Building A Home Wine Cellar

Building A Home Wine Cellar

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Many people like to have handy a small collection of wine for any occasion, or to store a few bottles of wine and mature it properly. To make sure your wine will age properly and in best condition, you should consider building a wine cellar.
To build a home wine cellar you will need 2" x 6" or 2" x 4" pieces of wood, 6mm plastic for vapor barrier, insulation, wall covering materials (green board), floor covering materials, ceiling joices and other materials, depending of your wine cellar design.

Although wine cellar can be build in almost any room of the house, its best to build them in the basement if thats an option. If not, pick and other spare space you have, just make sure it has little or no direct sunlight, sufficient ventilation and cooling unit can be installed.

First step in building a wine cellar is to frame your wine cellar using regular 2 by 6 (or 2 by 4 if you don't have space) pieces of wood. After the frame is complete, its time to install the vapor barrier. 6 mm plastic which is used as vapor barrier should be installed on the warm side of the wall. Vapor barrier will ensure that the humidity levels in your wine cellar stay appropriate for storing wines.

After the barrier, you should install the insulation. Rigid foam, blown-in foam or fiber glass can be used as insulation. Make sure you insulate any outside walls and ceiling using R-20 insulation, and any inside walls with R-13.

For wall covering material you should use green board, which is moisture resistant and painted easily. Sheetrock and tung can also be used.

For floor covering materials vinyl, tile and slate are the best choices. Don't use any material that can get moldy, like carpets.

Last step in your wine cellar construction is to install doors which should be exterior type door because they are insulated.

I would recommend you to consider installing a wine cellar cooling unit which will regulate the humidity and temperature levels of your wine cellar.


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