RedNeckWino
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When I build for full bottles think I will go with red oak and narrow the racks. Only go 6 wide instead of 10, but build 2 racks. They will be going in another corner that is a bit tight, but I can use both walls.
Doesn't pine mold at proper cellar temps?
A decade ago when we were producing large volumes (150-180 gal/yr) of fruit wine, we have up to 1500 bottle on racks at any given time in my buddy's basement. We would take a 2X6 for a vertical on each side, with 1.25"X.5" slats for the horizontal supports...one on the front of the bottle row, one on back. Six to eight bottles across, depending on the rack. A single nail holding each slat on an end. Sitting on a concrete floor with the top screwer right to the floor joists above.
According to what I read on this thread, that seems to be incredibly weak. But it held up very well for us. Last I head, still >600 bottles in that wine room, in those racks, almost 10 years later. No failures. Cheap as dirt.
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