Poolside Brewpub

[BarleyNRocks]

It's been a wile. Work hadn't stopped its just moved on to more time consuming detail work.

Finally I have a door! No more crawling through the bar opening!
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I also got the roof finished and trimmed out. Then moved on the the never ending project of building my pallet planked bar soffit. The plan was to do the interior walls the same and although I love the way it turned out there is no way I have the time to do the walls the same way. I do have a lead on a ton of barn wood so it will be the same style just much larger pieces inside. For my burner wall I think I'm set on using an old Cadillac hood as the back splash but I still need to run to the junk yard and see what's available.
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Today I'm going to knock out some stairs and possibly start framing out the inside of the bar.

 

[maierhof]

Are you going to do the actual bar top as a barn wood base with the thick clear coat of laquer/epoxy on top of it? With that great looking soffit above you it might make sense to match it for the bar top itself? That should be simple to pour on your own too...

Nice work! love to see the attention to details you are putting in...

Please keep posting! Do we call this "construction porn?"

 

[BarleyNRocks]

Are you going to do the actual bar top as a barn wood base with the thick clear coat of laquer/epoxy on top of it? With that great looking soffit above you it might make sense to match it for the bar top itself? That should be simple to pour on your own too...



Nice work! love to see the attention to details you are putting in...



Please keep posting! Do we call this "construction porn?"

I've already got the top. It's. 30"x9' pice of white Quartz that I pulled off a job last year. I do like the idea of the barn wood top and I have built other bars with poured epoxy tops but I think the white stone will do a good job of staying nice and cool.

 

[Grossy]

Looking awesome. I'm shoehorning my build into my garage, you guys that have the room for an extra building to brew in have my very envious.

Really like the use of the pallet wood for paneling. Looking forward to how you build the brew bub inside.

Subbed.

 

[maierhof]

I've already got the top. It's. 30"x9' pice of white Quartz that I pulled off a job last year. I do like the idea of the barn wood top and I have built other bars with poured epoxy tops but I think the white stone will do a good job of staying nice and cool.

Ah yes - the hot sticky summers in MD - I used to work for Alex. Brown & Sons - a Baltimore based company so we would get out there a lot. You are right about the Quartz being cooler in the summer - but what about the winters - are you going to put a heater between the underlayment and the quartz then? lol =;>

Looking good - keep us posted!

 

[BarleyNRocks]

......And it's officially a bar! 9'x3' and 600lbs of white Quartz. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1431903138.049034.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1431903167.195512.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1431903209.647826.jpg

 

[Lbm]

I'm so jealous lol! The whole thing looks great. I need to convince my husband that we need to either buy a house with a pool and pool house or we need to build where we are!

 

[maierhof]

Looks great!! Congrats - sooo jealous!

 

[BarleyNRocks]

Tonight's work was paint stairs and the first of the planters. I started the trim but my paslode ran out of gas.
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[Biscuits]

Mother-of-God, I am jealous...subbed!

 

[Hello]

Great progress so far! You are extremely talented.

 

[BarleyNRocks]

Thanks for all the kind words everyone! On Friday I got the garage door installed. Other than that it was family, friends and beer around the pool all weekend. once I get everything trimmed out things are going to slow down for a bit. I'm going to set some counters inside and I already moved the fridge in so I can do some brewing as things are. I'm still going to work on the interior just not at the non stop pace I have been running on the past two months. Its time to slow down and enjoy summer with the fam, That and get back on top of some other projects and maintenance I've been neglecting during this build.

 

[BarleyNRocks]

Tonight I worked on some odds and ends but more than anything I took some time to regroup and clean. I did get the lights hung temporally. I'm running all cre led strips that I had left over from a project. They put out plenty of light and will be even brighter once the ceiling is finished. The interior work will begin within the next week, I'm just making some final decisions on the finishes.

And finally some interior shots! I think these give a better feel of the size of this thing (although like my garage, I'm sure it will feel small in a year or two.)
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I could stop now and have a hell of a wood shop! Not a chance.

 

[DrunkleJon]

Wow. Looks so much bigger from the inside. I am getting tempted instead of re-flooring my small shed to tear it down and re-build it bigger, better and larger for use as a brew/storage shed.

Well done!

 

[GeorgiaMead]

This is beautiful, I see one in my future, except I build it on a metal frame incase the wife decides to move, easier to pack up my stuff in the brew hut and haul it away

 

[BarleyNRocks]

Just a brief update. Things have been slow. Between being hot as balls and being out of town the past two weekends I haven't made much progress. I am hooking up a floor mounted AC tomorrow and I've just about got my ventilation system figured out so with that it's time to step it in to high gear.
My goal is to get back to brewing within the next two weeks. A big part of my foot dragging is making a decision on the wall finish. I am a commercial interior Superintendent and I spend everyday on job sites covered in drywall dust so I avoid dealing with it at home at all cost. That and it's not the feel I'm going for inside. What I have finally decided on is randomly stained and sealed OSB that will look something like this.
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For the ceiling and burner back splash I found some old weathered corrugated roofing. I still want to incorporate the same pallet paneling that I did on the bar roof inside but for now the OSB will be a fast and cheap way to get the interior walls closed in and get me inside and brewing.

Now for the whole reason I'm doing all of this. the Brew rig. I'll start by saying I have no desire to ever go automated. I like the work involved with brewing and I enjoy keeping it as simple as possible. My plan is to be able to run a 5-8 gal batch in my 10 gal spike kettle and a 10gal batch in my Keggle at the same time (staggered starts obviously). Below is where I'm going with this. It will be a single pump batch sparge system running 3 burners. I already use cam lock fittings on everything so switching around lines isn't a big deal. There will be a single 10gal HLT with filtered water piped in. I'll get a little more into the rig once I actually start assembling it. I have everything in my garage ready to go except for the pump.
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Sorry I don't have much progress to show today but starting this week I'm really going to kick this thing into high gear.

 

[beernbourbon]

wow....I'm loving the stained OSB.... I think i found my brewshed interior, if you don't mind me stealing your idea. I will give proper credit, of course

 

[BarleyNRocks]

wow....I'm loving the stained OSB.... I think i found my brewshed interior, if you don't mind me stealing your idea. I will give proper credit, of course

Go for it! this really has been my biggest hang up. at $12 a sheet its by far the cheapest option and it still looks like something. I will probably clear the hell out of it but still I think it fits.

 

[DrunkleJon]

Yeah I agree. That is an awesome look. Clear coating the hell out of it is definitely needed. I have seen what moisture does to OSB. And that aint pretty. This is an amazing build.

 

[GHBWNY]

Go for it! this really has been my biggest hang up. at $12 a sheet its by far the cheapest option and it still looks like something. I will probably clear the hell out of it but still I think it fits.

Can't tell from the pic, but are the strips/channels between the OSB panels just the drywall underneath, or did you use some kind of moulding? Also, wasn't there printing on the surface? How did you deal with that?

 

[Bearsmith]

Keep up the good work. It's looking great!

 

[BarleyNRocks]

Can't tell from the pic, but are the strips/channels between the OSB panels just the drywall underneath, or did you use some kind of moulding? Also, wasn't there printing on the surface? How did you deal with that?

The Pic is just a reference. I haven't started mine yet. It does appear to have metal strips in the joints but I'm not going with that. As far as how it will be installed with 7/16th OSB there is no need to put any other substrate underneath. I will be attaching it directly to the studs with adhesive and a trim nailer. Only rated OSB has stamps since this is the interior walls and I'm sealing them I'm going with untreated interior grade which has no stamps. I am fighting myself with the idea of randomized cut sizes and 45ing my control line. The German inside of me likes the idea of over complicated but Precise joints but the rest of me just wants to get this thing done and get back to brewing.

 

[BarleyNRocks]

I'm excited about this find. I picked up my interior ceiling material today. Reclaimed tin roof off an old barn. I'm also going to use some to build a 8'x5' back splash for the wall that my rig will set on. I'm also on the path of changing my wall finish again.
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[BNolt17]

[emoji106][emoji482] very jealous of this

 

[BarleyNRocks]

So I got some stuff done. Not quite where I thought I would be but we knocked out a good chunk over the weekend. Possibly because my help showed up with some goodies.
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Saturday I got the exhaust fan installed and wired up. I'm running a 350cfm out of an air handler attached to two 6" intakes. That along with the ridge vent sohould be plenty for what we are running. I and going to punch a bunch of random 1" holes along the peak of the tin roof that I'm using as the ceiling to help promote ventilation up to the ridge vent.
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I swung by my buddy's window company and scored a floor model stained glass casement. The window opens a full 90* out to the side which will help with some cross flow on nice days. I did pick up a second wood framed double hung window but I'm undecided on using it since I don't want to lose wall space for storage.
Once again I have changed my plan for the interior walls. I was bummed about giving up on my original paneling idea so what I have decided is to go ahead and close in the walls with the osb then take my time paneling over it to match the bar ceiling. This way I can get my benches and rig set and do the paneling over time so that I can have the original look I wanted but not necessarily finish it all before I get back to brewing. This will also speed things up since I will be able to attach the panel boards directly to the osb and not have to cut every single piece to land on a stud. I will throw a coat of paint on everything just to give it a semi finished look in the mean time.
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Like I said I didn't quite get done what I wanted to but with a 5 month old and other stuff constantly popping up I never do. My new substantial completion date is July 11 but my wife just planed a trip to the beach for the 4th so we'll see. As with all my projects this has turned into an endless beast. I've already locked in my next impossible task by securing 1/4 garden on a family friends property to start my 500 plant hop project that I hope to evolve and expand into a hop farm within the next couple years.

 

[rekoob]

Awesome.

 

[unionrdr]

I thought it looked like metal strips in between the panels? Belt sand the printing off, then finish sand, stain & seal? I like to use Minwax stains that are poly-based, then seal with clear poly.

 

[BarleyNRocks]

I thought it looked like metal strips in between the panels? Belt sand the printing off, then finish sand, stain & seal? I like to use Minwax stains that are poly-based, then seal with clear poly.

That picture was just a reference I pulled off a google search. yes I agree it looks like there are metal strips between the panels. However I have decided its still a lot of work for something that I felt I was compromising on so I am back to reclaimed paneling for my interior walls. the Osb I am hanging now is just to get the walls closed up in the mean time and will not be the final finish.

 

[beernbourbon]

I'm still going with it.... One of those back of the mind 'how am I going to finish the interior?' thoughts, and I saw your post and had an AHA! moment. (yeah, I figured it was somewhere else, the height relationship to that door obviously wasn't the brew shed lol)

 

[Stealthcruiser]

You need a nice, industrial looking chandelier hanging in there.
I've got just the thing, but I don't know how to get the pic from F B, to here.
I'll post up a pic tomorrow, as I'm at work now, and my camera ain't!