Plant Room Construction

[Oscarman]

Pic #1 - the water faucet outlets finished off - siliconed to prevent water leakage into wall.

Pic#2 - detail of the waterproof receptacle covers. They are domed so items can be pludgged in and still be covered. These two receptacle are GFCI and are controlled seperately by timers for my HID lights.

[got ants]

Dave, you have three water spigots, two of which mate together (hot/cold), but I don't see a drain for a sink. Are you just going toilet it drain to the floor drain?

[Oscarman]

Originally Posted by got ants

Dave, you have three water spigots, two of which mate together (hot/cold), but I don't see a drain for a sink. Are you just going toilet it drain to the floor drain?

I actually have 2 sets of hot/cold. One set to blend for watering, general room cleaning, etc and the 2nd set for my R/O system (the hot faucet was bonus!). My plan is to use rain water which I will be piping in from a 220 gal tank at the side of my house, supplemented with R/O water. The city water is my back up.

Regarding the sink, I have a huge stainless sink in my laundry room just out right of the door, so didn't want to commit any space in the growing area for potting, cleaning etc.

[got ants]

Makes perfect sense Dave. Good luck growing!

[Brotherly Monkey]

Originally Posted by Oscarman

Now I am almost caught up with picture posts vs stage of construction!

All surfaces in the room have been covered with FRP panels and all seam, joints and connections sealed with mildew resistant silicone. The goal is to have the room completely sealed from the rest of my home to avoid structural moisture & mold issues.

As you can see the rest of my basement reno is moving along also. Cabinets and linoleum in my workbench/potting area is in.

Oscar, how are you planning to vent the heat from your lights in such an enclosed space, or are you planning to go with something like a split A/C?

[Oscarman]

Originally Posted by Brotherly Monkey

Oscar, how are you planning to vent the heat from your lights in such an enclosed space, or are you planning to go with something like a split A/C?

Woah, sorry missed your post. This has been causing me some thought. Right now my plan is to have two 6" vents through the window of the room. The window is on the shady side of my house, so a bit of a cooler location. One for intake and one for exhaust, directed in different directions outside. I am thinking of connecting the exhaust line to my light hoods to pull most of their heat out along with room air.

I have a feed from my A/C unit in the room also for the really hot Alberta summer days.

If anyone has suggestions, please let me know. I would love to hear anyones lighting, cooling thoughts - heck anything to do with the room would be very much appreciated. I have tried to pull from everyone's knowledge to make this a great room.

Right now all my plants are under T5's and just the increase in stead lighting, higher humidity and air movement, regular watering etc is making a world of difference.....go figure!

[Brotherly Monkey]

if you're venting the air outside, you might run into issues with maintaining the humidity, if it get's low in the winter. Naturally, venting, like that, makes maintaining an unnaturally high humidity level pretty difficult


What kind of range are you shooting for?

[got ants]

I would think misting with fans should be sufficient...

...ya know, in the deep south of Alberta and all.

Any thought of switching over to those new LED grow lights?

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[Tom-DE]

Nice job!

[DelawareJim]

Originally Posted by got ants

Any thought of switching over to those new LED grow lights?

They're still pretty pricey. I was at an aquarium trade show where they were being demonstrated. Nice set ups but costly. Of course that also depends on whether you go with cool burning LED's or warmer LED's and a fan (which I think sort of defeats the purpose of the lower energy consumption).

I would wait a year or 2 myself.

Cheers.
Jim