wine cellar floor...tile? gravel??

[p_raghib]

@PaulMills

I have cork and it is great.

Paul,
Any sort of link or pic of the cork you used?

Thanks

[Dennis_Kanagie]

@SteveG

It’s one big game of wine Jenga!

[John_Draper]

I did tile and so far, not a single broken bottle.

[SteveG]

@Ian Sutton

Have you tried any of that Antoniolo Spanna yet Steve? I’d be interested in what it’s like. Well to be fair, I’d be interested in all the Northern Piemonte nebbiolo wines stood up there, but especially the Antoniolo.

Thanks, Ian. I have had great luck (at least to my taste) with these old nebbiolos, I love the opportunity to have a bottle 4-5 times/month, and so with my budget I sort of bottom fish (you can probably figure that out from the picture).

As for the Antoniolos, the spannas are 1973, a year I have not found to be the best, the 2 bottles of this wine I have had so far were enjoyable but not ones I would seek out again (good luck with that anyhow!). However I had one of their Gattinaras from 1961 a few months ago and thought it was spectacular.

I stand all these wines up for 8+ weeks and usually decant all day.

[SteveG]

@Dennis Kanagie

It’s one big game of wine Jenga!

Thanks, Dennis… Although I had to look this up!

That said, you are not that far off, because of my warehousing background, I practice random stocking combined with meticulous CT record keeping. Sometimes I do have to figure out what order of stacking will allow me to fit 16 bottles into a bin instead of 14 for example.

[Tom_Moore]

@M McCombs

Has anyone made or seen a cork floor out of used wine corks? My thought would be slicing the rounds about ½ inch thick and gluing them to a backing of some sort. The biggest drawback I can see is if you do break something or have a mess cleaning it would be a pain. That said, depending on how the backing is setup you could probably just pull out the impacted section for cleaning or replacement. I shouldn’t have a shortage of cork when I actually get around to building something.

I’ve often thought of doing this. Like you said cut the corks to same length (could set up a jig), glue down to concrete or wood and then grind up the cutoff ends of corks into a powdery “grout” and fill in the voids. Mix the cork grout with something to bind it.

Let us know if you attempt it.

[PaulMills]

@p. raghib

@PaulMills

I have cork and it is great.

Paul,
Any sort of link or pic of the cork you used?

Thanks

I ended up using the laminate planks from Home Depot. We looked at 12x12 squares of solid cork but decided they were not sturdy enough. There were better solid options out there but not for the price.

Chris Cary on Cellar Tracker did his floor in corks with them laid on side. It looks cool but I am sure it is a pain to clean.

[Pat_Martin]

@PaulMills

I have cork and it is great.

No risk of cork flooring bringing TCA into your cellar, contaminating bottles?

[Dennis_Kanagie]

@Pat Martin

@PaulMills

I have cork and it is great.

No risk of cork flooring bringing TCA into your cellar, contaminating bottles?

Wonder how many cork floors are getting torn out in the next few weeks now?

[John_Davis]

Tile. Gravel will track dust and pebbles.

JD

[Nolan_E]

@Pat Martin

@PaulMills

I have cork and it is great.

No risk of cork flooring bringing TCA into your cellar, contaminating bottles?

Do you keep oxygen out of your cellar in fear of oxidizing all of your wine?

[Randy_Bowman]

Concrete floor in most locations will help to cool the room. Epoxy the floor.

[M_McCombs]

Those are some neat floors. The last one after a couple bottles might play tricks with your mind.

[p_raghib]

Temp will not be an issue with whatever floor I choose. I am in MI cellar is sub grade with two exterior walls, 3-4inch closed cell foam, amd an active cooling system. Without the cooler the warmest it got in the basement was low-mid sixties.

[p_raghib]

Epoxy is an interesting idea though…thanks

[David_S1]

I saw a picture somewhere of a cork floor not the thin rounds, but the corks just laid on their sides in a herringbone pattern. Looked pretty neat.

[Steve_Brickley]

My floor is oak veneer plywood. I bought one of those restaurant kitchen cushion floor mats online. It comes in oak print. It gives firm cushion, ability to walk on it and can save a dropped bottle. I cut it to fit the part of the cellar I wanted it in. Its waterproof, clean, looks good and inexpensive.

[Rob_S1]

Rubber tile that looks like Slate in dozens of colours.
http://www.fastfloors.com/rubber/roppe/rubber-tile-900-slate-design-991/deep-navy-139/

Rubber floor that looks like wood.

[maureen_nelson]

My builder wants to put engineered wood flooring in the cellar (the same stuff we are using elsewhere jn the basement other than the laundry room, which is getting slate). The cellar is new construction with a subterranean floor that he promises will stay dry (there is a sump pump buried beneath the floor with the appropriate exterior trenches and a cut out door in the floor to permit access - small table on wheels with wine storage under hides it). It is the presence of that door in the floor that caused him to nix cork as he thought the edges would get too beat up.

[J_Singleton]

I think offed flooring like you’d find at the gym would be a safe and inexpensive way to go, especially since your cellar looks utilitarian rather than a “hey look at me” cellar. Plus, with all that bulk storage you have going on their, I’d want some padding down there.