Hi all,
I recently bought a secondhand Blichmann 112L conical fermentor - only problem was that it wouldn't fit in my fermentation fridge! My fridge was wide enough but not deep enough - the only logical solution - extend the fridge! (Buying a new fridge would be way too easy! Plus I spent to much $$$ on my fermentor so this is definitely a project done on the cheap!)
Fridge as it was
My new stainless baby!
First I removed the door and extended the fridge using a 35 x 90mm frame with ply walls
Then I made a trolley to slide in and out of the fridge that the fermentor will go on in addition to being the extension's 'floor'
With fermentor on it
Then I insulated it with expanding foam (this pic is the under side of the trolley)
And the walls with more foam along with the roof
I then painted it white (left over paint from painting the house ceiling... Like I said - done on the cheap!)
Then I fitted slides to it to support the weight of the fermentor when moving in and out - particularly when most of the weight is up quite high
Then I welded up a frame to attach the slides to the trolley
Then I painted that and attached to my trolley with extra supports for where the legs go
Then stuck on some insulating sticky mat stuff I scrounged from the laggers at work - it's meant to be the ducks guts for insulating things, plus it looks pretty waterproof for any spills and easy to clean - and its shiney!!
With fermentor on it
Installed heat lamp and temp probe from controller
And it works!!!
If anyone has any questions or better ideas please let me know.
Cheers,
Az
I recently bought a secondhand Blichmann 112L conical fermentor - only problem was that it wouldn't fit in my fermentation fridge! My fridge was wide enough but not deep enough - the only logical solution - extend the fridge! (Buying a new fridge would be way too easy! Plus I spent to much $$$ on my fermentor so this is definitely a project done on the cheap!)
Fridge as it was
My new stainless baby!
First I removed the door and extended the fridge using a 35 x 90mm frame with ply walls
Then I made a trolley to slide in and out of the fridge that the fermentor will go on in addition to being the extension's 'floor'
With fermentor on it
Then I insulated it with expanding foam (this pic is the under side of the trolley)
And the walls with more foam along with the roof
I then painted it white (left over paint from painting the house ceiling... Like I said - done on the cheap!)
Then I fitted slides to it to support the weight of the fermentor when moving in and out - particularly when most of the weight is up quite high
Then I welded up a frame to attach the slides to the trolley
Then I painted that and attached to my trolley with extra supports for where the legs go
Then stuck on some insulating sticky mat stuff I scrounged from the laggers at work - it's meant to be the ducks guts for insulating things, plus it looks pretty waterproof for any spills and easy to clean - and its shiney!!
With fermentor on it
Installed heat lamp and temp probe from controller
And it works!!!
If anyone has any questions or better ideas please let me know.
Cheers,
Az
