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["del stubbs" <pinewoodel@hotmail.com>]

Thanks for the pics Terry, I will be soon walling off the NW corner of our 
basement in our in-process house. I had left the concrete out of this corner 
with a root cellar in mind. First summer it proved an addition to a terrible 
mold problem in our stored possesions in the basement.....new construction + 
wet summer + water seeping into that earth corner from uncompleted 
drainage..... Hopefully! all that is history. I wonder about your comment of 
folk adding a humidifier to concrete floored cellars, doesn't a humidifier 
add heat?  I was just reading one apple growers' apple storage 
recommendation and he says to use damp rags.....Do apples need such high 
humidity?
Anywho, it was encouraging to hear of your 35 degree room next to 80. I 
bought white milkhouse paneling for the inside, and had planned to use 
fiberglass batting , but perhaps the polystyrene insulation you used is 
prefferable because of its moisture barrier quality. Del






Del Stubbs  www.pinewoodforge.com  ag zone2/3








> From: Terence Bradshaw <madshaw@innevi.com>
> Reply-To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [NAFEX] Re: cold cellars
> Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 10:52:37 -0500
>
> http://www2.innevi.com/~madshaw/ciderroom.html
>
> The attached link has some pics of my cider/cold cellar.  I use it only for 
> cidermaking and potato storage currently, but with a humidifier could 
> potentially store other produce as well.  I walled off the northeast corner 
> of my basement, insulated with pink foamboard (1.5"), and added a good 
> exterior door.  I have windows to the outside on the north and east to 
> regulate the temp.  With the wood furnace cranking on the other side of the 
> wall (And the general basement hitting up to 80 degrees), I can keep a 
> pretty constant 35-45 in the cold room.
> I haven't tried any venting such as lower cold pipes with upper heat 
> exhaust, but I haven't needed it for my purposes yet.
>
> Terry B
> Calais, VT
> Zone 4
>
> > From: Mauch1@aol.com
> >
> > One other thought I had:
> > Could I wall off and insulate a part of my basement and install a room air 
> > conditioner to cool off that room?  I probably would need to run some sort 
> > of humidifier as well.  The AC exhaust would go into the rest of the 
> > basement.  Any thoughts on the viability of this?  It would probably 
> > challenge my construction and technical skills.
> >
> > Chris Mauchline
> > SE PA, zone 6
>
> and...
>
> > From: Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Partition off a portion of the basement.  Drill two 3-4" diameter vent 
> > holes in the new room.  Cover the holes with vent caps on the outside.  On 
> > the inside, from one vent hole drop a 3-4" diameter pipe (dryer vent pipe) 
> > to within 2" of the floor.
> >
> > Cold will be drawn into the vent with the pipe and warmer air will exit 
> > the vent with no pipe.  It makes a circuit.  Creates a pretty stable 
> > temperature.  Mine stays at about 45F all winter.
> >
> > Insulate and weatherstrip the door into the "cold room".
> >
> > Later,
> > Tom
>
> =================================================================
> Terence Bradshaw
> Pomona Tree Fruit Service
> 1189 Wheeler Road
> Calais, VT 05648
> (802)229-2004
> madshaw@innevi.com
>
> The views represented are mine and mine only...

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