Cheese Cave Installation Part 5: Door, Stairs, Interior Wall, and Whitewash

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A lot of great progress on our cheese cave! We now have a door, and stairs! The interior wall is done, and we also whitewashed the inside. Will soon be ready for cheese!
Clover Mountain Dairy is a seasonal organic farm in northeast Washington state near Chewelah and about an hour north of Spokane. We milk Jersey cows and sell a variety of dairy products.

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@greeneileen Жыл бұрын

I love your can-do energy! Thanks for sharing this.

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

@donaldgibson3121 Жыл бұрын

Very nice workmanship. Enjoy your videos.

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoy them!

@randyrejer4219 Жыл бұрын

Good to see you guys again.

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@dickdavidson3616 Жыл бұрын

Nice DIY guys, enjoyed that series!

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@charlenewenthold5150 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting so excited for you folks God bless

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@johnhenderson299 Жыл бұрын

Great job on building the cheese cave

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@PilotMcbride Жыл бұрын

Fine job. If you haven’t already got one, might I suggest picking up a 12V sump pump. Even with a roof over the entrance water will find its way to you door. Plus, such a pump is handy around a farm for other jobs.

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

We have a perimeter drain around the cheese cave, including under the door, that drains to daylight, so hopefully that should handle any water issues. Thanks for watching!

@bucsr.6106 Жыл бұрын

After building your house I an sure this was a tad easier. 😉 Door looks great., stairs look great, you guys look great! I say you are GOUDA to go! ❤

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Ha ha!

@jameswysong5967 Жыл бұрын

Y’all’s cheese cave looks great.

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Still some final details, but we’ve started using it already!

@mennoreuten1563 Жыл бұрын

Always amazing to see what stacey is up to, looks like there is nothing he can t do, best of luck whit the aging proces of the Gouda cheese, thanks and greetings from a Dutch dairyfarmer

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

We’re looking forward to seeing what kind of cheese our cave produces!

@mennoreuten1563 Жыл бұрын

Keep us updated, thanks for the reply

@bucsr.6106 Жыл бұрын

Virginia is no slouch either. 😘

@shamrock56gargan96 Жыл бұрын

Great a idea the strip Door

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

We are already thinking of a couple other places on the farm we can use one!

@ronharrison1776 Жыл бұрын

Very nice job .

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@douglassmith6448 Жыл бұрын

Look nice when you show how they put the pipeline in

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

We will do a pipeline video once we get it done. It’s kinda taken a back seat over the summer. We’ll need to get back at it soon!

@justinjdavis79 Жыл бұрын

Nicely done

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@malcolmbooth7241 Жыл бұрын

fantastic Job

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@karencary3312 Жыл бұрын

It looks really nice. I always love the whitewash look. Perfect shelving.

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@C.Hawkshaw Жыл бұрын

So cool! This really made me miss doing building projects with my husband out in the country!

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed our video!

@sawmillcharliesbeefarm Жыл бұрын

I would suggest a foam bumper block across the top of the strip door so when Stacy forgets to duck it will not be so hard on his forehead. Also do you have to get your cheese cave inspected by the health department to use it for food processing?

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Yes, we’ve been working with our milk inspector on the construction of the cheese cave, and it will be inspected with the rest of our dairy. Thanks for watching!

@cedricgates9976 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding!! Did a great job on the cheese cave guys cant wait to see the finished thing so interesting farm btw i did the hay rack like you did outside my barns love them thanks for the idea

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Glad we could be an inspiration!

@rosehorton6404 Жыл бұрын

So exciting to see the cave near finished! Won’t be long and it will have a snowy white cover to match the interior❄️ Now, if only to taste your premium Gouda🧀😋

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

We’d love to get our production to the point where we could ship some cheese!

@richwhitaker1506 Жыл бұрын

Great job. Looking well constructed.. Will you need to monitor the temperature and humidity inside? Spud seems to be a typical "sidewalk supervisor"and the chickens were watching closely also. Gonna get good gouda out of there. Stay well friends.

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Yes. The sensor we installed in the cheese cave reads in the house, so it’s easy to check it at a glance!

@newhampshire-bob1604 Жыл бұрын

Looks like it came together nicely! Hopefully you won’t need a dehumidifier/humidifier!

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Doubt it will get too wet in there, we need about 90% humidity for aging. Getting too dry could be an issue. Containers of water or wetting the floor are common in cheese caves. Thanks for watching!

@newhampshire-bob1604 Жыл бұрын

Interesting! I don’t know much about making cheese! Now if you were making Blue Cheese I would be very interested!

@TC-by3qc Жыл бұрын

Cheese On!

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Indeed!

@richardcompton2555 Жыл бұрын

Great Job! Looks real good and it should hold a lot of cheese. I was wondering about water at the bottom of the steps after rain. But with a roof over the entry that may not be a problem.

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

There is also a perimeter drain, including at the door, that drains to daylight.

@doncc6080 Жыл бұрын

Nice work on all parts of building the Cheese Cave. I do wish you would have included the stair build. That would have been interesting to me. How many flavors of cheese are you planning?

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

In addition to Gouda, we’ll probably do a cheddar and a Jack. Thanks for watching!

@David-fv7zg Жыл бұрын

Fantastic. I am curious, I know nothing about whitewash other than reading Huckleberry Finn 40 years ago. Why did you select this as the interior cover. Does it somehow protect against moisture better than a film finish? Thanks again, Im really looking forward to seeing you fill this up with cheese!

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Film finishes are notoriously difficult on concrete, so that’s why we decided on whitewash. It breaths. Also, a reason it is still popular in many dairy barns, even today, is that it is a naturally anti microbial finish.