Soulshine2
Well-Known Member
Good morning all and may I wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving today.
I work construction and last summer i had the good fortune of one of my work tasks was to remove from the Toyota engine plant , a "group house", which is a meeting or break room wall panel system consisting of 2 sheets of vinyl skinned drywall / sheetrock sandwiched around a 2 1/2 inch slab of styrofoam. very sturdy , heavy and excellent sound and temperature insulating properties, it is joined with extruded aluminum "wall studs"that the panels slide into a wall and floor track , much like a metal stud frame only the panels slide between the studs rather than fastened to the face of them. . When we removed it , my boss said if i had any use for it I could have it otherwise it was going straight in the trash dumpster. My thought immediately was yes, my basement brewing (mostly storage, preparation and fermentation) room . Last 2 days I had my son help me finally transform the open corner of the basement into a dedicated closed off 9'6" x 12' room with a swing door . Fortunately the houses hvac duct system runs through it so i can now access a little heat or a/c as i need to maintain a steady temp during fermentation. Now winters wont be so cold and summers wont be so hot and the seasons between wont swing temps so much . i can now expand my yeast selections further from seasonal as i had been. I'll be running electric to the room , mainly 120v ac ,and lights of course. Already this morning the room is noticeably warmer than the rest of the basement.
I work construction and last summer i had the good fortune of one of my work tasks was to remove from the Toyota engine plant , a "group house", which is a meeting or break room wall panel system consisting of 2 sheets of vinyl skinned drywall / sheetrock sandwiched around a 2 1/2 inch slab of styrofoam. very sturdy , heavy and excellent sound and temperature insulating properties, it is joined with extruded aluminum "wall studs"that the panels slide into a wall and floor track , much like a metal stud frame only the panels slide between the studs rather than fastened to the face of them. . When we removed it , my boss said if i had any use for it I could have it otherwise it was going straight in the trash dumpster. My thought immediately was yes, my basement brewing (mostly storage, preparation and fermentation) room . Last 2 days I had my son help me finally transform the open corner of the basement into a dedicated closed off 9'6" x 12' room with a swing door . Fortunately the houses hvac duct system runs through it so i can now access a little heat or a/c as i need to maintain a steady temp during fermentation. Now winters wont be so cold and summers wont be so hot and the seasons between wont swing temps so much . i can now expand my yeast selections further from seasonal as i had been. I'll be running electric to the room , mainly 120v ac ,and lights of course. Already this morning the room is noticeably warmer than the rest of the basement.
