JimBell
Well-Known Member
LakeErieBrew,
Friend Edwort is enough to make a normal fella feel inadequate isn't he?
Friend Edwort is enough to make a normal fella feel inadequate isn't he?
Ed, I think you shouldn't be allow to post on this thread without pictures... Quite a let down to see you as the last poster to find no beer porn...
The future view of many evening brewing and or drinking sessions.....
Edwort, are you keeping track of how much this thing is going to cost. i think alot of us have this on our christmas wish list.
There must be some serious "neighbor envy" around your home, Ed. Half the reason I want to buy a house is so that I can do something like this, and stop having to brew in my buddies garage...
Half the reason I want to buy a house is so that I can do something like this, and stop having to brew in my buddies garage...
X2
don't forget the hop garden!
Kinda. I lost track at around $6K, but of that I have about $1K invested in tools which SWMBO has me using for other projects.
According to Homebrewers Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, or H-GAAP, that $1K of tools doesn't count to the final project cost. It's the same logic that allows one to state that homebrewed beer is cheaper... as long as you ignore the cost of all of the equipment used to make it Even if your tools were not generally applicable to other purposes, H-GAAP would have you covered.
Ummm, Ed - FYI - the vapor barrier goes on the warm side of the insulation. Otherwise condensate forms in the insulation & the wall rots. Without wasting time to rip it out, make some cuts in the kraft facing before you cover the walls inside, and put a plastic VB on the outside. Might want to change that exterior wall to foam (Blue or pink XPS sheets plus "great stuff" or other polyurethane spray foam to seal the edges of sheets), given the difficulty of getting a good VB on the outside with the sheathing already in place.
Oh - I missed the foil-backed to come. tape the joints in the outside-most layer, and don't tape the joints on the layers inside the cold room, and all should be good.
I decided to crank er up and see what she could do. Ambient temp was 65, but the room dropped down to 42 pretty quick and then the coils started to frost up.
Tools purchased for any project like that are never figured into the bottom line. Also, tools bought after the fact that would have been "nice to have" for this project are deductible also.
...It might be a good idea to at least leave some space for a dehumidifier if one should become necessary down the road to ease the load on the air conditioner.
Deductable only if used on a rental property as a needed tool, trust me on this one after going thru a lucky me your a winner audit.
Ed,
I have a dehumidifier I will donate to the project if you want. It is a 25 pint/day which should be more than adequate for that small space. It was use for about two months a couple of years ago and will not be needed again.
Jerry
Thanks. The other one just like it will be mounted to a post for the Biergarten right next to the Brewhaus.
Obligatory Beer Pron pic
There's beer in that picture...?
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