Building a room in my garage

tucker0104 · Post by **tucker0104** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:12 pm

Has anyone ever built a room in their garage specifically for mash to ferment? I am thinking about building like a 6x4x6 room with a window unit to cool and heat. I have extra 2x4s sitting around and can get insulation for cheap. This would allow me to ferment 3 or 4 10 gallon batches. I can just brew all day.

NZChris · Post by **NZChris** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:21 pm

Be aware that CO2 can build up to dangerous levels in a small space. Venting it could save a life.

tucker0104 · Post by **tucker0104** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:29 pm

Thanks for the heads up. I would only be going in there to place them in there and then monitor them by just opening the door to look. Final phase, I could fan it out some before I go in there to get the fermenters.

NZChris · Post by **NZChris** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:04 pm

You also don't want kids using it to play hide and seek.

tucker0104 · Post by **tucker0104** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:12 pm

Only take them once to learn their lesson.

Post by **greggn** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 3:31 am

What ambient temperatures are you experiencing that a dedicated air conditioner is necessary ? What happened with the crawlspace idea ? Can you not ferment somewhere within your living space ?

Post by **FreeMountainHermit** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 4:55 pm

greggn wrote:What ambient temperatures are you experiencing that a dedicated air conditioner is necessary

read that again.

Smokee · Post by **Smokee** » Sat Sep 24, 2016 6:58 pm

I framed and drywalled the "his" side of our garage. I initially did it for a side job I have but have been using it to distill since taking up the hobby last year. I framed the far side of the garage (the his side), drywalled and installed a drop ceiling along with a locking door. It's perfect, no one wants to go in there.... I have my vintage "big-iron" Silicon Graphics computers out there so it's wired with both 220 and 20 amp 110. I do everything in there and no one knows. I haven't told anyone what I'm doing, no one thinks twice about it either. Because it's a room in a room there's no smells that permeate into the rest of the house either.

I bought a truck that wouldn't fit so I put that space to good use. I highly recommend doing it if you can, it's a great way of getting some personal space that you can do what you want and no one bothers you..\

tucker0104 · Post by **tucker0104** » Thu May 18, 2017 4:29 am

Smokee wrote:I framed and drywalled the "his" side of our garage. I initially did it for a side job I have but have been using it to distill since taking up the hobby last year. I framed the far side of the garage (the his side), drywalled and installed a drop ceiling along with a locking door. It's perfect, no one wants to go in there.... I have my vintage "big-iron" Silicon Graphics computers out there so it's wired with both 220 and 20 amp 110. I do everything in there and no one knows. I haven't told anyone what I'm doing, no one thinks twice about it either. Because it's a room in a room there's no smells that permeate into the rest of the house either.

I bought a truck that wouldn't fit so I put that space to good use. I highly recommend doing it if you can, it's a great way of getting some personal space that you can do what you want and no one bothers you..\

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tucker0104 · Post by **tucker0104** » Thu May 18, 2017 4:30 am

NZChris wrote:Be aware that CO2 can build up to dangerous levels in a small space. Venting it could save a life.

How is CO2 going to build up if the window unit is blowing in outside air?

tucker0104 · Post by **tucker0104** » Thu May 18, 2017 4:32 am

greggn wrote:What ambient temperatures are you experiencing that a dedicated air conditioner is necessary ? What happened with the crawlspace idea ? Can you not ferment somewhere within your living space ?

Hot enough to warrant an air conditioner.

The crawlspace idea was going to be too much work every ferment. A pain to get everything down there and out. With this idea, everything will be on wheels and close to each other. A lot easier to monitor things.

If I could ferment in my living space then I wouldn't have to build a room in my garage.

dieselduo · Post by **dieselduo** » Thu May 18, 2017 4:48 am

My wife is a seamstress and I put pvc rails on the ceiling and she made curtains to reach the floor. Looks like where the wizard of oz was hiding. LOL

tucker0104 · Post by **tucker0104** » Thu May 18, 2017 5:14 am

dieselduo wrote:My wife is a seamstress and I put pvc rails on the ceiling and she made curtains to reach the floor. Looks like where the wizard of oz was hiding. LOL

Where do you keep it?

Post by **Pikey** » Thu May 18, 2017 8:08 am

I think a lot of us just have the whole garage - Time you get your kettle and sundries in there , there won't be room to move. - If you just want it as a temperature controlled space for ferments, Split it in two 3 foot spaces with a big shelf and you can stack your fermenters

Post by **Desvio** » Thu May 18, 2017 9:27 am

I have a decent size garage and keep two cars and two motorcycles in with more than plenty of room left for other stuff, just had to make a curtain to block off my brewing area so
when the wife comes home and the garage door open when I am working I'm not advertising to the whole neighborhood. Even with all my stuff cleaned and put away it looks like a lab...

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