Use Half of a "California Basement" for a wine celler
I bought a house built in 1923 in the Foothills of Southern California and it has what is called a california basement. This is an area under the house that is deep enough to have cinder block and concrete to make kind of a room. The walls are mostly only three or 4 ft high and then in the pictures you can see the piers that hold up the house. Currently under there is the furnace, and the water heater and a bunch of cabinets. I'm going to replace the furnace and swap out the water heater for a tankless and make some room enough to store wine. My question is if I should do any sort of coating or waterproofing on the concrete floor and walls. I read a lot of posts about cheese. Some say yes. Waterproofing others say no. Never waterproofing others say just slap up some studs and attach drywall, etc. I wanted to make the part where I store the wine. Kind of nice with wine racks and stuff but not really a living space. Any advice for me? submitted by /u/scottlawrencelawson [link] [comments]
| | I bought a house built in 1923 in the Foothills of Southern California and it has what is called a california basement. This is an area under the house that is deep enough to have cinder block and concrete to make kind of a room. The walls are mostly only three or 4 ft high and then in the pictures you can see the piers that hold up the house. Currently under there is the furnace, and the water heater and a bunch of cabinets. I'm going to replace the furnace and swap out the water heater for a tankless and make some room enough to store wine. My question is if I should do any sort of coating or waterproofing on the concrete floor and walls. I read a lot of posts about cheese. Some say yes. Waterproofing others say no. Never waterproofing others say just slap up some studs and attach drywall, etc. I wanted to make the part where I store the wine. Kind of nice with wine racks and stuff but not really a living space. Any advice for me? [link] [comments] |
