On a somewhat happier note,
- Thread starter Lee Short
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Kay Bixler
Kay Bixler
Awesome!
Just remember to make it twice as big as you think it should be.
And insulate the floor if possible.
Best,
Kay
Just remember to make it twice as big as you think it should be.
And insulate the floor if possible.
Best,
Kay
David M. Bueker
David M. Bueker
My cellar floor is below grade & I did not insulate it. That was a plus when I had a cooling unit failure a few years back. The floor was very cold & soaked up some excess heat keeping thengs very temperate (below 65) for the time it took to do repairs.
Michel Abood
Michel Abood
Nice, wish we could do things like that in NYC. I think my downstairs neighbors might be put out if I started turning their place into a cellar and filling it with wine.
Ruben Ramos
Ruben Ramos
Lee what cooling unit will you get for your cellar? Or is the storage area cool enough not to need one?
Or you might be put out when your "cellared" wine starts disappearing. It's not unheard of, though, for well-heeled Manhattanites to buy up a neighboring condo and then knock out the wall separating the two places. You could simply do that to convert the neighboring property to your wine room -- if you happen to have an extra $2mm kicking around, that is.
Mark Lipton
Sharon Bowman
Sharon Bowman
Who doesn't? It's just easier to buy off the list than to cellar the pesky things.
Indeed the floor is well below grade and will not be insulated. We have a pretty temperate location (Seattle, with the prevailing winds blowing right off the bay at us, with no hills between us and it). The cellar is also ideally located in the north-central side of the house, so I'm hoping that'll keep it cool enough. I will, however, be building in some space for cooling so I can add it if necessary.
The lamp is flourescent, not halogen. Runs somewhat cooler.
The lamp is flourescent, not halogen. Runs somewhat cooler.
Haven't looked at LED fixtures. In fact, I haven't given more than passing thought to interior lighting.
Not really keeping track of what's where. Stuff on the shelves will be visible, stuff in the rear bins is not to be drunk for at least 3-4 years. At some point, probably all the Piedmont wines will be in one section, all the Loires in another, etc. Except, of course, for the "don't play well with others" bottles, which will all have to be kept in the bottom 2-3 rows (with shallower bins that only stack 2 high instead of 3 high).
As of yesterday lunchtime, with all the shelf supports and some of the rear shelves:
I put the final touches on the shelves on the left wall this morning:
Now I just have to cover the right wall, and close it off!
Not really keeping track of what's where. Stuff on the shelves will be visible, stuff in the rear bins is not to be drunk for at least 3-4 years. At some point, probably all the Piedmont wines will be in one section, all the Loires in another, etc. Except, of course, for the "don't play well with others" bottles, which will all have to be kept in the bottom 2-3 rows (with shallower bins that only stack 2 high instead of 3 high).
As of yesterday lunchtime, with all the shelf supports and some of the rear shelves: