Keezer access issues. Need some creative ideas

[SweetSounds]

That's it! Or it's close enough anyway!

 

[Mischief_Brewing]

Just to clarify, masonsjax' suggestion on left, sweetsounds' suggestion on right. Sweetsounds' "Z overlap" outlined in gold.

If I'm wrong, it's late, and I'm not sober.

Oh awesome! Thanks so much everyone! I'm going to price the foam panels this weekend while chilling at the inlaws.

 

[masonsjax]

I was thinking the foam would lay flat actually, not vertical. I would whip it up in SketchUp, but I don't have it set up on this (linux) computer.

Basically, just make a wooden collar for your needed height, and to run the lines out, mount a manifold, whatever. Then cut a piece of foam to lay on top as a lid and cut another single piece of foam that would fit inside the collar to keep the lid in position and glue it flat to the underside of the lid piece. So the lid would be made of 2 sandwiched together rectangular pieces of foam, one a little smaller than the other. Make sense? It would be super easy to make.

 

[Mischief_Brewing]

I was thinking the foam would lay flat actually, not vertical. I would whip it up in SketchUp, but I don't have it set up on this (linux) computer.

Basically, just make a wooden collar for your needed height, and to run the lines out, mount a manifold, whatever. Then cut a piece of foam to lay on top as a lid and cut another single piece of foam that would fit inside the collar to keep the lid in position and glue it flat to the underside of the lid piece. So the lid would be made of 2 sandwiched together rectangular pieces of foam, one a little smaller than the other. Make sense? It would be super easy to make.

That makes sense too. Probably a lot more sturdy and will last longer too. I still am worried about the access issues, so I might still go for a swing-type door hinge on the 4th collar board so I have full access...

Can't wait to start this build, but it's looking like it might be delayed an extra week. I'm repairing a sewer-line break just outside my house by myself and after a few hours of digging today, I'm just over 3 feet down and still don't see the pipe. Rain tomorrow and the next will put this fix off until next weekend at the earliest. I'm building the cabinet doors by hand so that's going to be the first phase of the DIY build...

 

[shortyjacobs]

I was thinking the foam would lay flat actually, not vertical. I would whip it up in SketchUp, but I don't have it set up on this (linux) computer.

Basically, just make a wooden collar for your needed height, and to run the lines out, mount a manifold, whatever. Then cut a piece of foam to lay on top as a lid and cut another single piece of foam that would fit inside the collar to keep the lid in position and glue it flat to the underside of the lid piece. So the lid would be made of 2 sandwiched together rectangular pieces of foam, one a little smaller than the other. Make sense? It would be super easy to make.

Shoot...of course, you could totally eliminate the higher vertical foam piece from both my drawings and just have one vertical and one horizontal piece. Doh. I warned you I was drunk that night

 

[dudasaj]

What if you setup the keezer to lean over 45 degrees. It would only be out of the vertical position for a few minutes while you loaded kegs. All you would need is 2-3 extra feet of keg line outside the cooler to allow for tilting the entire freezer towards you. This would provide plenty of clearance for keg handling.

With a fully removable lid and a water/glycol bucket that won't spill during tilting you would be all set. You might not even need to tilt that far to get clearance.

 

[bad coffee]

Build the collar 3 sided. Leave the front or one side open to get kegs in and out.

Make the 4th collar side out of foam, and attached to the lid. pull the lid off the front and you've got room for the kegs to go in and out.

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[Mischief_Brewing]

Build the collar 3 sided. Leave the front or one side open to get kegs in and out.

Make the 4th collar side out of foam, and attached to the lid. pull the lid off the front and you've got room for the kegs to go in and out.

B

This is the simple version of what I'm likely to do. I might end up with the swinging door collar but will likely rethink that as I get anxious to get it all done.

Just a quick run-though of the projects I have planned for this build:

- keezer collar
- build cabinet doors
- demolish current cabinet space
- find/buy bar top
- build/buy pond pump line chiller
- insulate and run lines
- install cabinetry
- brew beer to fill the kegs

 

[masonsjax]

You're list is upside-down. If you have full kegs, you'll get the rest done much faster.