Spent most of the weekend two weeks ago soldering water supply lines (130 + soldered connections) to my brew shed area after running pipes over from the house. Also added an outdoor shower / wash out area behind the shed and a stub in for a future BBQ area sink and a second brew area sink as part of this soldering work. Inside the shed there is an added sediment filter (up high in the back) and a carbon filter mounted on the wall. Have a hose bibb right next to the brew kettle for chilling water connection. May extend the hot water line here too for cleaning, but sink may be fine.



Built a platform yesterday and am putting the final tweaks on my first gravity system. This platform also created a shelf to store the propane off the ground so I can hose off the brew area - and maybe create some tool / parts storage on the back side of the propane partition.

Still need to run electric and a switch to the March pump that just mounted on the platform today, and will tee off on the hose bibb next to the kettle for the cooling water so I can add an ice bath pre-chiller using the large kettle on the ground at the end of cool down. Would like to capture the first heated portion of the cooling water for carboy / keg cleaning and will dump the rest into the yard to irrigate plants with the waste cooling water.

Also need to relocate the overhead supply of filtered water into the HLT - moved the platform slightly over from where I originally thought I would locate it, so need to resolder the end pieces - but this is an easy change as I mounted a threaded connection to the wall as you would with a shower head so this could be changed in the future. The ball valve on the wall before the carbon filters is what you use to fill the HLT, so as long as the lid is off, you can add water from the ground.



Sink has been roughed in (just need to finish the drain and a drywell outside) and made a spot for the grain mill, but may move that away from the wet area as more space is organized.



Put the carboy ferment chamber (i.e. an old refrigerator) up on a platform so I can transfer to a keg without having to move it around (before I lifted carboy's up to a counter and then waited a few hours for all to settle again).

I have a high wall next to the sink - will be handy to hang hoses from as they drip dry - will also probably build some storage shelving in above the sink next to the window.



Any suggestions will be welcome.

Will be using Blichman's new autosparge arm in the mash tun.

Rusty,

I am not sure if you have answered this before, but do you have a rundown of how in the heck your system works?

cheers

Dave

Shed Brewer, that is a nifty contraption and one impressive burner.

i second that. details on the jet??

gday guys,

it's a heating torch that I use at work (Boilermaker)

any decent welding/gas cutting supplies shop should carry them

cheers

Shed

shed: that is freaking awesome and creative!

I've got one of those on a wand - it's rated at 500,000 BTU! My outdoor stove burner is 60,000 BTU.

It's a common tool for electricians for shaping plastic conduit, roofers for torch down roofing and landscapers to burn off weeds and grass in cracks in the pavement.

Whats the gas bill like? that looks like one thirsty burner

thanks mordantly, there's a thread on the build here 2 Tier with Pump

cheers