I’d vote against doing tubes as is will be very inefficient. If you want to keep it within a budget I’d build it from nothing more than 3/4" plywood. I’d make flat shelves supported by cleats that are also cut from the ply, you can vary the heights as needed.
For a small closet 2 sheets of play and a box of drywall screws and you’re in business for +/-$100.
I went the PVC route first (then cardboard then clearing out by Fu and Kim ![[wow.gif]](/uploads/db3686/original/2X/7/7d450e9830889c8943b674446a21b7254cad657e.gif "wow"){kind=small}
) and really did not like the PVC tube. The only way I personally would even think of going that route is if you could find 3.5, get them professionally cleanly cut (I found even the big home depot saws left them with jagged edges) and got a screaming deal on them.
Also, as someone mentioned, space is an issue. Cardboard is more compact and for me personally stacked a heck of a lot better.
Depending on where you live the company who made my tubes (ok that sounded funny) could get you a quote. Shipping is a bitch though. I just dealt with it and am happy I did. If I ever go back to offsite storage I would do it again in a heartbeat.
More than happy to answer questions, etc. I am home for a week. Can I just type that again? I am home for a week! Love my job but this season has been crazy.
Leslie
Tubes would be a somewhat inefficient use of space, certainly compared to open stacking, but they’re very user friendly for getting your bottles in and out. With plain shelving, say ply as you suggest, if there’s much of a span you’ll need to reinforce the shelves so they don’t sag; if you stack more than a bottle of two high it’s a pain to get bottles on the bottom row, and forget about getting bottles from the bottom back row if you go double deep. If you mean constructing square bins, they’re fine for bulk storage of the same wine, but, again, if you’ve got a mix of wines in a bin and want to pull a bottle from the bottom, it’s a pain.
Personally, I’d probably go for double-deep black wire grid storage, which is a reasonable compromise between least wasted space and ease of use.
Ha! Famous last words.
+1000. I went from a Le Cache wine cabinet to a 55 case locker to a 130 case locker. I have a problem…
Anytime I have said “This new space for my wine should do it. Someone hit me if I fill this up” Has led to bad bad bad.
So, I am saying nothing. Wait, maybe I should say “I so cannot wait to fill my current space and then put boxes on the floor everywhere”
I was suggesting shelving spaced +/-3.5" (an easily modified # when building) as this is about the easiest thing to build, relatively efficient, cost effective and pretty decent looking. With 2x deep say 3’ wide = 20 bottles to a shelf x 3# = 60 pounds and will need a center cleat. But the great thing about this design is it requires little more than ply and screws. I Built my first cellar (over 20 years ago) with 2x4’s and 1x10 pine and those racks were great (long ago replaced with racking).
As mentioned there are size restraints with pvc (good luck w/ 3.5") and will always be ugly. Typical residential construction will have a door jamb and casing that will interfere with the outermost tubes. Well done red clay pipe can look great but is heavy, expensive and wildly inefficient.
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