How do we "build" storage for vegetables and winter blanks in a cottage

Let me introduce myself: Olga Matafonova, live in the Kaluga region of Russia.

I want to tell you about how my husband and I have equipped the cellar in his cottage.

Winter is delicious

Place for winter storage of ammunition in the house was equipped with long before we moved here. Two floorboards in one of the rooms just taken out, and fell down all stocks under the floor. It was extremely uncomfortable: he had to move the dining table, to drag the heavy long board. In the excavated pit strode down the stock of potatoes for the winter, and the ground around the well established banks with pickles, jams.

But over the years the joists rotted under their feet began to sag and board suspicious "walk". The question arose of replacing the floor in the room. And then a few days in May, came the sons removed the old schelyastye boards, rotten columns and joists. By all rights to lay a subfloor with insulation, laid on top of the tongue and groove boards.

Underground we did already own in another room.

stages of work

1. Marking the hatch and hatch cut

2. Excavation

3. storage device for potatoes

4. Box of asbestos boards

5. Aligning the earthen floor

6. Install the lamp in the subfield

7. cleaning supplies

Mark up place Scrollsaw hatch (step 1)

The first board immediately tightened the handle.

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When my husband sawed, I was holding the handle of the board, so that it does not clamp sawing jigsaw.

When the entire hatch was already cut our for a surprise: right underneath the ground under the floor has been dug in the chest without a lid for storage of vegetables. He was very wrong place, right under your feet.

Unexpected excavations (stages 2,3,4 and 5)

Honestly, I really wanted to get out of the deposit grown and processed crops. Digging holes in my plans not included. But I had to. The husband did not pass in size. Around the perimeter of the hole defined by a large box of potatoes and place for it - the bulk of the side of the hatch and the slight edge comes under the door, it was convenient to pour the vegetables.

Ironically, digging was easier than I expected.

Husband installed a box, slipped the sand to its walls.

We groundwater come close to the surface, so the depth of the crawl low. It was convenient to put the banks had to make a groove that her husband has equipped the walls of the arc-resistant.

The surface of the sandy floor leveled, cleaned small stones.

Let there be light! (Step 6)

Lighting in the cellar decided to do the minimum. EP-lamp, displayed on the wire boards to the underside of the nearest outlet

Each vegetable - its place (step 7)

To my great joy, I reappeared storage space for winter preparations. A few hours later we removed cans from the shelves, worn from years of cold dishes, pulled from all corners of our small house.

Underground had to hang extra shelf to place left on earth for the carrots and beets.

The box includes 4 potato root vegetable bag, this number we are more than enough for the winter and spring. After sorting potatoes will take its place, and put in a drawer until the bottle with juice.

Directly above the hatch in the room is a self-made cabinet with toys and books grandchildren, so on the hatch handle is not to interfere with anyone: she hid under a cupboard. And on the floor are only two small cuts.

We are very happy with the result. Storage and get comfortable enough in size to all blanks.

His story to share with us, our subscribers will Matafonova Olga, Kaluga region.