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“Building My First Ever Permanent Home Distillery”
Its almost done…Been a long time coming…Im almost moved out of the laundry into a dedicated space for my hobby About 6 months ago I decided im tired of setting and packing down equipment every time i put a wash through.The laundry was fine in the beginning when it was just the T500 and a few glass jars. But the rabbit hole is deep and enticing. Fast forward to now and the set up/ pack up routine is a chore with a plated still. So i started moving in to under my house. (Basement of sorts i guess)Today i finished the plumbing on the water recirculation system i made.(I hate wasting water).Still finishimg touches before i do a cleaning run to sort out the dust from construction, but im so happy with it so far i had to share
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How exciting. Congratulations. I’m planning a dedicated still shed but it’s looking like it might still be a year or so out
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Great area, nice work, congratulations. You should get many years of satisfaction there.
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Very envious MAT.My distilling and brewing activities would be so much less hassle if I had a big open space like that to work in.Make Booze, not War!
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Such a great space, Mat. Functional, well thought out with dedicated areas and tables. You’ve done an excellent job making such a comfortable place to practice your craft. “Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite, and furthermore, always carry a small snake.”- W.C. Fields My EZ Solder Shotgun My Steam Rig and Manometer
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Very nice. I’m guessing a TV, bar and couch will feature in your future
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Nice . Love the tank .Guessing it’s about 1000 litres . Try to replenish the water in it to avoid algae growth .. I see it is plumbed off your roof so if it has an overflow to drain , you should be right .That space makes me feel quite at home . Spent many years doing Antenna cabling and found myself in just such a place on more occasions than I can remember . Always amazed me what folk did in them voids …. Not that I that I gave a damn …. Their place . Their space ….. just so long as I could hide the cables and get them to where they needed .But many were quite cavernous like yours , and I thought same as you . Make a damn nice secret distilling area My recommended goto .wiki/index.ph … ion_Theory
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Congrats dude, I know the feeling well.I gave up for 3 years as I was sick of carrying everything from the shed and back each run.Got a tiny space set up permanently in the now and am trying to catch up and add loads of aging stockDon’t be a dick
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Now that’s a true man cave!!
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that’s awesome! Congrats.
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That’s a great set up, nice job. Rusty”Knowledge is a paradox; the more one understands, the more one realizes the vastness of his ignorance” – Viktor (Arcane)The Horny Goat Build Thread
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Awesome setup. You do know you should not ferment down there…
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Because you don’t want a yeast infection downstairs?Last edited by Swedish Pride on Sat Nov 16, 2024 9:49 am, edited 1 time in total.Don’t be a dick
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Because CO2 is heavier than air.
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Personally I wouldn’t worry about it, if it’s a worry you could easily install a fan and extraction setupDon’t be a dick
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Can’t find an English source but maybe you can translate? https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/ … f5ae8.html
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Because you don’t want a yeast infection downstairs? You owe me a keyboard. I should not have read that drinkin my Irish coffee.Fear and ridicule are the tactics of weak-minded cowards and tyrants who have no other leadership talent from which to draw in order to persuade.
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While a significant amount of CO2 is created during a fermentation process, one could simply leave a window cracked and be fine. A benefit of fermenting down there is that the layer of CO2 at the floor level may contribute to a reduced vermin population.Fear and ridicule are the tactics of weak-minded cowards and tyrants who have no other leadership talent from which to draw in order to persuade.
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The article (translated by Google) says the guy had a distillery in his basement, and that if CO2 reaches levels of about 8% by volume, it will kill you in just a few minutes. It’s really hard to tell from the photo, but it looks like it might be a sealed, dug basement below the place with no windows. The article also mentions fermentation, but only refers to his setup as “the distillery”. So perhaps he had a gas burner or something too. That would definitely be a bad idea.My own basement is so drafty I think I could discharge ten CO2 tanks simultaneously while fermenting fifty beers and not worry. But for the sake of argument, I do believe this sort of things should be considered. Safety is no joke, and death is rather final.
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Because you don’t want a yeast infection downstairs? You owe me a keyboard. I should not have read that drinkin my Irish coffee.My wife asked me why I sniggered too Make Booze, not War!
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Unless I’m wrong this is not a basement in the tradional sense. It’s just a space under a house that has been built on a hill side, for that reason CO2 build up should not be a problem.Am I correct Matt00D ?Very few houses in Australian have traditional type basements or cellars.
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Thumbs up for pointing out a possible hazard. I think it would take a shitload of fermenting to make enough co2 to be dangerous. Depending on how much and how often the crawl space is used, black mold could become a problem.Figuring out how to ventilate would be a good idea.
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I remember reading a coroners report on the death of a Kiwi brewer who had ODd on the CO2 in his brewing shed. If you do enough things wrong, you might manage to repeat his mistakes. AFAIK his shed was above ground, but he still managed to make enough mistakes for the CO2 level to be fatal.
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I’m thinking.Don’t drink too much and pass out on the floor if there’s little or no ventilation.
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Hi everyone, sorry, been out all day. Yes, this is not an actual basement. I am indeed in Australia and yes, my house is on the side of a hill. Apologies, I said basement as a means to indicate my set up is under my home. I also have a ventilation system under there to prevent mould growth given there is exposed earthHere are some more photos to help explain…In the pics, im pointing at the extraction fan, vents, and the doorway to outside thats on the same level as the floor.
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I feel the same. Set up and tear down is a big take away for me.
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When I built mine, set up and tear down was what I planned for. Large ferments a couple of times a year, get distillation done quickly then break it down and spread the parts around the property so that I didn’t own a still. Large fines and confiscation were the rules back then.
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Yep, i understand mate. In my situation I made a mistake and didn’t think beyond the T500 kit i started out with.My laundry is all of about 3m squared. And my wife has this annoying habit of using it to wash clothes and such lol It was coming to a head where either the still moved out or she was going to throw it out. Heres the first pic i ever took of my first still set up. Note*** my back is against the wall.to take the photo….
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Yep, i understand mate. In my situation I made a mistake and didn’t think beyond the T500 kit i started out with.My laundry is all of about 3m squared. And my wife has this annoying habit of using it to wash clothes and such lol It was coming to a head where either the still moved out or she was going to throw it out. Heres the first pic i ever took of my first still set up. Note*** my back is against the wall.to take the photo…. IMG_1338.jpegHi Matt, I’m not sure if you still use that still, but many of us on this forum would avoid plastics in the product path when distilling, like the tube you have going into your jug. There’s lots of great information to find on the forum and as you spend time on here you’ll take away lots. I, myself, started on a vevor still and now use a digiboil as my boiler which is not too far off what you have with your t500! Here’s the rule on plastic: app.php/rules#Safety_First
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Yep, i understand mate. In my situation I made a mistake and didn’t think beyond the T500 kit i started out with.My laundry is all of about 3m squared. And my wife has this annoying habit of using it to wash clothes and such lol It was coming to a head where either the still moved out or she was going to throw it out. Heres the first pic i ever took of my first still set up. Note*** my back is against the wall.to take the photo…. IMG_1338.jpegHi Matt, I’m not sure if you still use that still, but many of us on this forum would avoid plastics in the product path when distilling, like the tube you have going into your jug. There’s lots of great information to find on the forum and as you spend time on here you’ll take away lots. I, myself, started on a vevor still and now use a digiboil as my boiler which is not too far off what you have with your t500! Here’s the rule on plastic: app.php/rules#Safety_FirstNope, i still use the boiler/ kettle sometimes, but the t500 hasn’t come out in quite a while. The digiboils are good value for the $$s
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