lunshbox
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Well, I finally raised enough money to build my grow room. I will be breaking ground this summer. I started ordering materials and grow room supplies this week. I will describe in detail what exactly I will be doing. The only drawing I have of the room is too large to upload.
The room dimensions are 20' x 20'. There is a holding area (5'x7') with two security doors. The security doors are custom made, with the outer door being 4 thick made of steel (1/2 thick) and the inner door being 6 thick made of 1/2 thick plate steel with a hydraulic lock. The two doors set me back $4,000.00. The base is a reinforced concrete pad with a 2' high brick base. The walls are made of steel 2x4x9' beams with a metal security screen tack-welded all the way around. Then plywood and vinyl siding to make it look pretty and inconspicuous. There are no windows in this room. I am using soundproofing insulation and baffling to kill the noise of fans and ballasts and whatever else I may be doing in there. Between the walls and the baffling is also heat shield. In the ceiling there will be an exhaust cooling chamber and an intake scrubber. The cooled exhausted will be vented via a dryer vent. I am making sure to put a garbage disposal system into the sink area. Any nutrient solution or waste nutrient will be drained into a holdover tank with a reverse osmosis filter system so that the wastewater will be clean for the sewer system. I am also installing a dishwasher to expedite container and tool cleaning and sterilization. I have also constructed two ballast boxes with over temp sensors for a small fire suppression system.
For the growing materials, I spent quite a bit of money. I built all of the aeroponic systems that I am going to install. I bought 4 1000W digital ballasts with SuperSun2 reflectors. I also purchased the reflector heat covers. The veg area has 3 600W digital systems on a light mover. All of the lights are going to run on a 220V system. For the cloning and seedling area, there will be a 4 - 8 light T5 light. For ventilation, there are a total of 4 12 can filters with 4 12 can fans. Intake and exhaust will be double filtered. I am installing some racking to make an expandable cloning area that is able to hold 3 4x8 T5 light systems. I am installing 2 XGC-1 greenhouse controllers linked in with 6 CO2 tanks. I have a sulfur vaporizer to hank in the middle of the room. For temperature control, I have a 3 area a/c system that will run through the ceiling.
All in all, this setup cost me $31,000.00. It is the best money I have ever spent and I will post pictures of everything when I am done (around October).
The room dimensions are 20' x 20'. There is a holding area (5'x7') with two security doors. The security doors are custom made, with the outer door being 4 thick made of steel (1/2 thick) and the inner door being 6 thick made of 1/2 thick plate steel with a hydraulic lock. The two doors set me back $4,000.00. The base is a reinforced concrete pad with a 2' high brick base. The walls are made of steel 2x4x9' beams with a metal security screen tack-welded all the way around. Then plywood and vinyl siding to make it look pretty and inconspicuous. There are no windows in this room. I am using soundproofing insulation and baffling to kill the noise of fans and ballasts and whatever else I may be doing in there. Between the walls and the baffling is also heat shield. In the ceiling there will be an exhaust cooling chamber and an intake scrubber. The cooled exhausted will be vented via a dryer vent. I am making sure to put a garbage disposal system into the sink area. Any nutrient solution or waste nutrient will be drained into a holdover tank with a reverse osmosis filter system so that the wastewater will be clean for the sewer system. I am also installing a dishwasher to expedite container and tool cleaning and sterilization. I have also constructed two ballast boxes with over temp sensors for a small fire suppression system.
For the growing materials, I spent quite a bit of money. I built all of the aeroponic systems that I am going to install. I bought 4 1000W digital ballasts with SuperSun2 reflectors. I also purchased the reflector heat covers. The veg area has 3 600W digital systems on a light mover. All of the lights are going to run on a 220V system. For the cloning and seedling area, there will be a 4 - 8 light T5 light. For ventilation, there are a total of 4 12 can filters with 4 12 can fans. Intake and exhaust will be double filtered. I am installing some racking to make an expandable cloning area that is able to hold 3 4x8 T5 light systems. I am installing 2 XGC-1 greenhouse controllers linked in with 6 CO2 tanks. I have a sulfur vaporizer to hank in the middle of the room. For temperature control, I have a 3 area a/c system that will run through the ceiling.
All in all, this setup cost me $31,000.00. It is the best money I have ever spent and I will post pictures of everything when I am done (around October).
I just ordered the concrete today for the pad. Like I said earlier also, all I have a picture of is a rough drawing of the plans I did on ms paint. I won't put any pics of the outside of the building or construction on here for security purposes. Wouldn't want anyone figuring out where I live 
