| When you decide to build a wine cellar, room | | | | your home wine cellar walls after the plastic. |
| preparation is one of the most important things | | | | Insulation needs to be minimum R-13 for your |
| to do. Actually, it's crucial and I can't stress this | | | | walls and R-30 for your ceiling. So, first you'll install |
| enough. In my career as a wine cellar designer | | | | the vapor barrier that goes on the warm side of |
| and builder, I've seen many homes where the | | | | the wine cellar wall, and then your insulation. |
| room preparation for home wine cellars wasn't | | | | The third and final step in building wine cellar walls |
| done correctly, which resulted in numerous | | | | will be green board. Green board is resistant to |
| problems later on. | | | | moisture and is used in damp environments such |
| Every home wine cellar needs to be designed to | | | | as a kitchen or bathroom. More specially, green |
| sustain room temperature between 55 and 57 | | | | board doesn't encourage the grown of mildew |
| degrees and relative humidity in the range of 50 | | | | and mold, unlike standard drywall. That's why is |
| to 75 %. In order to preserve and age your wine | | | | recommended for custom home wine cellar |
| properly, your wine cellar needs to have these | | | | designs. |
| conditions. For his reason you want to be extra | | | | The other option would be to use spray foam |
| careful when building wine cellar. | | | | insulation. Closed Cell spray foam insulation is |
| Here's how you insure that you build wine cellar | | | | frequently used in wine cellars. It acts as a great |
| correctly. When you start to build a wine cellar, | | | | vapor barrier and insulation, but it's more |
| the first step and the first layer that goes on | | | | expensive. |
| your walls is 6mm plastic. 6 mm plastic is applied | | | | If you do not prepare your room correctly you |
| and installed first, on the warm side of the walls | | | | could deal with mold issues, problems with |
| of your future wine cellar. This acts as a vapor | | | | maintaining temperature in your wine cellar, |
| retarder/barrier and attached to insulation blocks | | | | maintaining humidity and more importantly making |
| vapor from entering into the insulation. | | | | sure your wine cellar cooling unit isn't running |
| Second component is insulation which goes on | | | | continuously. |