Basement Electric Brewery

[kchomebrew]

Thought I'd share my project. Gutting a semi-finished room in my basement to build an electric brewery room. Here's some photos of the room originally and the ongoing remodel. Plan is to install the same sort of set up on www.electricbrewery.com with some minor modifications. Right, I'm getting the room up to par. It's going to take new electrical, new plumbing, new dry wall, new tile, and new windows to get the room right. From there, I'll be building my own condensate/vent hood and duct-blower system and then adding in the electrical brewing equipment. Hope this thread will help others who go down the same path. I'll try to share as much as I can about the process.

 

[kchomebrew]

Attaching in photos of the original room. House was built in 1930 and the room we are tearing down has been unchanged since that time. One of the dead spaces behind one of the walls had an old shower sealed off behind it. Interesting to find this.

 

[kchomebrew]

Photos of the room being framed up.

 

[kchomebrew]

more photos

 

[MalFet]

Very nice! If you can swing it, floor drains are a beautiful thing in a brewery.

 

[kchomebrew]

Lucky enough, with the shower we found in the dead space, there was already a drain in the floor. As such, there will be a floor drain and it will also make it handy to connect the sink directly into this (initially wasn't sure if we'd have to jack-hammer into the floor. Finding this working drain really saved me some $ on the remodel !

 

[MalFet]

Lucky enough, with the shower we found in the dead space, there was already a drain in the floor. As such, there will be a floor drain and it will also make it handy to connect the sink directly into this (initially wasn't sure if we'd have to jack-hammer into the floor. Finding this working drain really saved me some $ on the remodel !

Excellent. Weird secret shower saves the day!

How are you going to do the floor?

 

[evandena]

Might seem obvious, but make sure that old floor drain still works, before you get too far into the remodel.

 

[Rami]

Awesome project. Wish homes had basements out in the west coast.

Epoxy that floor up!

 

[coolharry]

I would love to do something like this one day. I've got the basemen space to do it too. Time to start saving!
Subscribed. Excited to see where this goes.

 

[tonyc318]

Awesome project. Wish homes had basements out in the west coast.

Epoxy that floor up!

That's a pretty general statement like you're saying no homes on the west coast have basements. I can point to 7 by my house in Astoria, OR with basements. Or did u mean to say, I wish my house on the west coast had a basement. Don't mean to harp on you just thought it was an odd statement. I don't have a basement either and am super jealous of this build!

 

[MalFet]

That's a pretty general statement like you're saying no homes on the west coast have basements. I can point to 7 by my house in Astoria, OR with basements. Or did u mean to say, I wish my house on the west coast had a basement. Don't mean to harp on you just thought it was an odd statement. I don't have a basement either and am super jealous of this build!

It's of course too strong to say that no houses on the pacific coast have basements, but it's not terribly far off either:

http://www.nahb.org/generic.aspx?genericContentID=64030
(check out figure 3)

 

[kchomebrew]

New breaker box/power upgrade installed. Ought to cover the power needs for the room and then some....

 

[fhhobbies]

Very nice start! I am starting a basement brewery myself and gathering stuff I need. I will be gutting 1/4 of my basement and starting fresh.

 

[Rami]

That's a pretty general statement like you're saying no homes on the west coast have basements. I can point to 7 by my house in Astoria, OR with basements. Or did u mean to say, I wish my house on the west coast had a basement. Don't mean to harp on you just thought it was an odd statement. I don't have a basement either and am super jealous of this build!

By west coast I mostly meant California. Isn't OR considered Northwest anyway?

Keep the build photos coming! You should make room for a little bar area too if you can. A little tasting area.

 

[homebrewbeliever]

Oh no! Now I have something else to constantly obsess about...

 

[kchomebrew]

Photo is the box/frame I've build for the condensate/heat vent hood. 59L x 23W and about 10in deep. I plan to stain the oak wood and then but some wood trim molding around the edges to give it a nice professional look. I'm planning to line the inside with heat/moisture resistant lining. Lastly, I'll be attaching in some aluminum molding lips around the edges to catch any moisture drip/run-off. I ordered a Vortex 6" duct blower and will connect this through one of the windows.

 

[kchomebrew]

Area where the stainless steel commercial grade sink is going to be installed got framed up and also had the plumbing and drain lines added. Tomorrow all the framing will be completed and Fri. all electrical outlets and switches will be installed. After that, it's pretty much dry-wall and ducting to be installed. Waiting on a glass block pre-fabricated window with dry vent to arrive and it will go in the other window. Duct venting will go out through that one. Probably will be a week or 2 before that arrives.....

 

[rockinmarty]

What's that white cap on top of your drain/vent pipe?

 

[jstuts2260]

Stone basement...where in KC are you doing your build out? We're looking at houses in the brookside area and I can't waaaait to finally be have more space to brew.

 

[kchomebrew]

Been looking around at stainless steel sinks. Seems like this is the one that would fit best. Will be mounting a garbage disposal on the sink also. Looking at pre-rinse faucets also....but not sure, space-wise, if I can do the pre-rinse faucet.
http://www.foodservicewarehouse.com/turbo-air/tsb-1-n/p4565.aspx

 

[fifelee]

If you have the room skip the expensive stainless sink and use a cheap used bathtub. Can't have a sink that is too big for cleaning pots.

 

[evandena]

If you have the room skip the expensive stainless sink and use a cheap used bathtub. Can't have a sink that is too big for cleaning pots.

Functional, but that sure is rediculous looking.

 

[kchomebrew]

Interesting idea on the bathtub. I thought about doing a floor level mop sink...similar sort of concept. I'm not wanting to install anything permanent,which is why I'm going with a freestanding sink. Assuming I could end up moving at some point in the next 5-10 years, I'm hoping everything would be removable from the room. For instance, where I'm placing the sink, if I ever move, I would frame that area in and put closet doors on it (I'm guessing, if I ever moved, the next person who moves there wouldn't be a homebrewer).

 

[kchomebrew]

Drywall and electrical started up. Nice to see this ! Duct blower (vortex fan 6" dia.) arrived also. Picked up ducting and vents at home depot today.

 

[kchomebrew]

Cutting the 6 in. dia. hole in the back of the wood ventilation hood and then staining the outside. After that, I found some adhesive backed aluminum sheeting that I'll be lining the inside with. I'd like to build a lip around the edges to catch any moisture run-off but am having trouble finding something that will work. Would like to find something stainless steel that would. Any suggestions anyone has would be welcome.

 

[Junkster]

Have you looked into various aluminum or vinyl trim pieces available at the big box home improvement stores? I'm looking at building a vent hood too, but haven't done much research on it yet. I'm also concerned with draining any condensate away rather than having it drip off onto whatever is beneath.

 

[dragonlor20]

Cutting the 6 in. dia. hole in the back of the wood ventilation hood and then staining the outside. After that, I found some adhesive backed aluminum sheeting that I'll be lining the inside with. I'd like to build a lip around the edges to catch any moisture run-off but am having trouble finding something that will work. Would like to find something stainless steel that would. Any suggestions anyone has would be welcome.

What keeps the lip from condensating and then dripping onto what's below? I would think that whatever the lowest point was would condensate and then drip?

 

[kchomebrew]

Drywall is just about finished. Just some minor pieces to be filled in around corners and odd spots around the ceilings and ducts. Still waiting for the glass block window to arrive that I ordered from Home Depot. Once that arrives the last window can be framed out, installed, and vent ducting installed. After that, electrical outlets and switches will be completed and then I have tile to install in the sink area and on the main floor.

 

[kchomebrew]

Progress on the room has been a bit slow. Mudding the drywall and it's finally dry. I ordered a glass block window which hasn't arrived from Home Depot yet (hoping that will arrive tomorrow). Once that arrives, I'll be able to get the last window installed, which means I can begin working on the install of the hood vent/duct blower/ducting. Still have a lot of things that need to be done (tile, complete the install of electrical outlet and switches, get sink/disposal/plumbing lines added in). Hoping there will be good progress this coming week.