Trying to do some pre-planning on keeping some conicals I want to order cooled. I'm currently renting the house I'm in so I dont want to go overboard on the build. I want to build a small room in the concrete portion of my basement. Initial thought was to toss up a quick/cheap frame using 2x4's. Hadn't really planned on boxing it all in with plywood, and I wanted to keep the floor bare concrete so i could rinse any spills down the drain easily.
So with the 2x4 frame, roughly 5-6 ft tall and equally wide with about 2-3ft of depth I want to hold 2-3 conicals and maybe a bucket or two if room permits. On the 2x4 frame, I figure get some large sheets of styrofoam insulator. Box in a section of the frame to hang a small $50-100 ac unit. I figure the room should be fairly well sealed doing this and should be able to maintain cool temps, especially since the basement stays cool as it is.
Does this all sound ok so far? If so, whats the best way to regulate temps inside the room to control the conical temps? Set the ac a few degrees cooler to compensate for fermentation temp rises? Use a temp controller to regulate the a/c unit?
Any info or thoughts on this would be appreciated. Again, i'm trying to keep the build cheap. $150-200 at the most.
Thanks guys
So with the 2x4 frame, roughly 5-6 ft tall and equally wide with about 2-3ft of depth I want to hold 2-3 conicals and maybe a bucket or two if room permits. On the 2x4 frame, I figure get some large sheets of styrofoam insulator. Box in a section of the frame to hang a small $50-100 ac unit. I figure the room should be fairly well sealed doing this and should be able to maintain cool temps, especially since the basement stays cool as it is.
Does this all sound ok so far? If so, whats the best way to regulate temps inside the room to control the conical temps? Set the ac a few degrees cooler to compensate for fermentation temp rises? Use a temp controller to regulate the a/c unit?
Any info or thoughts on this would be appreciated. Again, i'm trying to keep the build cheap. $150-200 at the most.
Thanks guys