Man Cave: DIY Network

Tuesday June 17 was an interesting day. Besides working on two cellars (one in Bernardsville NJ and the other in Basking Ridg

e NJ) We received a call from a woman named Becca from the "man cave show". Becca was looking for some help and expertise with a wine cellar they were making for one of the episodes (season 2 #12) and asked if we would be interested.

We decided to do it after we finished our two projects which consisted of checking out 2 cooling systems. We got to the set around 3:15 and were immediately brought up to speed with the project (which was a finished basement space for the husband. It was being built when we arrived: tuscan finish paint on the walls, new lighting, new tables, couches, chairs etc, flat screen and A WINE CELLAR.

John (the head designer) asked us if we could provide a wine cellar cooling system since they did not have one...I asked John when do you need it by? His respone: 7pm Tuesday.....We went into a full court press calling our suppliers and found one which we were able to pick up at 4:57 (3 minutes before closing) and it was only 30 minutes from the set. Once we got the cooling system it was a mad dash back to the set and then it was action time.

We got a brief introduction with Tony "the goose" Siragusa and Jason Cameron the 2 hosts for the show. We walked each of them through what and how the system worked, how the cooling system would vent, how the condensation would be removed, and of course how the room would be cooled. Jason and the crew (about 7 guys) were taking care of the custom wine racks and the 2 custom french doors for the cellar.

The space was being finished with a tuscan distressed plaster look and

was really coming together. Once Ivan the "paint guy" was finished with his shoot it was Joseph & Curtis time! We walked into the cellar and Jason turned to us and said hello and asked us to introduce ourselves and then asked us to describe what we would be doing to the wine cellar. He then asked us to describe how the cooling system worked, and where we would be placing it in the room. Once we hung the system we then spoke about the importance of having a climate controlled cellar and spoke briefly about the custom racks Jason was making.

Jason then thanked us and asked us to stick around for a couple more shots. After a couple more pics with Jason and Tony our work was finished.

Overall it was a GREAT experience and we hope to work with DIY, AND THE MAN CAVE SHOW in the near future.