Finally finished building my walk-in cellar

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Here's the story and details:

I just finished remodeling my home, and part of what we asked the GC to do, was frame out an area for me to build a wine cellar.

I have to start by saying, I am nowhere near "handy". As a matter of fact, I genuinely did not know what a chop saw was when I started this project.

Over the past 2 years, my dad has gotten into wood working. He's no expert, but has done some simple stuff, and bought some equipment. The little bit of knowledge he brought to the table (along with a few tools) was monumental in making this happen.

I sprayed the entire room with 3 - 5 inches of closed-cell spray foam - which was fucking awful. By far the worst part of this entire process. We threw some r19 pink foam sheets into the ceiling, and once the home remodel was done, the insulation company came in and sprayed the entire house ceiling, and threw an extra foot of insulation over the cellar area.

After we insulated, the GC came back and put up the drywall. I attempted to cement-finish the walls, but that was a disaster, so I just did a crappy stucco job and painted grey.

A friend of mine owns an "eco-friendly building materials" company, and he had some sweet reclaimed wood that I used to finish the ceiling, and accent throughout the cellar.

For flooring, we used Mapei Planipatch, and some powdered pigment. A friend with some experience working with concrete came in to help get this done. I never got around to sealing it, but I sort of like the wine stains on it now.

We built the shelves out of Cypress, and joined everything using Kreg Pocket Screws (thanks Dad). I bought some 48" aluminum rods and did some of the rod-work you see. In hindsight, I wish I would've done more of it. I think it looks great, and minimizes the stacking.

The room measures 5x9', and the ceiling is 9' tall.

There are ~750 bottles in the cellar at the moment, and as it stands there is room for ~900-950.

There's a rather large wall that still doesn't have any shelving on it. When the time comes, I can get ~150-300 bottles into that space, depending on what kind of racking I use. For now, though, I'm just going to leave it as counter space.

I used a CellarPro through-the-wall cooling unit, which is the only unit I was able to find that was certified / approved to vent outdoors, and can handle South Florida temps. It keeps the cellar ~56-58F. It runs a little more often than I'd like, but that seems to be the norm for CellarPro.

The door is exterior grade, double-pane glass, with a UV film.

TL, DR: Built an actively-cooled walk-in cellar with my old man, it was fun, but a huge pain in the ass. Happy with how it came out.

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