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Harry_Ba11sach
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What do you all think about growing in a shed??
#278263 - 09/10/09 08:43 AM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Like having a legit yardwork tool storage shed with a false wall in the back. I'm thinking about having a 4X8 section partitioned off and then split into mother/clone, veg, and flower areas.
Do you think with adequate insulation I would be able to keep it silent from the outside? I want people to be able to walk right past it without even knowing there's something amiss. I've got my card, but stealth is still my favorite part about this hobby
Also, what would be the lest sketchy way of getting the ventilation to work so that my neighbors don't notice my shed is blasting 200CFM out the side all day?
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: Harry_Ba11sach]
#278326 - 09/10/09 12:41 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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That sounds like a good idea! Sheds are an excellent place to grow, just have to keep people out of it.
As far as ventilation, how about some stove pipe up through the roof with a vent cap?
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: SpaceMonkey]
#278331 - 09/10/09 12:45 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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you don't think that'll be at least a little noticeable?
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: Harry_Ba11sach]
#278333 - 09/10/09 12:49 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Make it look like an out house?
It was just a quick thought.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: SpaceMonkey]
#278339 - 09/10/09 01:06 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Ok so how about this. Make a room inside the shed so you have space between the room and the outside wall. This space will be for ventilation. The warm air coming from the interior room will also act as an insulation barrier.
Understand what i am getting at so far?
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: SpaceMonkey]
#278543 - 09/10/09 07:43 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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hmm yeah that sounds like a good method for air circulation... I live in an area with lots of snow though, so I don't want the outside of the shed to be super warm or it'll definitely look a little weird.
Also, I was already planning on having at least 6" of insulation between the inside wall of the grow area and the outside of the shed, not just for thermal insulation, but auditory as well.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: Harry_Ba11sach]
#278611 - 09/10/09 09:32 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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yep, Some how your going to have to disguise or defuse the light coming from your ventilation. So the room inside a room i was thing would maybe solve that. By arranging your ports in a way as to break up the light coming from inside to the outside. The warm air insulation idea was just an after thought really.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: SpaceMonkey]
#278644 - 09/10/09 10:47 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Personally i wouldn't like the idea of growing in a shed. Simply for the fact that you're growing in an area accessible to the public. This increases the risk of getting caught or ripped from people who've figured out what you're doing. Of course this risk is directly proportional to the amount of traffic near your house. If you live in a secluded area the risk is lower compared to growing in a housing development.
You've already pointed out the problem of growing in an area with a lot of snow. Heat rises, snow on roof melts, and suddenly you have a shed that has no snow on top while everything else is under a few inches.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: coda]
#278851 - 09/11/09 01:00 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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i like the idea of building a small little room inside the shed like SM suggested. What are the dimensions of the shed and how much do you plan on putting in there? If this place is in sight of a lot of neighbors and such I would address that. If a pedo can lock up a child and keep her for 18 years without anyone else knowing, im sure you can do this. What kind of an area are you in - population density wise?
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: FurrowedBrow]
#278883 - 09/11/09 02:46 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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im setting one up right now.seems pretty easy just not very well ventilated. lights shine through at night..or it glows i should say, so have a flood light or something on it if your running lights at night. Also maybe set a fake dog house or something beside it for your ballasts, electrical panels, etc.....things you wouldnt want wet, seems to cover all the issues ive seen so far. oh yea and for security bolt it into or cement it into the ground, and padlock that motha, just yea not good if its too far in the open.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: FurrowedBrow]
#278887 - 09/11/09 02:58 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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I live in a pretty dense area, with neighbors all around, but also with high fences and dense foliage during the summer.
I'm also planning on building the shed from scratch, so it can be whatever dimensions I want it to be, that's why I was thinking a false wall to hide the grow would be awesome.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: Harry_Ba11sach]
#278917 - 09/11/09 06:02 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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oh shit! Well, then my question would be how much room do you have to work with? Your imagination is your limiting factor. That would be sooo nice. I take it there's no possibility to just make an addition on your house that would include a smaller secret room. You could dig down and have it sunken into the ground a bit. This sounds like a really fun project. Do you have a construction (or similar) background at all?
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: FurrowedBrow]
#278937 - 09/11/09 07:01 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
FurrowedBrow said: If a pedo can lock up a child and keep her for 18 years without anyone else knowing, im sure you can do this.
LOLOL
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: meatcakeman]
#279010 - 09/11/09 10:39 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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yea that is very very funny.lol
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: Ero42oH2o]
#279196 - 09/12/09 09:21 AM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Just a thought for heat dispersion, you could run some PVC pipe underground to cool then pipe it back up through a faux doghouse. In the winter, the frozen ground should cool the exhaust for you. another plus is that the pipe may muffle the sound of your fan, otherwise use a duct muffler.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: FurrowedBrow]
#279220 - 09/12/09 11:38 AM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
FurrowedBrow said: oh shit! Well, then my question would be how much room do you have to work with? Your imagination is your limiting factor. That would be sooo nice. I take it there's no possibility to just make an addition on your house that would include a smaller secret room. You could dig down and have it sunken into the ground a bit. This sounds like a really fun project. Do you have a construction (or similar) background at all?
the current shed is about 10x 16, and I'm thinking about just replacing the whole thing. it's a piece of shit so it wouldn' draw any attention from the neighbors to build a more sturdy one, especially with winter out here. I don't have a huge construction background, but I know enough to get this done without too much trouble. I have built supersonic missiles from scratch after all... how hard can this be?
my main limiting factor for this is cost, unfortunately I'm not super rich, so building this hoss might drain my account for awhile.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: Harry_Ba11sach]
#279326 - 09/12/09 03:41 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Bleached white carpet on the roof during winter! This will also act as a insulation layer and from a distance you can't tell if it's snow or not.
So is this shed wooden construction? Is there any ceiling and below the floor space? Would running your vents through the floor be feasible?
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: SpaceMonkey]
#279334 - 09/12/09 03:49 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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well the shed that's there is going to get completely removed. so basically yes, running them under the floor is totally possible. I was going to pour a good 6" slab of concrete under this shed to ensure it's strength and stability, so I could either bury exhaust vents under that, or above it with a wooden floor.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: Harry_Ba11sach]
#279350 - 09/12/09 04:56 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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I just watched the never get busted dvd and they state that the same laws don't apply as if they where searching a residence. It's more likely you will get busted growing in a shed. At least according to the dvd.
[edit] Actually it was the second volume he made. Never get raided.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: DoPeYsMuRf]
#279548 - 09/13/09 12:52 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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He has a medical card!
And them video's are good for an idea of what not to do, but have some misinformation.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: SpaceMonkey]
#279556 - 09/13/09 01:26 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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I'm thinking now about actually just transforming my garage into a general hydroponic grow room with a bunch of peppers and herbs as well. I love gardening in many forms, so expanding into growing other things along with it would give a real air of legitimacy to the whole operation. plus that way when people want to see the garage, they can see my peppers and tomatoes etc and that will explain all the noise and heat of an indoor op, and with the ganja in a separate enclosure they likely won't go snooping around.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: Harry_Ba11sach]
#279565 - 09/13/09 02:07 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Sounds good to me! I wish I had a house and had all those options. Is this a one car garage or larger? Have you measured the space out yet? Is there heating set up in the garage?
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: FurrowedBrow]
#280224 - 09/14/09 04:45 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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so I'm thinking about having my little room be either 3x5 feet or 3x6 feet with a 2x3 section for veg, and then the flowering room will obviously vary depending on what dimensions I finally choose.
you guys think a 400W for veg and a 600W for flowering sounds like a good idea? or should I just use the entire area for both flowering and veg and get a 1000W digital ballast?
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: Harry_Ba11sach]
#280263 - 09/14/09 06:26 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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How would you use the one light for two light cycles? Would you manually cover the other plants? I like the idea of having a 600 for flowering and 400 for veging. Or you could use that 400w and 600w for flowering (or a single 1000w) and use some floro's (or cfls) on the veg cycles. That seemed to do a great job for me on my first couple grows, for vegging.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: FurrowedBrow]
#280294 - 09/14/09 07:15 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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well I'm going to keep the flouro setup I just grew with in that 2x2 tent for mothers and clones. then I want to have a separate area for vegging (under the 400) and then a larger area for flowering.
OR
I'm thinking about having moms and clones in the tent, but instead of two small enclosures, just one large space where I do a couple weeks of 20/4 and then switch the whole batch over to flower
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: Harry_Ba11sach]
#281211 - 09/16/09 11:14 AM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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thoughts? I'm going to be starting construction on this in the next couple days and I'd like some help getting my brain in order before I go buying materials
Do you guys think a 400W MH is over kill for a 2x3 space? I'm thinking about stepping down to a 250W to save some money, and then possibly getting a 1000W HPS for the area, but I feel like that might be a bit too much for a 3x3 area too....
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: Harry_Ba11sach]
#281245 - 09/16/09 11:55 AM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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also, do you guys think I should get an air cooled hood for a 250W MH in a 2x3 space? I was definitely going to with a 400W, but I think I could save some serious dough by going with a cheapie reflector and just having high air exchange.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: Harry_Ba11sach]
#283631 - 09/20/09 10:52 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Will you be heating the shed in the winter or will you rely on the heat from the lights to heat the place?
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: Lucid]
#283637 - 09/20/09 10:55 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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I still haven't decided, all ideas are welcome.
I'm going to be insulating the walls very heavily to hold all available heat in during winter, and keep the heat out during summer. however, I still have yet to figure out a good way to bring in fresh air during the winter without drastically cooling the room. still trying to plan a clever way to use the heat from the lights to keep the temperature nominal during day and night.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? [Re: Harry_Ba11sach]
#283796 - 09/21/09 08:28 AM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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well I got high last night and thought of this;
What about running all the ventilation ducting under the floor, so that when fresh air is drawn in it is forced across all the ducting containing hot air. I'm thinking the heat radiating from the ducting might be enough to keep the temperature at a constant level.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? (moved) [Re: Harry_Ba11sach]
#283810 - 09/21/09 08:53 AM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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This thread was moved from Marijuana Cultivation.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? (moved) [Re: Harry_Ba11sach]
#283887 - 09/21/09 12:59 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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wont that create a super tornado that will destroy the earth?
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? (moved) [Re: Harry_Ba11sach]
#283891 - 09/21/09 01:07 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Ok, so whats the latest idea's? Are you still talking about the shed or is this now the garage idea?
Venting under the floor sounds like a good idea!
I think small fans in the right places may be all your gonna need for a winter shed grow. Heat rises and cold air falls so if fans can be arranged in a way to mix the cold air with the hot air. Then basically you just need an intake for fresh air.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? (moved) [Re: SpaceMonkey]
#283940 - 09/21/09 02:34 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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lol I don't really know where it all stands right now. the garage was kind of a temporary infatuation because of the ease of construction, but because I frequently entertain I think it's a tad too risky. I'm not so much concerned with law enforcement since I have my card, I just don't want some drunk fucker finding my grow and taking a 1/4 of free weed ya know?
so you think that just the ambient heat from the lights will be enough to keep the shed above freezing if I mix the air enough?
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? (moved) [Re: Harry_Ba11sach]
#284514 - 09/22/09 01:49 AM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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No, I don't think the lights alone would be enough to keep a freestanding shed warm enough during the winter.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? (moved) [Re: Ojom]
#284854 - 09/22/09 07:18 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Harry, i'm going to sketch out an idea for you. I think i could show you my thoughts better then i could possibly explain.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? (moved) [Re: SpaceMonkey]
#284969 - 09/22/09 10:57 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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awesome!!! I just came up with a couple ideas as well, and I think tomorrow I'm going to spend my time sketching them out as best I can. We'll meet back here and compare notes
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? (moved) [Re: Harry_Ba11sach]
#285772 - 09/24/09 02:17 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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I have a few thoughts as well, I need to ponder a bit. Good thing I'm about to be a passenger in a long car ride!
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? (moved) [Re: God]
#285782 - 09/24/09 02:35 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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Ok, I just drew up a new sketch really quick, tell me what you all think....
I'm thinking either just a heater for the general intake into the veg room, and then the air travels to the flowering room (already warm due to the preheater and the 400WMH), before being exhausted through both lights and finally outside.
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two separate smaller fans, the veg one running full time, the flowering one running nonstop while the light is on, and only withdrawing air about 15 minutes every 2 or 3 hours. This would eliminate the problem of needing to transfer air from the veg to the flowering area, but confounds the issue of incoming air management.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? (moved) [Re: Harry_Ba11sach]
#285788 - 09/24/09 02:54 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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I like option 1, but what's to encourage the incoming air to hang around in the veg chamber? Path of least resistance is as you drew that dotted arrow around the sliding door. Maybe just an oscillating fan in the veg room would do it.
If you had the heater hooked up to a thermostat, that'd be sweet.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? (moved) [Re: God]
#285795 - 09/24/09 03:04 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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oh yeah, I'm definitely going to have air circulating within the rooms via small fans, I'm just trying to work out the FAE aspect right now. Having the intake for the general exhaust system on the far side of the room will at least encourage the air to cross the whole space between entering via the door and exiting up top by the light.
My main issues now; 1) keeping the incoming air at a reasonable temperature. 2) how to make a stealthy door so that the false wall concealing the grow room from the rest of the shed looks relatively whole while closed, but still allows access to my plants.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? (moved) [Re: Harry_Ba11sach]
#285899 - 09/24/09 08:29 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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My two ideas for the warm air situation:
A. Intake air enters small enclosure with a heater inside. I suggest a circulating oil heater (like this one, although there are smaller, cheaper ones, look around) since it's unlikely to start a fire. Also, the one I linked has a sort of thermostat feature: it doesn't have temperatures marked on the dial, but you're supposed to turn it on until you feel comfortable, then turn the dial until it clicks, and it'll hold that temperature by cycling on and off. I think you could get it pretty consistent with a bit of fiddling. Anyway, cool air enters at the bottom, gets warmed by heater and rises to hole at top, which pulls it into veg...
B. Inspired by one of the earlier sketches in this thread. Similar to A, but using the exhaust air. I'd rather sketch, but I'm in a car. Work with me: intake>small enclosure>veg>flower>loops back on itself (as you drew above, minus heater)>exihenShen the "loop back" draws even with the small enclosure at the beginning, it splits into two, one of which exits through the main exhaust fan, the other of which goes into the intake enclosure. If, at the split point, you have a little valve to where you can adjust the amount of warm "leak back," you could optimize this setup. Probably need a small fan in the leak back tube, so intake won't just bypass the room altogether.
A will probably be easier to setup, B seems cheaper.
As far as a door goes, what sort of shed is this? Storage for lawn equipment, workshop..?
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? (moved) [Re: God]
#285926 - 09/24/09 09:48 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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I do like the idea of B, but I haven't really come up with a good way to get it set up to properly control temperature. Out here in CO we can seriously go from a high of 75 to a low of -20 in a 24 hour period (in ANY month of the year) so I need this to be at least somewhat automated, because I won't always be available to adjust the intake quantity of air. I think I might just go with A since I can find one with a thermostat so that when the incoming air is 70 degrees it won't be running at all. Do you think that recirculating oil radiator would be a better bet than a 375W 24" baseboard?
This shed is going to be storage for mainly yardwork tools and various other items.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? (moved) [Re: Harry_Ba11sach]
#285949 - 09/24/09 10:06 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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I have to say, I know little about heaters, there are probably plenty that would work great. I suggested that type because I've used it to success, and it's safe enough to leave unattended for days.
For the door, what about using the back wall of the shed for shelving and mounts for hanging tools, etc. You could blend in a door there, have the wheelbarrow swing aside to reveal the secret lock...hope no one's over when you're using the wheelbarrow!
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? (moved) [Re: God]
#285991 - 09/24/09 11:27 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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you think it would be adjustable to the point where it would warm the cool air and not fry the plants when it gets warm out?
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? (moved) [Re: Harry_Ba11sach]
#286012 - 09/25/09 12:43 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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I believe so, but I never had any incentive to turn it on while it was above 70F. We have very defined seasons here. It may be best to just get a cheaper, safe heater, and hook its power source up to a thermostat. That'd be more accurate.
I thought of a variation on option B that you may find worthwhile: Instead of routing from your exhaust, simply have a small duct going from the warmest area in your flower chamber (under the lights, probably) to the intake enclosure, with a weak fan (maybe just a computer fan or two) at the end facing into the enclosure. Hook the fan power up to a thermostat. When temperature of the intake chamber drops below a certain level, the fan will turn on, and warmer air from inside the grow chamber will trickle in to mix with the outside air. The main exhaust fan is still powerful enough to guide both sources of air through veg and flower rooms and into the light. When the small fan is off, some of the intake air will be pulled backwards through it, down the duct, and into the flower room (right to the plants, if you set it up that way), and the rest will go into the veg room. This may work to your liking, you may prefer it all to go intake>veg>flower>exhaust. I think what I described would work alright for you, assuming you got a smaller duct than what you're using for exhaust (PVC pipe, or 3" duct or something) and used a weak fan. Thoughts?
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? (moved) [Re: God]
#286706 - 09/26/09 12:37 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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hmmm.... I like that idea, and it might be pretty easy to do. I'm not super awesome with wiring so the thermostat/fan speed situation might take some more research, but I think a good 6" Y joint on my exhaust could be perfect. one of the y ends goes outside, and the other can be connected to a 2" reducer and routed to the intake box.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? (moved) [Re: Harry_Ba11sach]
#286906 - 09/26/09 05:32 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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My only concern with splitting the exhaust is that, when the little fan is off, some of the air from the intake box will go backwards through the little fan, down the 2" duct, and into the exhaust, bypassing the room completely! By moving the 2" duct from the exhaust into the flower chamber, you'll still take pretty warm air when the fan's on, and you won't lose waste intake air when it's off. Hope that makes sense without pictures.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? (moved) [Re: God]
#286993 - 09/26/09 10:40 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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that makes sense for sure.
I'm starting to think however that it might just be cheaper/easier to have a thermostatically controlled heater on the intake so it's only warming air less than 50 degrees or so while incoming. That way I won't have to putz with thermostats and fan dimmers and backdraft dampers etc etc
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? (moved) [Re: Harry_Ba11sach]
#287006 - 09/26/09 11:42 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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You're probably right about that. Let us know what you decide, and what heater you ultimately choose.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? (moved) [Re: God]
#289838 - 10/01/09 02:24 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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now what about airflow from veg room to flower room? I can go with my idea from that drawing I suppose, but it doesn't seem very efficient.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? (moved) [Re: Harry_Ba11sach]
#290559 - 10/02/09 12:48 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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I think making the intake at the front left of veg instead of front right and putting veg to flower vent in back right of veg instead of front right will encourage air to flow across both rooms better. May not even need oscillating fans.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? (moved) [Re: God]
#290609 - 10/02/09 02:10 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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Solid man, thank you so much.
one last question and then I think I'm gonna head out and start construction. Do you think it would be best to have the intake heater thermostat set to monitor incoming air or the temp of the grow room? in other words, should it come on when the outside air is below 50, or when the temp inside the grow room drops to a certain point?
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? (moved) [Re: Harry_Ba11sach]
#291666 - 10/04/09 11:50 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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I think that either could work, but monitoring intake might be a bit better for a couple reasons: the thermometer and heater could be one unit, and it would respond to changes in outside temp more quickly. My only concern with that is, with intake at a constant temp, nothing's monitoring the room temp, so if something goes haywire and the room gets too warm, the heater can't know to turn itself off to cool the room down. Now that I've typed that out, I'm leaning more towards measuring room temp. Either way, those are my thoughts.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? (moved) [Re: God]
#292571 - 10/05/09 09:48 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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Since you are ultimately trying to regulate the temperatures in the grow room I think it would be best to monitor those temps rather than the air coming in.
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Re: What do you all think about growing in a shed?? (moved) [Re: Ojom]
#292725 - 10/06/09 12:39 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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Well-said.
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