how to make an old fashioned larder and the best way to keep it cool?

Answer 1

build it in the basement under a porch or stairs
they are naturally kept cooler than the rest of house by the basement temperature
build wooden shelves along the cement walls with enough room for air to circulate

Answer 2

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Answer 3

mine is under my master bedroom access is thrue a trap door the temp stays about 56 year round main out of cinder block that has been water sealed it has a poured cement floor and a cement roof i installed a vent system that runs 24 hr. a day to keep the humidity down it vents out into a small green house and it works great.

Answer 4

You should build it on the north side of a house, preferably underground if possible. Make it fully tiled, you should use either limestone or marble tiles as they keep cool whatever the weather.

Answer 5

concrete shelves or did u mean before 1950 when it was 2feet by 2 feet wooden box with metal mesh to one of the sides--- either way must have air supply via open vent or small window

Answer 6

are you talking about a root cellar ? we use to keep veg's in one, and meat in a salt box, it was a hole dug under the house, now days they call them cellars, normal ground temp is around 56 deg, the deeper it is the cooler it is,