Flood table for runoff drainage only?

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pakist0ned

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Hi everyone! How y'all doing today?

So, next improvement in my setup must be runoff drainage!

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-> I don't want to vac it
-> I can't easily get DrainAway trays in my country
-> I already have a condensate pump to drain dehumidifiers water
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I was thinking on getting a 4x4 flood table (or something similar, please suggest!), to drain the water.

Idea is to drain the water using gravity to the pump, it would then drain it outside whenever needed.
This way, I could even flush plants inside the tent, and not worry about runoff as it would be automatically pumped out.

So, this all seems quite simple, it doesn't even need to be a "flood table" specifically. Just some sort of tray to hold the plants and some kind of support for the tray (to have some height from ground.

My question is about the flood tables, I don't see any holes on them, do you always have to drill your own holes?

And just to confirm, they lean all the water to 1 side right? Or is it in the middle? How does it work? If it's straight, I guess we would be draining, but some water would still sit around on the table.

Anyone with these flood tables to confirm these for me please?

Much appreciate you guys!
 
MidnightSun72

MidnightSun72

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yes you always drill your own holes. Some trays have depressions around where they expect you to drill the holes though. But any tray can be a grow tray as you noted. Yes you raise one side of the tray and put the drain hole on that side I make it drain to a corner.
 
manfredo

manfredo

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Here's another shot of it being built...I used a brass bulkhead in the lower end of the gutter and drain it to a condensate pump. Table it 10" tall on high side. I had a piece of ice and snow barrier for roofing I used as protection, but plastic would work. Water doesn't seem to seep under there anyways.
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New setup with new light

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budolskie

budolskie

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pakist0ned said:
Hi everyone! How y'all doing today?

So, next improvement in my setup must be runoff drainage!

---------Notes---------
-> I don't want to vac it
-> I can't easily get DrainAway trays in my country
-> I already have a condensate pump to drain dehumidifiers water
----------------------------

I was thinking on getting a 4x4 flood table (or something similar, please suggest!), to drain the water.

Idea is to drain the water using gravity to the pump, it would then drain it outside whenever needed.
This way, I could even flush plants inside the tent, and not worry about runoff as it would be automatically pumped out.

So, this all seems quite simple, it doesn't even need to be a "flood table" specifically. Just some sort of tray to hold the plants and some kind of support for the tray (to have some height from ground.

My question is about the flood tables, I don't see any holes on them, do you always have to drill your own holes?

And just to confirm, they lean all the water to 1 side right? Or is it in the middle? How does it work? If it's straight, I guess we would be draining, but some water would still sit around on the table.

Anyone with these flood tables to confirm these for me please?

Much appreciate you guys!
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Also just have a piece wood underneath the back the legs to create the slope so it runs to front of tray where drain is
 
manfredo

manfredo

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metic said:
something like this might be good, ive just bought a couple to test them out :)

Buy Bestway My First Frame Kids Above Ground Pool - MyDeal
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I thought about trying one of these myself...Most have a drain in the center than you cold probably utilize. If nothing else it gives you protection from flooding, and they should be somewhat UV resistant.

I am loving the vinyl corrugated roofing table though. It took a minute to get dialed in but it's working good....and the stuff is cheap. $20 for a 2' x 8' sheet at Lowes / Home Depot.
 
budolskie

budolskie

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manfredo said:
I thought about trying one of these myself...Most have a drain in the center than you cold probably utilize. If nothing else it gives you protection from flooding, and they should be somewhat UV resistant.

I am loving the vinyl corrugated roofing table though. It took a minute to get dialed in but it's working good....and the stuff is cheap. $20 for a 2' x 8' sheet at Lowes / Home Depot.
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Yes that is a very good idea you have done for yours aswell, i like how u have your manifolds set aswell are u auto feeding now thats my next step as i have run off sorted
 

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manfredo said:
I thought about trying one of these myself...Most have a drain in the center than you cold probably utilize. If nothing else it gives you protection from flooding, and they should be somewhat UV resistant.

I am loving the vinyl corrugated roofing table though. It took a minute to get dialed in but it's working good....and the stuff is cheap. $20 for a 2' x 8' sheet at Lowes / Home Depot.
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Yep, the roof panels are the way 2 go for DTW setups!
 
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Lately though I got too cheap to even buy the roof panels for $20 to make drain tables. I been collecting free truckbed liners (worth hundreds new with truck, good luck buying sheets like that anywhere!) that are durable enough to hold up spanning across a flimsier frame, without a subfloor panel under it for extra support. I just cut the bottom corrugated/ribbed sections of the bed liners out like panels, from between the wheel wells. Some are almost 4' wide for bigger truck models. They don't overlap as easy or like the roof panels, but i can plastic weld any seams together quickly with a cheap harbor freight plastic welder gun and rods.
 
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I'll be tossing one of my free bedliners as is into one of my little greenhouses soon (probably my free trampoline frame hoop house, lol). I'll probably cut the sides down a bit, and lay it over some free pallets screwed into a frame, with a gutter on the end. 1/4 per ft slope. I'm sure you guys get the idea ;)
 
manfredo

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budolskie said:
Yes that is a very good idea you have done for yours aswell, i like how u have your manifolds set aswell are u auto feeding now thats my next step as i have run off sorted
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Looking good!

I was going to make halos just like you did, and I ordered a bag of 50 T's....Then my friend @Laughing Grass showed me how she just made holes in the plastic....She heated a nail with a torch and poked holes as needed, and it worked good. Just a little simpler and cheaper than T's.

Yep, I am loving the automation!!
 
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