SWMBO Made a HUGE Mistake !!

[IrregularPulse]

i'd move the brew area closer to the cold room for easier transfer of liquids. put a dry well under for some drainage, a 55g drum outside would work, and a sink for cleanup.

then your left with more than half the space to put a tv and chairs/sofa in for comfort and bs sessions.

I'll upload my latest rendition. Man Dreamin' is fun. It'll probably end up a shed to store my crap in while I remain brewing my cobbled together daily system. Dreams cost money. UNfortunately so do decks, patio, children, cars blah blah blah.

Add a urinal. Every man-space needs a urinal. Not just to pee into, but to keep impressing upon the woman that men rule the universe solely because we don't have to sit down to take a squirt.

Once again you and eriktlupus must be in my head.

5x3 temp controlled room and a 6x3 bathroom. Enough room for a toilet at one end and sink at the other. A Utility sink to the left of the brew rig.
A sheet metal backsplash behind brew rig located next to temp controlled room entrance. Should be able to pump from BK to CFC to carboy that will be on a shelf ~22" off the floor allowing me to siphon to my keg with never having to move the carboys while full.
Like I said before. It's fun dreaming, even more fun when it a future reality, even it it is distant future.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

y wife has several times suggested that I get a 12x12 kitted building for all my "Beer Sh!t".

Too many other things need the money first. New windows and HVAC, wood floors, retaining wall for the backyard, new drive, etc......

It'd be nice but, for me it can wait.

 

[IrregularPulse]

y wife has several times suggested that I get a 12x12 kitted building for all my "Beer Sh!t".

Too many other things need the money first. New windows and HVAC, wood floors, retaining wall for the backyard, new drive, etc......

It'd be nice but, for me it can wait.

In reality thats kinda of where I'm at. Several things will need big money ahead of this, but this is the first time she mentioned it. I'd always just planned on using my garage bay (one of the big future add ons) for all my brewing. But a 12/20 building for brewing on top of a second garage bay? hell yes. Granted I'll be 40 by then but...

 

[jtdominguez3]

I miss land...

 

[conpewter]

I'll upload my latest rendition. Man Dreamin' is fun. It'll probably end up a shed to store my crap in while I remain brewing my cobbled together daily system. Dreams cost money. UNfortunately so do decks, patio, children, cars blah blah blah.


Once again you and eriktlupus must be in my head.

5x3 temp controlled room and a 6x3 bathroom. Enough room for a toilet at one end and sink at the other. A Utility sink to the left of the brew rig.
A sheet metal backsplash behind brew rig located next to temp controlled room entrance. Should be able to pump from BK to CFC to carboy that will be on a shelf ~22" off the floor allowing me to siphon to my keg with never having to move the carboys while full.
Like I said before. It's fun dreaming, even more fun when it a future reality, even it it is distant future.

Looks sweet! Good point with the slop sink, then you don't need a urinal

 

[johnnyc]

I gave my buddy a urinal for a wedding gift and he installed it in a closet in his basement. It is AWESOME. The bathroom in my garage is around back

 

[jpc]

I gave my buddy a urinal for a wedding gift and he installed it in a closet in his basement. It is AWESOME.

I bet his wife was thrilled...

The bathroom in my garage is around back

I thought that was the case everywhere in the south?!?!

 

[evanmars]

... Man Dreamin' is fun. ...

Once again you and eriktlupus must be in my head.

Enough room for a toilet at one end and sink at the other...

Like I said before. It's fun dreaming, even more fun when it a future reality, even it it is distant future.

:cross:

 

[BrewBeemer]

I tell my wife when I going to do somthing I dont ask.
Pat

That explains all the black and blue marks and lumps on your head, now I understand who wears the panties in the house. Sorry Patty i'm picking on ya.
I need more space for my crap not alone the brewery in the future.
I get the "what's this part going to cost?" . Well dump those marine 454 chebbie heads in storage (a set of 4 with 4 wet manifolds) that should allow for more brewing items as long as it does not come out of household money. Wife for sale cheap, damn no takers. Older model low mileage, cranky in the mornings. Wow off topic here sorry.

 

[BrewBeemer]

Your right I'm a tough guy but not with my wife I dont have to be she's a very smart very beautiful very hard working woman I dont tell her what to buy or do and she does the same....And if that doesnt piss you off she loves craft beer.

Pat

Trade ya!
Na I got a good one the second time around, she flips out with my pack rat stuff everywhere with too many irons in the fire and a back that failed me. In Limpbo or limbo at the moment, well the last 6 months still on the mend.

 

[lehr]

Brewbeemer I've got a good wife she either puts up with my crap or doesn't pay attention to my stupidity

Now I'm waiting for Pulse to get this room finalized so I can steal his ideas for this brewroom !
Pat

 

[IrregularPulse]

\Now I'm waiting for Pulse to get this room finalized so I can steal his ideas for this brewroom !
Pat

It will be a few years I'm sure, and When it's done I guarantee it's nothing you'd be willing to put your name on I've seen your level of work and I've seen mine

 

[lehr]

It will be a few years I'm sure, and When it's done I guarantee it's nothing you'd be willing to put your name on I've seen your level of work and I've seen mine

They way I see it is that the hard part is figuring out what you what to do the execution is the easy part plus you have a couple of years to master the skill you'll need for the build,start small birdhouses dollhouses playhouses.
By the time your my age (49) you will be the master of all you survey.

pat

 

[mordantly]

you got a big lot! mine is 50x150 and my back yad is only 50x50. i have to fence my property as i dont have a single one before i could even drink the elixers of a brewhouse.

 

[BrewBeemer]

Brewbeemer I've got a good wife she ether puts up with my crap or doesn't pay attention to my stupidity Pat

Pat; I love that reply, it's saved in my favorites. Ya got me laughing on that one. Cheers bro. Carl.... My wife found out because my son told her that we got his BMW past 140 MPH last month this was not good with her. My kids first car and were not done with it, more to be found in speed on the radar gun.
Then the mention of my 68 F250 with the next motor build about spanking 150-153 mph my intended goal. She wants to know where the end is on my crazy side. I can't see that far.

 

[IrregularPulse]

i have to fence my property as i dont have a single one before i could even drink the elixers of a brewhouse.

what????..........

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

See what you haven't considered, is that the female mind is a master at reverse psycology.

She has primed your cortex with an idea that you will build and re-build in your head for the next couple years. Over time, new ideas will come in and your plan will be virtually redrawn each time.

She knows this.............

And THAT is why she planted the seed.

 

[mordantly]

what i meant was fencing is first on the list. thinking about a brewhouse is only pipe dreams until then.

 

[IrregularPulse]

a fence is an afternoon with enough people
We had 7 of us. took 12 hours for put up posts with concrete, set panels, and install gate

 

[NewBrewB]

*subscribed*

I love those kind of 'mistakes.'

 

[IrregularPulse]

Couldn't believe I saw this thread updated. It's a non-reality now a days. Family has grown to 4 with the latest addition in the hospital since birth on 11/15 with no diagnosis. Best case scenario, she makes it home and we renovate the house. No more brew shed. Instead I'll be building a LARGE garage and using some dedicated space in there. Then converting current garage to living room, living room to 3rd bed room, and adding a 1/2 bath.

 

[BrewBeemer]

If you can't find a cause you had better find a cure or else your dinner plate will be displaced. Congrats, just have a healthy one plus a 2010 tax deduction.

 

[NewBrewB]

Couldn't believe I saw this thread updated. It's a non-reality now a days. Family has grown to 4 with the latest addition in the hospital since birth on 11/15 with no diagnosis. Best case scenario, she makes it home and we renovate the house. No more brew shed. Instead I'll be building a LARGE garage and using some dedicated space in there. Then converting current garage to living room, living room to 3rd bed room, and adding a 1/2 bath.

Ahh too bad. I was trolling through old DIY threads looking for inspiration. Better to take care of RL issues before DIY/Beer dreams-come-true. Hopefully in the end you'll get it all!

 

[r8rphan]

IP... Just downsize your original build.. a lot.. but plan 'expansion' into every piece of lumber installed...

It's costs 'nothing' but a couple weekends, to get out your shovel and start prepping the pad...

Even though you might not be able to afford running a sewer line and electrical and water to it now, you can certainly run those things just outside the pad.. and connect to them later...

A hose across your yard can be temp installed to run water.. until you can afford a proper sewer line, you can dig a 2 foot round by 3 foot deep pit and fill it with pea gravel and run your short sewer line from in the shed into it for general stuff from the sink... (IOW, no peeing)

There's an age old riddle.. Question "How do you eat an elephant"... Answer: "One bite at a time"

You can do this.. All it takes is ten sacks of concrete here.. ten there... six 2x4's here'' six there... before you know it.. there's a 'shell'.. then you're off and running...

If you had invested 25 dollars on materials and 4 hours a month on it since you first started this thread, you'd easily have the building itself raised by now.... and probably a lot more...

That which is as rest, tends to stay at rest.. and that which is in motion tends to stay in motion... It's basic physics.. just 'get in motion'... The rest will work itself out....

BTW.. this thread has some of the best potential tag lines of any on this site...

 

[BrewBeemer]

Best to stub your sewer, electrical, phone, security / buzzer / cable TV, water and gas lines into the slab you can always pick them up later and connect.

 

[IrregularPulse]

IP... Just downsize your original build.. a lot.. but plan 'expansion' into every piece of lumber installed...

It's costs 'nothing' but a couple weekends, to get out your shovel and start prepping the pad...

Even though you might not be able to afford running a sewer line and electrical and water to it now, you can certainly run those things just outside the pad.. and connect to them later...

A hose across your yard can be temp installed to run water.. until you can afford a proper sewer line, you can dig a 2 foot round by 3 foot deep pit and fill it with pea gravel and run your short sewer line from in the shed into it for general stuff from the sink... (IOW, no peeing)

There's an age old riddle.. Question "How do you eat an elephant"... Answer: "One bite at a time"

You can do this.. All it takes is ten sacks of concrete here.. ten there... six 2x4's here'' six there... before you know it.. there's a 'shell'.. then you're off and running...

If you had invested 25 dollars on materials and 4 hours a month on it since you first started this thread, you'd easily have the building itself raised by now.... and probably a lot more...

That which is as rest, tends to stay at rest.. and that which is in motion tends to stay in motion... It's basic physics.. just 'get in motion'... The rest will work itself out....

BTW.. this thread has some of the best potential tag lines of any on this site...

If there is anything I've learned from brewing and the associated equipment, it's Don't build until you have all the materials, because you WILL get half way done and start redesigning everything .