Spiral Cellar makes a perfect wine cellar

With an ingenious Spiral Cellar, anyone can have a perfect wine cellar installed, regardless of space restrictions or the condition of the ground under the property.

Throughout the UK there is an increasing interest in wine and whether the purchaser's purpose is buy-to-drink or buy-to-age, it is vital that the storage environment chosen is a clean, dark, damp area with good ventilation, a constant temperature and free from any vibration.

Caves are the ideal solution, but in short supply in most areas.

Spiral Cellars comes closest and is one of the few wine storage solutions that meets all of the good storage environment criteria.

Installation can be undertaken at any time and even be scheduled to fit in nicely with other building work being carried out around the house.

Basically a Spiral Cellar is an extension built downwards, consisting of modular concrete cylindrical construction, measuring two metres wide, with a variety of depths to three metres.

Entry is through a trap door and as you descend the spiral staircase the wall lining is honeycombed to provide wine storage space.

It can be installed comfortably beneath a kitchen, conservatory, dining area, or even a garage, adding extra space to the property, helping to improve lifestyle and arguably representing an investment opportunity as well.

The cellar can accommodate up to 1600 bottles of wine and requires no power to run.

Every aspect of the project is carried out by the Spiral Cellars company, making it a painless process for the customer.

A site survey is carried out first to establish the location of load bearing walls and services such as drains, gas and electrics.

The engineer then applies for building regulations approval.

Once the go ahead is given, it takes around five days to install, with the work being carried out by the company's own full time installation team.

Installing a Spiral Cellar.

First a hole is dug 2200mm in diameter and to the chosen depth of the cellar.

The bottom of the hole is covered with a layer of sand, a base felt placed over it and more felt positioned around the walls.

The entire construction is lined with a butyl liner and a second base felt put into position.

A reinforced base slab is poured - without touching the liner - and left overnight.

Now the cellar begins to take shape.

Having established where the trap door should be positioned the pre-cast modules, with one step per layer, are placed in position.

Two coping stones line the entrance.

Ventilation pipes are then fitted, with one going down the centre of the stairs to an outside wall, the other out through a hole in the roof slab.

The trap door can now be fitted into place.

This should be left open for between one and two weeks while the cellar completely dries out.

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