Yuri's Brew Yurt (Hut)

[Yuri_Rage]

Not a gated community. Those are too uppity for me.

 

[Fingers]

It looks very much like a shed I'd built this summer. I made a critical error I'm going to have to fix. I made my trusses just like you did but I sheathed the roof and put the shingles on before I sheathed the outside. (Afraid of rain) Turns out I didn't allow for the wall sheathing and overhang. Now my shingles come short of the exterior OSB and allow rain to penetrate the edge of the board. I'll have to overbuild the roof to cover that. What's your plan here?

 

[Yuri_Rage]

Tar paper until I get the rest of the sheathing, Tyvek, siding, and most of the trim done. I'll shingle and paint it nearly last.

 

[Fingers]

No soffit on the front?

 

[Yuri_Rage]

I'm not planning much of one. Just enough to achieve a slight overhang.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

It's really coming together now!

Note to self...never, ever install building wrap in 20 knot winds again!

 

[paulthenurse]

Looking good.

 

[MoRoToRiUm]

Looks good! Now hurry up so we can get to the inside keep up the good work and I'm glad it's coming together for you!

(I'm still jealous)

 

[bmckee56]

Not able to see the pictures of your handywork because I'm at work, but it sounds nice. Wish I had the space and time to do something similar.

Salute!

 

[Yuri_Rage]

I'm confident I can get the siding done today. I may even be able to paint it today, but it's pretty windy (again...dammit).

A good friend and neighbor just had a 220 welding outlet installed in her garage by a local contractor. The guy is a very skilled, licensed electrician, and he completed the job in two hours. It only cost her $156 (total...including 100' of heavy gauge cable plus labor!). Apparently copper prices are WAY down. The same guy should be calling tomorrow with an estimate for putting 220 in my garage and running service out to the brew hut.

 

[EdWort]

Looking good. No overhang in front? Put 100 amps in there dude! You know you want it.

 

[CatchinZs]

Yuri....Copper is way down. I just picked up a 250' roll of 12/2 for $36 and change @ lowes.
My project isn't as grand, I'm just installing another circuit for my spark fridge but now is a good time to be buying wire.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

The overhang will be very minimal in the front. I'm just going to build a standoff for the trim so that there's a bit of a drip edge. The backyard deck is only 15' away, so it's not like I need a porch.

I'm going with 60A service from a subpanel that will be installed on the house. Any more than that would require a major rework of the existing electrical service to the house.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

We finished the siding today. I enclosed the eaves and installed four vents under them (two per side). There's a 12" attic wall vent in the back, and the entire ridge will be vented. It's been WAY too windy to get anything done on the roof (the one piece of tar paper I managed to tack down nearly wound up in the neighbor's yard), so it looks like the roof will be completely bare for another week. I hope to have it painted by the end of the week, then spend the weekend roofing. We've chosen a medium/light gray that complements the house.

Since some of you are likely wondering, I'll post the cost of the project. So far, I've spent about $1,500 at Home Depot (including the framing gun), and there is very little scrap. I wish there were a better place to shop than Home Depot, but this small town has little to offer, so I'll take what I can get.

Here's the view from the brew hut toward the house. Eventually we'll put some pavers or some sort of landscaped path from the deck to the hut.

Yes, I know...my lawn is severely sick and in desperate need of attention...

 

[ohiobrewtus]

Looks great, Yuri. Excellent work.

 

[beerthirty]

Very nice, can't wait to see what you do to the inside.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

Because I need to think about resale, the inside will be pretty vanilla. There'll be a few outlets (including a 30A 220VAC outlet), and plenty of light. I'll insulate, drywall, paint, and tile it. There will likely be a few built-in shelves. It'll be one hell of a workshop for the next owner.

 

[IrregularPulse]

Looks good Yuri and for only $1500? That makes my future hut look a little more realistic than Ed's 7G's!

 

[the_bird]

I'm interested in hearing how much it costs to run electrical service out there. My garage (basically an overgrown shed; unless you drive a Mini, your car ain't fitting in there) has no power. I have no idea if that's a $300 job or a $3,000 job.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

Looks good Yuri and for only $1500?

Realize that $1,500 only includes what you can see in the pictures. I have done nothing to the interior, and I haven't bought the shingles or trim yet, either. I'm expecting the cost to roughly double by the time it's finished.

 

[IrregularPulse]

Realize that $1,500 only includes what you can see in the pictures. I have done nothing to the interior, and I haven't bought the shingles or trim yet, either. I'm expecting the cost to roughly double by the time it's finished.

I thought of that after I posted. Oh well, I can always use the $1500 quote to start the project. Then, whoops honey it went a little over budget. haha

 

[Yuri_Rage]

I was thinking about how I'm going to set up the brew rig once I get the brew space finished, and I couldn't decide how high to mount the 21 gallon conical (15-18 gallon batches). I have a pump, but I prefer the simplicity and convenience of gravity feed when at all possible. Even with a pump, there is only so much vertical travel possible before the pump is maxed out. So...wouldn't it be nice if one could lower the conical to fill it, then raise it when it's time to keg?! Enter my brainstorm:

Hand Winch — 600-Lb. Capacity | Hand Winches | Northern Tool + Equipment

Using a small winch (hand cranked or electric...haven't decided), I can have the best of both worlds! I can keep the fermenter accessible throughout the brewing process but still have a convenient means of emptying it. Brilliant...or foolish?

 

[the_bird]

Somebody else did something similar... maybe Bernie Brewer? Might have used an electric winch. Probably a year and a half ago that I saw some pics.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

Yep Bernie has that idea on his brew tree.

I think it is a good idea but I would have a backup system to lock the fermenter in place up and down. Just in case.

 

[CatchinZs]

I don't see why it wouldn't work.
My only concern would be the possibility for the whole works to start swinging on you. I've never really tried to use one of those hoists so the weight may help to dampen that anyway.

Assuming swing is an issue, I would think that you could use the same basic setup that you would use to pull an engine
Then maybe use some kind of fixed channel that you could mount on the wall to limit the side motion and attach the conical to that channel via a removable bar that bolts to the conical.

 

[the_bird]

I'd want to have as wide and solid a base as possible, and I agree with having some kind of backup mechanism to hold the works up if you have a failure of the cable. Of course, if it snaps you'll be short a head, so what difference will it make?

 

[Cape Brewing]

Are you going to jacket the conical?? Or store it in a temp controlled area?

knowing your posts Yuri, I find it hard to beleive you're not going to temp-control your fermenters.

Really curious on how you might do that since that is my next project now that my pub, walk-in and AG rig are done. I'm now looking at larger conicals but am putting some serious thought into how I would temp control them.

... a small glycol pump, PID controlled manifolds and simple copper tubing jackets??

 

[Yuri_Rage]

Regardless of the lift mechanism, I'll certainly provide a safety catch of some sort. I can't imagine leaving 100+ lbs of beer and fermenter dangling from a single cable (even if it's over-engineered...like I do).

The entire brew hut will be temperature controlled down to 55-60°F. Ales will be no problem. As long as there's no active fermentation taking place, I'll raise the ambient temp to around 72°F.

I've got a couple of spare TMS conical hoppers awaiting work. I was considering using them to fashion a single jacketed fermenter, but I don't have all the details worked out just yet.

 

[ClaudiusB]

Yuri_Rage wrote: Using a small winch (hand cranked or electric...haven't decided)

Go with electric, use a gear motor.

Brilliant...or foolish?

Brilliant.

I use an electric version too, attached to an aluminum rail with a 6ft travel to the side.

Cheers,
ClaudiusB

 

[Yuri_Rage]

Can you find me a solution that costs less than $50? Otherwise, I'm hand cranking with a boat winch.