Cold rooms provide an energy efficient way to preserve food.
Cold storage room basement.
Since it s part of your basement the cold room will have a concrete floor and the walls will be unfinished.
Begin by looking at the setup of your basement to determine the best location to create a small cold storage room or storage area.
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.
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.
6 x 10 cold room plan forthcoming.
You ll want a place that s cool and properly ventilated.
It s a lot cheaper than running a fridge right.
Screwing lumbers of the walls on the ground with concrete screws.
They are cold and dark.
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.
Framing a cold storage room.
Serge harvey helped me to set up the structure of the cold room.
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.
Dimension of the cold room.
Finding a location many older homes have a root cellar.
A root cellar is typically an unfinished part of the basement that may or may not have access to the main house.
Traditionally this cold room was an underground space built under or near the home insulated by the ground and vented so cold air could flow in and warm air out in the fall.
Be mindful to keep away from heat sources such as the furnace or hot water tank.
Even without the exterior vent to allow cold air infiltration or a well.
How to build a cold room in basement cold storage room building guide.
Identifying your storage area istock thinkstock.
A cold storage room could also double as a storm shelter in the event of an emergency.
If the foundation walls or other areas in this cold room remain wet for any length of time mould and rot can easily develop.
Using 2 x 4 x 8 studs.
Rather the bigger issue is poor ventilation and uncleanliness both of which contribute to mold growth.
That makes the cold room humid.