My New Brewery Build

[Ohnidog]

My pot is not in a permanent possition so I just run the cable to the ground (concrete) and put a brick on top of it. Not really ideal but sufficient

[johnrm]

Good to know. I should also probably have the pots sitting on wood or something instead of directly on the stainless steel table.

I boiled wort in a plastic bucket on granite worktop once.
Just once.

[donnchadhc]

I got it from Shedworld.



This stock image shows the layout of the panels.



Here's mine, in the area I put the brewery before I put up the insulated plasterboard. I had insulated the roof with shiny bubble stuff.

They say you can use it for a pump house so you can definitely put a pipe through it! The thin areas are probably not load bearing, just infill panel (pretty typical of precast concrete panels to reduce weight, concretes heavy). The load looks like it's being carried down the thick bits (like small stanchions), you should be able to core through the middle of the thin areas. Send an email to shed world and ask them. Their product, let them stand over it!

[dcalnan]

I boiled wort in a plastic bucket on granite worktop once.
Just once.

I boil on a granite worktop, should I not be doing this?

[Saruman (Reuben Gray)]

I already did actually. I know I can drill through it when the time comes.
That time just hasn't come yet.

[johnrm]

I boil on a granite worktop, should I not be doing this?

Expect cracks.
Place wood under your boiler.
It might have been dodgy granite, but it can crack.

[Will_D]

My pot is not in a permanent possition so I just run the cable to the ground (concrete) and put a brick on top of it. Not really ideal but sufficient

No its not!   

When the pot says "This must be grounded" or "connected to earth" they mean connected to an electrical earth! Touching the ground (concrete) is not the same thing. You have NOT earthed the pot!

The simplest way for something temporary like this is to fit one yellow/green wirte to the earth pin of a 13 amp plug. Plug in the plug and connect the pot earth to this wire then you are safe.

If anyone reading this post is not clear what I am on about please talk to a qualified electrician

[Saruman (Reuben Gray)]

Thanks Will, you certainly cleared that one up and probably put the shits up a few others. Earthing to your element power cable ok? Actually, earthing directly to the earth in the socket? If you look at mine, my sockets are above my pots. The left and right are both fed on separate circuits from their own MCB. The shed has its own RCD as well as the house. This was all done by a qualified electrician.

I reckon I should also run an earth to my stainless steel table just to be safe.