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AeonSam

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Anyone experienced with creating a cheese room in the basement?
« on: December 19, 2016, 02:25:32 PM »
Hey folks,

I have a large, virtually unused basement and I was wondering if any of you out there has created a cheese room/cave and if so, could you post some pics? I'm trying get a feel for the cost.

Sam
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reg

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Re: Anyone experienced with creating a cheese room in the basement?
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2016, 03:06:44 PM »
Sam I have built a meat/sausage curing room in the basement but it can only be used at certain times of the year depending on the weather. Right now it is 52* with 74% humidity, the humidity is adjustable but temperature adjustments are a bit more work
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AeonSam

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Re: Anyone experienced with creating a cheese room in the basement?
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2016, 09:25:29 PM »
Hey Reg,

Do you have any pics? What materials did you use?

Thanks, Sam
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reg

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Re: Anyone experienced with creating a cheese room in the basement?
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2016, 03:28:16 PM »
Sam my room is in the basement on a north wall, concrete floor and exterior block wall. The room itself is typical 2x4 construction, insulated walls and ceiling and a pair of cheap doors. The circulating air is picked up off the floor in the main room and forced through 5" aluminum flex piping. The humidity is supplied by a cold mist humidifier and it all runs on a timer.
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reg

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Re: Anyone experienced with creating a cheese room in the basement?
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2016, 03:30:19 PM »
a few more photos
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Re: Anyone experienced with creating a cheese room in the basement?
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2016, 08:46:09 PM »
Nice!
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AeonSam

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Re: Anyone experienced with creating a cheese room in the basement?
« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2016, 03:47:44 PM »
Nice!. So would a window unit be the way that you control the temp? If you were going to try?

Sam
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Re: Anyone experienced with creating a cheese room in the basement?
« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2016, 01:03:48 AM »
Hi Sam
I remember reading on the forum about people using coolbots  to do this.
Search the forum and I suspect you will find something that will steer you in the right direction.

Make sure you post your eventual solution as I am definitely interested to see what works for you

Good luck
Mathew
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Re: Anyone experienced with creating a cheese room in the basement?
« Reply #8 on: December 22, 2016, 06:17:44 PM »
About the same size as an unused closet in the house....
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Re: Anyone experienced with creating a cheese room in the basement?
« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2016, 01:17:32 PM »
Sam, I'm not to sure about controlling temps as I know nothing about AC. I did spend a few minutes yesterday referencing the coolbot that was mentioned and it certainly looks like it would do the job in conjunction with an AC unit. I do know that the AC unit takes the humidity out of any room. After the holidays I'm going to have an in depth look at how these things work
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AeonSam

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Re: Anyone experienced with creating a cheese room in the basement?
« Reply #10 on: December 23, 2016, 03:56:27 PM »
Thanks everyone,

I just found this on the coolbot website. They have a cheesecave video

https://www.storeitcold.com/dairy/

Sam
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