Just thought I would post up some progress on my Home Deer Larder/Butchery/Processing unit for anyone who is interested in creating something similar.
The space I am converting is within a stone outbuilding/garage and measures approximately 4m x 5 meters. The outbuilding had a rotten timber floor, which we removed and added a base of compacted crushed concrete and laid some drainage for the chiller and processing rooms. a Visqueen membrane was laid and then a concrete floor poured (the most stressful bit by far!).
We are now in the process of setting up our chiller room which comprises 80mm thick Kingspan refrigerated panels and a Zanotti Monoblock condensing chiller unit. Lots of hand riveting and flashing (I cannot under any circumstances recommend the screw fix bargain brand hand riveting tool as it is a total arse!).
Next steps - laying a self levelling latex screed upon which our non-slip vinyl floor covering will be laid, then on to constructing the butchery room itself.
If there is any interest, I will continue to post some pics of our progress. We hope to get the thing up and running at some point in the new year (and maybe even to serve some local Perth shire stalkers if there is any interest).
Cheers,
RS
Larder going in right hand garage unit.
early progress over the summer - stripping out floor, laying new drainage.
damp proof membrane down, ready for concrete!
Concrete poured .... phewww!!!!
Now flooring channels drilled to concrete , and slide the refrigeration panels on to channels and rivet together with flashings, lots of expanding foam (horrid stuff) and sealant involved.
Will post more pics as/when I have the time.
Cheers!
RS
The space I am converting is within a stone outbuilding/garage and measures approximately 4m x 5 meters. The outbuilding had a rotten timber floor, which we removed and added a base of compacted crushed concrete and laid some drainage for the chiller and processing rooms. a Visqueen membrane was laid and then a concrete floor poured (the most stressful bit by far!).
We are now in the process of setting up our chiller room which comprises 80mm thick Kingspan refrigerated panels and a Zanotti Monoblock condensing chiller unit. Lots of hand riveting and flashing (I cannot under any circumstances recommend the screw fix bargain brand hand riveting tool as it is a total arse!).
Next steps - laying a self levelling latex screed upon which our non-slip vinyl floor covering will be laid, then on to constructing the butchery room itself.
If there is any interest, I will continue to post some pics of our progress. We hope to get the thing up and running at some point in the new year (and maybe even to serve some local Perth shire stalkers if there is any interest).
Cheers,
RS
Larder going in right hand garage unit.
early progress over the summer - stripping out floor, laying new drainage.
damp proof membrane down, ready for concrete!
Concrete poured .... phewww!!!!
Now flooring channels drilled to concrete , and slide the refrigeration panels on to channels and rivet together with flashings, lots of expanding foam (horrid stuff) and sealant involved.
Will post more pics as/when I have the time.
Cheers!
RS
