This is the kind of project and client combination every carpenter dreams about. Every step of this process was a pleasure--OK not the sewer line re-rout--but everything else.
When the clients are as nice, attentive and understanding as these were, everything is possible.
They knew what they wanted, Cedar walls, cedar racks, hardwood floors. After some serious research on my end, I had a design that could work with the space under the house. Their goal was 700 bottle capacity--mostly Pinot Noir. We ended up with 770 slots.
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| BEFORE |
After the initial framing of the structure, shoring up the plumbing, electrical and HVAC requirements and cutting in the doorway, the goal became to make an air tight, cold room. Consistent temperature (54 degrees) and constant humidity levels (60%) were paramount. The Cedar walls ironically make it look like a sauna before the wine went on the wall.
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| time to put some (more) wood on the walls |
It became a running joke in the wood shop that I was building a bunch of ladders for cats to climb on. The fabrication process was very, very, very repetitive. Thousands of narrow crown staples later, my modular design was ready for the big install. Because the doors were fairly narrow and low, we could not make one big rack and fit it to the wall.
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| One of 5 buckets necessary for 700+ bottles |
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| and again . . . .and again . . .and again . . . |
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| VG Fir cabinet with granite top tasting bar. Each bay can swallow 2 cases + magnums at the end |
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| So many |
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| Soft close drawers on one continuous Fir face frame. |
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| Clear Western Red Cedar walls simply shine. No stain necessary. |
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