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jema
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 Posted: Thu May 05, 16 5:31 pm Post subject: Is this a crazy idea? |
 
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Put a 4x6 shed into a big hole/cutting, use railway sleeper as lintels above it, flood the outside with waterpoof expanding foam, cover sleepers with earth.
Instant cold room? |
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sean
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 16 5:39 pm Post subject: Re: Is this a crazy idea? |
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| jema wrote: |
| Is this a crazy idea? |
Yep. It is. Well spotted. |
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onemanband
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 16 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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I've heard crazier plans.
I would dispute the 'instant' bit tho.
Given the useable space in a 6 x 4 shed, I would suggest getting 4 upright fridges/freezers and burying in the face of bank is far more instant.
Or burying a refrigerated 'Luton body'.
Proper (but not instant) job, I'd say, insulated concrete floor,insulated block walls and concrete beam and block roof. |
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dpack
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 16 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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Or buying a refrigerated 'Luton body'.
and hiding it with a fast growing hedge
buried seems a bit crazy but you may have reasons  |
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sean
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 16 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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| dpack wrote: |
buried seems a bit crazy but you may have reasons |
Wanting to play with a mini-digger is my guess. |
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dpack
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 16 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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moat? |
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Slim
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 16 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| dpack wrote: |
buried seems a bit crazy but you may have reasons |
Lot lower power needs, yeah? |
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jema
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 16 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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Buried means it's hidden, insulated and interesting as a feature.
I have mostly dug a deep trench path that looks like it will hit about the right depth for something like this. |
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dpack
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 16 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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rather than a wooden shed it might be better to use a non rot "box"of some sort.scrapheap challenge could provide a suitable thing to re purpose
are you certain it wont flood?
a really stylish option would be one of
these or for a simpler option ? |
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Tavascarow
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I thought the theory of a root cellar is to use the temperature of the cooler underground.
Wont the insulation stop the cooling?
I would use a cheap steel shed or an uninsulated van body painted with plenty of rust inhibitor & a plastic damp proof layer before backfilling.
Maybe insulate the exposed door.
A wooden shed is going to rot quickly IMHO. |
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jema
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 16 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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on the flooding front, the position is on a slope going down down down, so so long as the base allows run off it should be fine.
Metal shed sounds a good idea. |
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Behemoth
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 16 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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Remember you're not creating a cool box. You need fresh air and humidity. Timber won't work for long. |
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Hairyloon
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 16 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Behemoth wrote: |
| Timber won't work for long. |
Does it need to?
If the space is filled with expanding foam then that will form the box: the shed is basically just acting as a former. |
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Nick
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 16 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Hairyloon wrote: |
| Behemoth wrote: |
| Timber won't work for long. |
Does it need to?
If the space is filled with expanding foam then that will form the box: the shed is basically just acting as a former. |
HL seems to suggest it's not totally mad. This should tell you everything you need to know. |
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Ty Gwyn
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