question about sealed rooms and co2 enrichment

how sealed should your co2 enriched room be, im curious what types of doors people use on there room. i imagine there must be at least some small amount of air flow since your burning natural gas or propane with your co2 generator?

I never used a generator. Always scared me, plus additional heat and all. But with chem bags and compressed co2 the short answer.... completely.

It doesn't have to be perfectly sealed but the more sealed it is the less you have to pump in. If running a CO2 tank this will mean you change the tank less often. If running a co2 generator off natural gas as I do then it's not as big a deal. The downside to the generator running more is cooling the heat, so I try to seal them up as good as I can.

I use "light locks" between my flowering rooms and veg room, it's a pocket door with a small area like closet sized area with a door on the other side. This way I can go into that space and light doesnt' leak into the room thats dark. I think these double doors help a little with CO2 conservation.

hey renfro!

yes im going to have it hooked right up to the natural gas just need to put a T near the line for the furnace and hot water. ah k im on board with that, i've got a room with a sump pit that i enter thats about the size of a closet where the mini split and dehumidifiers will drain to, then i open another door and im inside the grow room. i've installed pocket doors befor that slide on a track inside the wall im not sure how air tight that would be though. i was more leaning towards adding a rubber gasket around the door make a custom sill plate that also has a gasket sortof like the rubber gasket you would see on a fridge unless you think thats overkill?

Would rather see you exchage the air 2x per min. The worlds co2 levels have steadily climbed over the last decade..

better get outside and plant some more trees right away

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better get outside and plant some more trees right away

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Hemp... lol

xox said:

i've installed pocket doors befor that slide on a track inside the wall im not sure how air tight that would be though. i was more leaning towards adding a rubber gasket around the door make a custom sill plate that also has a gasket sortof like the rubber gasket you would see on a fridge unless you think thats overkill?

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cant hurt, it's not so much about conserving just the gas but also reducing the heat input into the room and the energy required to remove that heat. but if it becomes a pita to seal or have the seal in place then it's not critical.

ah thats good to know, things are moving along slowly with my build you've helped out alot i think you've answered almost every question i've asked in this forum. you helped me pickout my 240v box for my lights last year i got that installed with the new 200 amp service, i installed a 24,000 btu mini split that i picked up online. right now im framing around some vents that were on the ceiling once that is finished i need to frame another partition wall after that i need to wire about 4 or 5 outlets. connect the natural gas to the co2 generator then insulate and vapour barrier everything then drywall. should be well sealed and sound proof with r12 insulation in the walls.