user 78027
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I have been struggling with how to decide to make a home brewery I can work with. I have sever arthritus, had one hand surgery already, I suspect I will have the other one fixed, but I hope not. I can't lift heavy thing, I'm working on that, so I have decided I am going to build an electric brewery. I have much of the electronics in progress, I am having trouble deciding where to build the brewery in my house. My house does not have a basement, just a dirt crawl space.
I brew small 2.5 gallon batches, using the BIAB system. I don't need a ton of space. I love to brew and more frequent is better for me.
My first option was the laundry room, It has a vent, a sink with hot and cold water and a counter top I could convert to both fold clothes and brew beer. The problem: I don't always put stuff away right away so I would ALWAYS have SWMBO on my tail. Not good.
My second option, and the current plan is a corner in the garage. I can make this work except I have to find a way to drain the sink somewhere. I figured I would drill a port in the side of the garage, it is only gray water, and drain to my landscape. The problem: It is so dirty, I would be spending all of my time cleaning the place and my equipment. But, it could work.
Until I had this thought
I live in a large house, my kids are out on their own now, at least for a while. We have a room on the first floor that is really just a storage room that I could easily convert into a brew room. It has a bathroom right next door, with a shower to clean the big items, so hot and cold water are within 10 feet already. and I could vent the brew fumes through the same channel the bathroom exhaust vents through. I would have to remove the carpet and put down a tile floor maybe even with a drain.
Has anyone except Kal
done anything like this. I mentioned it to SWMBO this morning and after a few hours she was at least, "It is a room, brewery's are to go in a basement or a garage, not is a real room."
If anyone has a room like this, images would be useful. I would also like to hear suggestions why it is a bad idea?
I brew small 2.5 gallon batches, using the BIAB system. I don't need a ton of space. I love to brew and more frequent is better for me.
My first option was the laundry room, It has a vent, a sink with hot and cold water and a counter top I could convert to both fold clothes and brew beer. The problem: I don't always put stuff away right away so I would ALWAYS have SWMBO on my tail. Not good.
My second option, and the current plan is a corner in the garage. I can make this work except I have to find a way to drain the sink somewhere. I figured I would drill a port in the side of the garage, it is only gray water, and drain to my landscape. The problem: It is so dirty, I would be spending all of my time cleaning the place and my equipment. But, it could work.
Until I had this thought
I live in a large house, my kids are out on their own now, at least for a while. We have a room on the first floor that is really just a storage room that I could easily convert into a brew room. It has a bathroom right next door, with a shower to clean the big items, so hot and cold water are within 10 feet already. and I could vent the brew fumes through the same channel the bathroom exhaust vents through. I would have to remove the carpet and put down a tile floor maybe even with a drain.
Has anyone except Kal
done anything like this. I mentioned it to SWMBO this morning and after a few hours she was at least, "It is a room, brewery's are to go in a basement or a garage, not is a real room." If anyone has a room like this, images would be useful. I would also like to hear suggestions why it is a bad idea?
