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Wine cellar dilemma - CRHUTCH1951 - 08-14-2016
3 years ago I moved into a new house. The basement was not finished so I built a wine cellar using one of the corners. Two walls are below ground. The two other walls and the ceiling I had insulated to R32 and used water resistant sheet rock. After which I tiled all the walls, used cork tiles for the ceiling and put an old-world cobble stone floor. The room is is 920 cubic feet and I have about 400 bottles. I meant this to be a passive cellar. For most of the year the temperature stays at 58 degrees with 60% humidity. However for three months in summer the temperature creeps up to 68 degrees. I am trying to figure out a solution. I am thinking about purchasing a inexpensive self-contained cooling unit to use just during the summer months. The unit I am looking at is the KoolR Magnum. Wondering what y'all think. Thanks.
RE: Wine cellar dilemma - winoweenie - 08-17-2016
Sorry CRHUTCH but I hit the wrong key on your post and inadveretantly banned you from the board. Will get it taken care of immediately and please accept my most sincere apology. WW
RE: Wine cellar dilemma - Kcwhippet - 08-25-2016
We have the same situation (sort of) in that we have 2 walls underground and a bunch of insulation for the rest. Size is about half. We get pretty much the same temp ranges. This passive cellar has been in place for about 25 years and we have about 800 bottles - some dating back to the late 80's. We haven't seen any problems in all that time, so I believe you may be overthinking the situation. My thoughts are you should be fine. BTW, I've been doing wine since the early 70's and have been ITB for over 20 years.
RE: Wine cellar dilemma - CRHUTCH1951 - 08-26-2016
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We have the same situation (sort of) in that we have 2 walls underground and a bunch of insulation for the rest. Size is about half. We get pretty much the same temp ranges. This passive cellar has been in place for about 25 years and we have about 800 bottles - some dating back to the late 80's. We haven't seen any problems in all that time, so I believe you may be overthinking the situation. My thoughts are you should be fine. BTW, I've been doing wine since the early 70's and have been ITB for over 20 years.
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I appreciate your response! I have read a few accounts as yours so I may have been overthinking the situation. I do think however my cork ceiling may be contributing to my problem so I've decided to take it out and replace it with ceramic tile which is a much cheaper proposition. Thanks again.