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As an update, spray foam to be installed beginning of march. So now working on drywall. Lighting and electrical are done. This is going slow since I am converting the entire unfinished part of my basement into functional space. One quick question on drywall, Is there any issue with using a...

My friend is the HVAC installer. We are trying to figure out what wiring/electricity to run. The area is about 1800 cubic feet. A self contained unit won't be able to cool that area. Plus the walls are concrete block that is partial below grade.

About 95% done with framing. Couple questions: Cooler: I was torn between the Whisperkool ceiling unit and the units that attach to the wall. I think because of lower price I will be doing the wall mounted unit which has the evaporator and the outside condenser. The manual says for the...

Question about the door Any reason why I could not use a exterior patio door as a wine room entrance? Pricing out some of the "wine doors" online they seem a bit pricey. Would something with glass from Anderson be sufficient?

A couple more days and the waterproofing paint will be done. Had to rerun my power vent pipe that originally ran across the ceiling out to where my dryer vent is venting outside. Frees up majority of the ceiling. The remainder of the area will be a sitting area, brewing area with closet to...

I have the Wine Enthusiast brand 300 bottle cooler from Costco. I have had it for 2 years, and now it can not maintain temperature. I have it set to 51 (just to try to get it lower) and the lowest it gets is 58-62. Any of these # bottle capacity coolers will never hold the amount listed...

Like everyone I enjoy saving a few bucks off of wine kits and beer ingredients. However with the major wine kit sellers it seems every week they advertise a "sale". I can never tell if their prices even change throughout the year or if the "sales" are even anything different then their normal...

"It was for the greater good" "This room will now get more use" "I can put your stuff into the unfinished area where there is more natural light" so......she won anyway =P

Starting in next couple days to seal walls and basement. Patch up holes and cracks.

that's the unfinished part total area. This area is also irregular so it is less square footage then that. The whole place is going to be wine cellar, brewing room/area with place to relax and smoke a cigar, and then a place for the exercise equipment. Almost have partial area cleaned out...

Yes, that makes sense. Thanks

Question about permits: My basement is finished otherwise. Pool table room and theater, craft room (junk room). This area is on the end of my house and is basically a 45 x 25 foot area. Since there are permits (I assume) for the rest of the basement do I need any for this section? If so...

This is the area we are going to use. As far as the pole, that will be the corner of a wall. The room will be L shaped, That far wall is 19 feet. The total area we agreed on is 228 square feet, The metal pole I will just incorporate into the corner of the new wall, I will stud out with...

If you had this beam in the area you were building out what would you do to seal it (it might be in the middle of the wine cellar)? And what would you do about the metal pole smack dab in the middle of it? Can that pole be moved if I were to put 2 other poles either further out towards the end...

I enter this competition yearly, fun to get medals =P I believe their list is calculated based on the number of entries that kit had coupled with the scores that they get. In the book that comes with the medals, there are hundreds of entries. So the list is a poor man's way of determining...

Ted, I wish I could use AC but the entire room is below grade, I don't want to vent into the rest of the finished basement (which I could do , but that might also not look the best) My only option is I can access the ceiling from a closet upstairs near the kitchen, there are some electrical...

Ok, So had a meeting with the wife. I think we may have found a better place that won't involve a retake of the "craft room" Opposite end of basement is my current wine storage area. It involves the area under the stairs. Here is the entrance Inside the door Looking in and to the...

John, I read through your build also, great looking! I possess 10% of the carpentry and renovation skills, but I do know one who is a family friend and build my library!! I am hoping to try to get the majority of the busy work done myself since labor cost is a killer. I have an unfinished...

I may start with my current amazon metal racks, have 7 of them. Then eventually buy some built in kits to install. Yes for the 55-ish, at least hoping. For the flooring, I wasnt sure if I even needed to rip up the existing tile or hope that it would be good enough in the wine room?

So I am considering making a room in my basement into a wine cellar. Right now my wine is on metal racks in a basement room, temps however are usually 65-72 year round...humidity 50% at most. I had a wine enthusiast wine fridge for 300 bottles that recently crapped out, so instead of replacing...