My Crazy Wife's Crazy Ideas

[dananne]

Thank you very much for the suggestion. Actually, the idea never occurred to me. However, unfortunately, it wouldn't work in my house. I have no ground floor closets at all, and, excepting the master bedroom closet, the other 2 bedroom closets are simply too small. As is typical of the period, there is no depth between the door and the back wall. Victorian closets are frequently quite shallow, to the point of being almost useless for even storing clothes, which is why armoires and wardrobe pieces of furniture are so common. Our master bedroom, however, has a large walk-in closet, which my wife has filled to the point of overflowing with all her clothes, shoes (don't even get me started about her Imelda Marcos tendencies), etc. So, replacing that with a wine cellar may mean I'm sleeping with the dogs for some time <IMG SRC="http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif"><P>Alas! This infernal house just doesn't want me to keep wine!<P>In the meantime, I have recaulked every seam in my free-standing cellar, and even sprayed that water/airtight foam crack sealer stuff around the seams where the condensation was coming out. It is holding it's temp right now, and since we keep our downstairs thermostat set at 60 in the winter to avoid $400 gas bills in this virtually uninsulated, nightmare-to-heat house, it shouldn't have to do much work to maintain appropriate cellar temp for the next several months. Also, the condensation is generally only a problem in the summer. So, I've (hopefully) bought myself a few months until my wife will want to attempt this outrageous and likely futile project <IMG SRC="http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif"><BR> <BR>