip. So one time when I needed to relocate it to the other side of my "brewery", I took it apart and reassembled in its new location, however this time I added some tape that I had left over from some plastic floor under-layment (really strong stuff and also vapor barrier). This works well at keeping the two halves together firmly.

BTW I still use this unit regularly and it works great!

Awesome, thanks a lot for the info. I plan on tackling this in the next couple weeks.
Cheers!