hypnoticmonkey
Landlord.
So, in September last year I moved in with my girlfriend, in her flat in Solihull and in March we moved into a little house.
SWMBO doesn't really want my homebrew kit in the house (tbh, it's not really big enough anyway) and so I've been relegated to the garage. That's fine in this mild-to-warm weather, but even in March when we moved in, it was pretty chilly in there.
So I'm looking at heating options. Obviously heat mats are one option, and I probably will get one of those and try it. However, today while I was in the garage checking on my brews, I noticed a big plastic tub, big enough to fit 4 DJs:
I'm wondering what your thoughts on turning this into a water bath might be?
Could I get an aquarium heater to heat it up?
Will it need a lid on it to keep it from leaking heat out of the top?
Would a piece of oversized wood with airlock sized holes in the top, appropriately placed, be an adequate lid, if so?
Anything else you have to suggest?
SWMBO doesn't really want my homebrew kit in the house (tbh, it's not really big enough anyway) and so I've been relegated to the garage. That's fine in this mild-to-warm weather, but even in March when we moved in, it was pretty chilly in there.
So I'm looking at heating options. Obviously heat mats are one option, and I probably will get one of those and try it. However, today while I was in the garage checking on my brews, I noticed a big plastic tub, big enough to fit 4 DJs:
I'm wondering what your thoughts on turning this into a water bath might be?
Could I get an aquarium heater to heat it up?
Will it need a lid on it to keep it from leaking heat out of the top?
Would a piece of oversized wood with airlock sized holes in the top, appropriately placed, be an adequate lid, if so?
Anything else you have to suggest?