Walk Incooler.

[yardy]

I would be very surprised if that goes for less than a grand.

Incidently, that method of construction, using coolroom paneling and aluminium angles and strips, is a very easy and cheap method of building such a room. When I costed mine out, I decided I could do it cheaper by the method I described above, one of the reasons being I got the materials cheap because of my brother. But at the end of the day, I had forgotten a few things and I think that it would have been cheaper to build it with the coolroom panels. You can get thos panels from bluescope steel I think, in a various thicknesses, and they pop rivet together with appropriate pieces of aluminium an dsilicoen to seal.

nice one pip, i didn't know you could get it from bluescope.

Cheers

Yard

 

[tangent]

got a comment Jayse? he's using a small version of Jamil's set-up from memory.

 

[yardy]

got a comment Jayse? he's using a small version of Jamil's set-up from memory.

i thought someone on here had built one.

 

[nabs478]

Sorry about the poor quality of pictures, the camera ran out of batteries, and I don't have any more.



From outside



The door open



Up-close of the hinge and seal.



A shot of the wiring and heater, there is a thermostat up on the wall with digital display.



Shows internal construction and some beers.

 

[nabs478]

I think it was bluescope, but not sure. It is one of those big companies, and there are various people who sell their stuff, but it's cheaper if you buy directly from their distributors.

 

[tangent]

where are you that you need a heater instead of a cooler? Antarctica?

 

[yardy]

I think it was bluescope, but not sure. It is one of those big companies, and there are various people who sell their stuff, but it's cheaper if you buy directly from their distributors.

Cheers for the info and pics

Yard

 

[nabs478]

where are you that you need a heater instead of a cooler? Antarctica?

I'm in Melbourne. Brewing Ales, 18 C, in winter, where the average temp at night is abut 5 C and the usual max in the day is about 16 C.

 

[tangent]

well, i was close

 

[Hashie]

nice one pip, i didn't know you could get it from bluescope.

Cheers

Yard

Yard try Bondor, they specialise in sandwich panels for cool rooms and are pretty much all over Australia.

 

[paulwin]

how are you guys doing building your coolrooms as iam about to start one very soon.
cheers paul

 

[amita]

Yard try Bondor, they specialise in sandwich panels for cool rooms and are pretty much all over Australia.

Hi Paul,
I think there is a guy selling off-cuts of fridge panels in perth somewhere, he also has all the bits and pieces to do the job and its very affordable.
Will try to track my mate down who has the details and see is I can post that here next week sometime.

cheers amita

 

[Simon W]

Would love to do something like this one day.

For those wondering what to do for the floor, wouldn't it be possible to drop a sheet of Polystyrene foam down on the concrete, then to stop the foam crushing under foot, throw a sheet of ply over it to spread out the weight of equipment/walking on the foam?

Edit: Obviously not a mobile solution, but for a permanent installation in the garage/garden shed?

 

[newguy]

For those wondering what to do for the floor, wouldn't it be possible to drop a sheet of Polystyrene foam down on the concrete, then to stop the foam crushing, throw a sheet of ply over it to spread out the weight of equipment/walking on the foam?

Yep. This is how basements are insulated here in Canada. Clarification. This is how the good contractors do it. The foam sheets should be bonded to each other using low expansion foam insulation (aerosol can). Technically, the seams should also be taped with an exterior grade vapour barrier tape but this step would probably be overkill for a warm climate. Screw the plywood down using appropriate concrete screws long enough to penetrate 3cm or more into the concrete. Bonus points for gluing the foam to the concrete and the plywood to the foam.

 

[glenos]

Freezers are built by pouring a slab, then laying polystyrene, then pouring another slab over it.

I looked at a house for sale in Lenah Valley the other day and it has an approx. 2x2 cool room included with the house.

NOTE: slab refers to the concrete type.

 

[paulwin]

hi just finished my coolroom/fermenting room thought i'll show a few photos of it .tested it the other day had it down to 6 deg i think it will go lower only set it to 6 on the mash master temp control unit .made it for fermenting so don't need it to go any lower.
its made out of 75 mm coolroom panels 1900 mm h 1150 w 1050 d

 

[mika]

Cool, the ol' aircon doing the job brilliantly then. Doesn't run excessively ?

 

[pokolbinguy]

Very sexy.

How much did it cost to build Paul???

Pok

 

[paulwin]

Very sexy.

How much did it cost to build Paul???

Pok

there is a place in perth that sells coolroom off cuts . the panels $100 the aluminum angle and channel cost about $115
1.5 kw aircon $240 seal for door $37 hinges $15 latches $16 some silicon pop rivits to hold it together.
mika a probe goes into the fermenter so it wil be going of liquid temp which are more stable than air temps so it should not run that often
cheers paul

 

[sqyre]

Looks Awesome Paul!!!! :super:
making me rethink my plans for the Coldroom panels i have lying around..

If i can offer one piece of advice...
I have used quite a few of the same type of latch you have used on your door..
They start out quite stiff but after a while they tend to become quite loose and flop around a bit..
I'm just having visions of the wind or something slamming the door shut and that latch hooking on while your inside...
it may never happen.. but if/when it does.. i hope Mrs Paulb isn't on holidays for 3weeks with the gardening club.. :huh:
Perhaps a strong magnetic latch???

Just a thought..

Sqyre...

EDIT: In hind-sight... as long as the conical is full getting locked in may not be a bad thing..(except for the Co2)