Stoney Jake
Well-Known Member
My lady gave me permission to use a 4 x 4' area in our storage room as a flowering room. I had about a week to think about setup before my payday. I got paid yesterday and heres what I did
Ok so I bought some panda plastic and made my little grow room. Its 4' x 4'. I got a 10' x 10' piece and cut it in half to make two 5' x 10' pieces.
I took some scrap wood from my job sight and cut it into two 4' sticks. I wrapped the panda plastic around the 2 sticks and strewed it into the studs in the ceiling blocking off one corner of the room. I used the extra length to line the floor for protection. Then I folded one side into the room(the extra foot or so of material width wise) and used the extra from the other side to wrap around the corner to create a light tight seal.
I then got a 7' tall tarp door zipper and stuck it on the corner of the room. Since the zipper doesnt make a light tight seal I put 2 flaps of extra panda plastic on the outside over the zipper.
I cut a 6" hole in the top corner for the vent from the hood and the wires from the ballast(sitting outside the room for better temp control). I put a hole in the very bottom corner for an cord to come through and put a 6" passive air intake by it.
I took 2 ceiling fan cover and lined them with pantyhose and sandwiched the 6" exhaust with them. I took rubber bands and paper clips and connected the 2 through the plastic.
Oh and I got some light hangers so I can stop hitting my head so much lol
About 15 minutes before lights out I put two 120w cfls in the room and took the 400w out so I could test the newly made room. Hooked the hps up and let it run for 45min without the cool mist humidifier and it stayed about 80f. So with the cool mist on it will be about 75f with a room temp of about 68f-70f
plastic= $11
light hangers= $19.99
tarp door zipper= $12.99
Everything else was free or stuff I had in my other room
With tax my total upgrade cost was about $40
Ok so I bought some panda plastic and made my little grow room. Its 4' x 4'. I got a 10' x 10' piece and cut it in half to make two 5' x 10' pieces.
I took some scrap wood from my job sight and cut it into two 4' sticks. I wrapped the panda plastic around the 2 sticks and strewed it into the studs in the ceiling blocking off one corner of the room. I used the extra length to line the floor for protection. Then I folded one side into the room(the extra foot or so of material width wise) and used the extra from the other side to wrap around the corner to create a light tight seal.
I then got a 7' tall tarp door zipper and stuck it on the corner of the room. Since the zipper doesnt make a light tight seal I put 2 flaps of extra panda plastic on the outside over the zipper.
I cut a 6" hole in the top corner for the vent from the hood and the wires from the ballast(sitting outside the room for better temp control). I put a hole in the very bottom corner for an cord to come through and put a 6" passive air intake by it.
I took 2 ceiling fan cover and lined them with pantyhose and sandwiched the 6" exhaust with them. I took rubber bands and paper clips and connected the 2 through the plastic.
Oh and I got some light hangers so I can stop hitting my head so much lol
About 15 minutes before lights out I put two 120w cfls in the room and took the 400w out so I could test the newly made room. Hooked the hps up and let it run for 45min without the cool mist humidifier and it stayed about 80f. So with the cool mist on it will be about 75f with a room temp of about 68f-70f
plastic= $11
light hangers= $19.99
tarp door zipper= $12.99
Everything else was free or stuff I had in my other room
With tax my total upgrade cost was about $40
