Extend a beer tower to short

[Foggia8]

Hello I installed a kegerator under my counter but the draft tower is not long enough to pour a beer for a 12 inch glass. Do they sell an extension for the tower? I do not need more taps.

 

[TallahasseeBrew]

The only extensions I've seen also have the fittings for an extra tap.

When I built my kegerator out of a chest freezer, the woodwork on the lid made my tower too short as well, so on the lid of the freezer I attached about 3 inches of plywood over the lid hole, drilled the wood out, and used it basically as a spacer to raise the tower up 3 inches. Worked perfect for me. If your system allows for it, perhaps that can be a solution?

this thread has basically the same idea https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=374583

 

[Foggia8]

It would be a tight fit unless it is the diameter of the tower. I ran across a website where they had stainless steel inserts that would raise it 4 inches but I cannot remember which site. The down side was it was over 100 dollars.

 

[Braufessor]

I used a section of PVC, insulated with pipe foam on the inside, as a "spacer" between by bar top and kegerator underneath.

 

[Foggia8]

How did you anchor down the tower to the top of the kegerator?

 

[Braufessor]

How did you anchor down the tower to the top of the kegerator?

I cut a hole in my bar, anchored the tower to the bar, and then put the PVC spacer between the bottom of the bar and the top of the kegerator.

 

[atcguy]

I cut a hole in my bar, anchored the tower to the bar, and then put the PVC spacer between the bottom of the bar and the top of the kegerator.

Do you have to seal the pvc to the top of the kegerator and to the underneath of the bartop? I'm probably looking at the same set up. I'm thinking (hoping) that just a couple inches of pvc and insulating the beer lines should be enough.

 

[John Paul Stoddard]

Assuming you have a standard Chrome Beer tower...

 

[Braufessor]

Do you have to seal the pvc to the top of the kegerator and to the underneath of the bartop? I'm probably looking at the same set up. I'm thinking (hoping) that just a couple inches of pvc and insulating the beer lines should be enough.

I did not "seal" it - but I cut it very close, so it is tight between the top of the kegerator and the underside of the bar. I basically duct taped some thin rubber padding to the ends of the PVC pipe, so it compresses a little bit when I wedged it in there - so it ends up being pretty tight.

 

[azscoob]

I used a section of PVC, insulated with pipe foam on the inside, as a "spacer" between by bar top and kegerator underneath.

I cut a hole in my bar, anchored the tower to the bar, and then put the PVC spacer between the bottom of the bar and the top of the kegerator.

I did not "seal" it - but I cut it very close, so it is tight between the top of the kegerator and the underside of the bar. I basically duct taped some thin rubber padding to the ends of the PVC pipe, so it compresses a little bit when I wedged it in there - so it ends up being pretty tight.

This is basically what I did too, I find it works pretty good too! I can fit 3 soda kegs in my kegerator but have taps for two, the spare keg is usually carbonating up or lagering... I just picked up another kegerator so I'm doing a side by side setup with a coffin-box tower with the lines running up on the left and right sides (from the two kegerators)