My New Brewery Build

[Saruman (Reuben Gray)]

Ah ok i get it now.

[donnchadhc]

Gary, thought you only detailed Steel, that looks remarkably like timber and concrete.....

[johnrm]

Ha ha, 'Earth and Shit'

[DEMPSEY]

Jasus that's some extractor fan . Since thats blowing out the back wall why can't you push through that wall with a waste pipe from the sink .

[Saruman (Reuben Gray)]

The air goes out the gable. That's just plastic and wood.
The main frame is the concrete. I can still carefully drill through it but it's pre-cast and not blocks so cracking could be an issue.

I'll get it done at some  point.

[donnchadhc]

Who'd you get the precast from, I could have a look into it for you if you want? You'd have more an issue with cracking from block than precast (precast would be reinforced). Your biggest problem drilling through precast would be hitting the steel reinforcement strands (it'll rattle your teeth )

[donnchadhc]

Ha ha, 'Earth and Shit'

Earth and Bud?

[Saruman (Reuben Gray)]

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.

[Garry]

I've never seen precast panels like them before, they look cool. How thick are they?

BTW, I think your cat is possessed!

[Saruman (Reuben Gray)]

You have too much time on your hands Gary 

As you can see, they have varying degrees of thickness. It's just a guess but I think the panels are about 4 inches thick at the frame but you can see they get narrower so possibly only an inch or two.

[bachus]

- honey, where you going?
-  I'm going to workout   ;-)

Great setup.

[Garry]

I'm guessing its about 2" thick at the narrowest part so. Similar to a patio slab. You need a coring bit with the hammer-action turned OFF. These bits are expensive to buy but most plumbers would have one in the van. A few bottles of beer to drill a hole sounds fair to me?

Or you could cut a square hole with an angle grinder and diamond disk.

[Ohnidog]

I've got a stainless steel kettle that I got from Hop and Grape and there was a safety booklet they sent with it. You need to earth the pot itself (image below) by attaching an earth cable to the pot wall and running it to the ground, the earth in the plug itself is not enough. You also need to make sure your using rubber gaskets between the element and the pot walls so its well isoloated, but I'm sure you've already done that. Looks like a pretty good set up!

[Saruman (Reuben Gray)]

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

[Ohnidog]

Yeah, thats definitely a good idea. You could even run an earth cable from the table as well, just in case.