Cold Storage Room Basement

A cold storage room could also double as a storm shelter in the event of an emergency.

Cold storage room basement.

Using 2 x 4 x 8 studs. Begin by looking at the setup of your basement to determine the best location to create a small cold storage room or storage area. A root cellar is typically an unfinished part of the basement that may or may not have access to the main house. Screwing lumbers of the walls on the ground with concrete screws.

All too often i have done inspections where there s a small isolated room with a door in the basement that has been used for cold storage. You ll want a place that s cool and properly ventilated. That makes the cold room humid. Framing a cold storage room.

Since it s part of your basement the cold room will have a concrete floor and the walls will be unfinished. In these cases cold storage rooms don t usually suffer from condensation issues because the basement air will generally be the same temperature as the air inside the cold room. How to build a cold room in basement cold storage room building guide. Serge harvey helped me to set up the structure of the cold room.

It s a lot cheaper than running a fridge right. In the illustration above a window in the cold room was replaced with a plywood panel making installing the two vents extra easy as you can simply cut a hole in the panel with a jigsaw but in most cases you ll need to rent a core drill with 4 concrete drill bit make sure the supplier explains how to use it to punch two round holes through the basement s concrete wall. A cold room is a cool subterranean space usually located in the basement ideal for storage of vegetables fruits nuts preserves beverages and bulk purchases. Cold rooms provide an energy efficient way to preserve food.

Dimension of the cold room. Finding a location many older homes have a root cellar. Identifying your storage area istock thinkstock. It s an old fashioned idea that s once again on the rise as it s a convenient inexpensive and energy efficient method of keeping a large number of items cool.

They are cold and dark. 6 x 10 cold room plan forthcoming. If the foundation walls or other areas in this cold room remain wet for any length of time mould and rot can easily develop. Be mindful to keep away from heat sources such as the furnace or hot water tank.

Concrete is porous and allows moisture and air to move through it easily. This is an ideal place to build a cold storage room.