Hi all,
I'm replacing my kitchen in the next few months and I'm toying with the idea of creating a void below the kitchen floor and using it as a mini cellar/larder. I've seen ready made spiral staircase wine cellars, but that's way more sophisticated than I'm considering. It seems like an obvious storage place, but I can't find any examples or discussions of it online so I wonder if anyone could suggest any gotchas that make it unfeasible, or at least not worth the trouble.
This is what I have in mind:
A void, roughly waist deep once finished. Basically a cement lined box to install movable shelving into, where I can store homebrew and wine plus other stuff that's better off in a larder/cellar than a fridge or a cupboard. Access would be via a well insulated trap door to create a thermally stable space that doesn't have the daily and seasonal temperature (or humidity) variations that the rest of the house has.
My property is a 2 up 2 down terrace house in London built in the 50s and I own the freehold. The excavation would be over a meter away from either party wall. None of the utilities run under this part of the floor and it isn't too close to anything structural.
I assume the floor slab is about 4 to 5 inches thick, but it's too hard for me to drill through, so I wouldn't know what lies beneath until I hired a cutting tool. There is also some sort of black leveling layer on top of the slab, about 1-2cm thick, which is much softer.
Any advice on whether or not I'm barking up the wrong tree here would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Rich
I'm replacing my kitchen in the next few months and I'm toying with the idea of creating a void below the kitchen floor and using it as a mini cellar/larder. I've seen ready made spiral staircase wine cellars, but that's way more sophisticated than I'm considering. It seems like an obvious storage place, but I can't find any examples or discussions of it online so I wonder if anyone could suggest any gotchas that make it unfeasible, or at least not worth the trouble.
This is what I have in mind:
A void, roughly waist deep once finished. Basically a cement lined box to install movable shelving into, where I can store homebrew and wine plus other stuff that's better off in a larder/cellar than a fridge or a cupboard. Access would be via a well insulated trap door to create a thermally stable space that doesn't have the daily and seasonal temperature (or humidity) variations that the rest of the house has.
My property is a 2 up 2 down terrace house in London built in the 50s and I own the freehold. The excavation would be over a meter away from either party wall. None of the utilities run under this part of the floor and it isn't too close to anything structural.
I assume the floor slab is about 4 to 5 inches thick, but it's too hard for me to drill through, so I wouldn't know what lies beneath until I hired a cutting tool. There is also some sort of black leveling layer on top of the slab, about 1-2cm thick, which is much softer.
Any advice on whether or not I'm barking up the wrong tree here would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Rich