subject: Typical Home Wine Cellar Building Specification Guide [print this page] At the time of building a home based wine cellar, its design, structure and construction are required to be done, based on certain specifications. The wine room is supposed to be correctly finished to let the equipments work properly. For a simple example, if a cooling system is installed on the wall prior to necessary conversion and treatment of the room, nothing will happen other than damaging the walls and ceiling. An unsatisfactory preparation of a wine cellar can not make control over the environmental factors and its negative result can only make a damaging affect on your investment. The following factors and figures need special attention.
1. Flooring Part
Sealing of the concrete floor must be done with any watery and quality sealant. If you have any sort of plan for using tiles, you require ensuring that particular sealant is well-matched and friendly with the tile paste. Either of the ceiling as well walls needs installation of vapor barrier.
2. Walling Part
Foaming all over the wall with strips preferably sized 2x 4 rectangular or 2 square type is imperative. Apply, firm Celotex type foil around 2 towards the internal and 4 for external walls along with ceiling. The insulation standard of wine cellar should be a minimum of R-13 while it needs to be R-19 in the ceiling. R factor defines the standard of insulation in terms of its resistance capacity against high temperature. Fiberglass insulation required to be 2x 4 or 2x 6 coating on the sides. This insulation is having R-value 6.5 an inch offering R-19.5 of 3 inches thick R-Max sheet. Find out the cracks, if any, must be filled with mounting spray foam. A thicker wall is always a good decision for a cellar room as it serves as an excellent insulator and defends against heat. It is essential to take necessary steps to prevent mildew in the wine cellar walls.
3. Cellar Door
Door need to be hard core steel made or insulated. Double pane padding glass doors are the only option. Doors should be hermetically sealed as well weather-stripped. No window is always better and if used, it should be double-pane type only. Ensure about air leakages, if any, in vents, pipes or any other places that should be safeguarded.
4. Painting
Paints are preferred to be watery and after completion of painting, cellar room should be entirely aired out otherwise it may cause odor of wine. Make sure about bad smells immediately after cooling and humidity start operation and be caring on this issue.
5. Vapor Barrier
The vapor barrier as well insulation is the effective way to maintain the idyllic environment of your wine cellar room. The vapor barrier of plastic sheet 6mm to 10mm need to be fitted on the temperate side of all insulation. The temperate or warm part indicates that vapor barrier is being guarded from the cellar room by necessary insulation. Setting up the vapor barrier towards cellar part of insulation and padding causes humidity condensation over barrier and damages the walls. It is most important to use the vapor barrier on the exterior walls too. Make certain that no air leaks are in the vapor barrier, if any found, take it to electrical outlet to get them rectified.
