Taking down my Walkin Humidor

[Boss Hogg]

Yes I'm taking down my walkin humidor. Please, don't anyone try stopping me. However, I promise I will put it back up again but this time only better.

Unfortunately, It's going to be a lot of work. I should have done it right in the first place to save me all this trouble. (To all those who are trying to attempt this... don't cut corners!)

I now know why you need to insulate your humi and vapor gaurd it as well. On the bright side of things, I will be adding a light inside of it and a cooling system . Say goodbye to Mr. Evil Summer .

Anyways, I will take pics of the project as I rebuild. Suggestions are welcomed.

Here is a pic of what it already was,

[MarkinCA]

[SIZE=3]Well, good luck on your re-do project BH. I guess when you go to the extent of building a small walk-in humi that is going to be protecting and nurturing your investment, you will want to "do it right" the first time, and that usually takes a little time in researching all of your options when building a room such as yours. Again, good luck and we'll be watching for your photo updates...[/SIZE]

[Marklar MM]

Good luck re-furnishing your humi. Looks nice by the way.

[Boss Hogg]

I definitely didn't think this was going to be that hard of a task. However, taking the wood out was extremely difficult. It took about 5-6 hours and I had to damage some of the wood in order to carfully remove the rest.

Next step will be to rip out the drywall and install a light. Does anyone have any recommendations of what type of light to use? I heard someone mention that certain lights are not good for your cigars?

Here is some pics before and after.

[jkim05]

Ideally, I presume incandescent or halogen lights are not optimal because of the heat they generate, but I don't really know anything about this stuff, so someone should know for sure.

[sammythebull]

[SIZE=3]As far as lighting goes I would go for LED’s, LED’s are super cheep to run have almost no heat and last forever and come in an array of colors. As far as light affecting your cigars I’m not for sure. But any light that runs over 5k or Kelvin will be the similar to light from the sun and could bleach your cigars over time. You can find LED’s on ebay and all over the net just make sure they have all the stuff you need to run them. [/SIZE]

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Good luck with the re-ferb. And make sure you post pictures
Brian

[discdog]

Unless you leave the lights on for extended periods of time, I don't know that it will make a difference. I use hallogen track lights in mine but rarely leave them on for more than 10 minutes at a time. They work great.

One other thing you may want to do is use moisture resistant sheetrock. Standard SR could eventually suck up moisture and cause mold/mildew to build up.

[SilverFox]

[SIZE=3]I agree on the drywall I would go with moisture rated drywall even thought I don't think 65 to 70 RH would be a problem why risk it for the extra couple of bucks.

On lighting stay away from Halogen if you are planning on leaving on at all, they generate heat and UV light so that could fade your cigars don't know if it would affect flavor but again why risk. I like the idea of some sort of LED track lighting.

I am interested in seeing how it goes as I am thinking of doing something similar but for cigars and wine storage[/SIZE]

[discdog]

Originally Posted by silverfox67

[SIZE=3]I agree on the drywall I would go with moisture rated drywall even thought I don't think 65 to 70 RH would be a problem why risk it for the extra couple of bucks.

On lighting stay away from Halogen if you are planning on leaving on at all, they generate heat and UV light so that could fade your cigars don't know if it would affect flavor but again why risk. I like the idea of some sort of LED track lighting.

I am interested in seeing how it goes as I am thinking of doing something similar but for cigars and wine storage[/SIZE]

I've seen mold grow on cigars at 65% so I figure it will grow on sheetrock and other things as well, so that's why I opted for WR sheetrock.
I will concede the halogen lights for the LED's on a small space - you guys are probably correct about the heat and UV, I leave my boxes closed so it has never been an issue for me. But for display, you have a point. After smoking cigars that have been aging for 20-50 + years, they were discolored. If the taste was affected, I have high hopes.

[Beatnikbandit]

This is if i made my own I would skip the drywall altogether and just use wood I would not like any Sheetrock at all. And on the light thing you can buy a couple of led track lights the good thing about leds is almost no heat at all plus the fact they last forever (and use very little energy). So definitely go get some or even just one they make led bulbs that are made for normal light sockets with like 500 leds on it and it would be fine.

[Boss Hogg]

Originally Posted by silverfox67

[SIZE=3]I agree on the drywall I would go with moisture rated drywall even thought I don't think 65 to 70 RH would be a problem why risk it for the extra couple of bucks.[/SIZE]

I do plan to use the green board drywall for conscience sake. Athough before I took this apart it had been up for about two years and I found no mold or any hint of water damage on the regular drywall.

For the lighting I'm going to go look around today and see what will work. I will definitely keep in mind the leds and try to stay away from anything that gives off uv light. I really just want lighting for the extra touch though. I won't use it as something I'm going to leave on for long periods of time.

Thanks for all the input everyone

BTW has anyone tried putting a vapor barrier between the green board and the cedar? If so, did you like it? It seems to me that putting plastic in there would somehow create moisture? Any help would be appreciated.

[shilala]

I think I'd insulate, then use a double vapor barrier (I'd use plastic rather than Tyvek), then come out with concrete board, then either latex stucco, tile or use 3/8 oak to finish.
3/8 oak with a nice light stain would brighten things up and it'd hold moisture very well.
It'd look absolutely amazing.
I'd work in some kind of vent so I could exchange some fresh filtered air, too.
Surface LED lighting would kick ass. Plus spots under shelves and some track lighting.
There are a lot of totally badass controls for humidity and temperature. I used to design/build climate control electronics back a number of years ago, I bet I could whip up the rockinest climate control system ever seen by mankind.
I already built the makeup air system in my head. Hehehe.
Don't get me started.
Kerri's already afraid I'm going to build a walkin where the cigar wall is now.
It'd be easy, really. Okay, I'm getting out of this thread right now and I'm not coming back.

[JohnnyKay5]

Awesome! I WILL have one some day! Just let us know when the Herf is!

[zipa]

Originally Posted by Boss Hogg

I heard someone mention that certain lights are not good for your cigars?

Just stay clear of pure UV-lights and you should be OK. Well, an IR light wouldn't be too good, either...

But seriously, any lights will do, as long as they are not kept on all the time. If you want to be safe, get some LEDs that do not shine in the UV spectrum. They don't emit practically any heat either, so they should be safe.