Shoulder I Drywall The Room?

I have 2x4's and poly panda. I was thinking about drywalling the room. It would cost around $30-40, it is a 3x3 room. Would it be worth it? Pro's/cons?

Better insulation...con is is it worth $30-40 to you

I drywalled my room and put in some r13 insulation. Defiantly helps control temps, but then again my room is above a garage and i really needed it insulated.

^This is in a basement, in a room that is insulated already.

I dywall any room I build just because it's easier to deal with and I like to insulate. just helps keep sound down little and makes eveything sturdier especially with negative pressure in the room. I like a good structure and proper room.

Joint Monster said:

^This is in a basement, in a room that is insulated already.

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Its nice beng able to put hooks and anchors right in the wall wherever you want or need

Joint Monster said:

I have 2x4's and poly panda. I was thinking about drywalling the room. It would cost around $30-40, it is a 3x3 room. Would it be worth it? Pro's/cons?

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No. That just adds a ton of mass to soak up heat. Why do you want that drywall, and is there another cure for you specifics, than drywall?

tusseltussel said:

I dywall any room I build just because it's easier to deal with and I like to insulate. just helps keep sound down little and makes eveything sturdier especially with negative pressure in the room. I like a good structure and proper room.Its nice beng able to put hooks and anchors right in the wall wherever you want or need

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All true. For the neg pressure part, there are less massive materials than drywall, especially if you are venting a basement room. The air will soak up plenty of heat and that is exhausted. I have the drywall covered in foil bubble wrap to reflect to IR.

I use the 1/2" styrafoam boads with the reflective matirial attached right to it it cost a little extra but sure is nice when you can just hit the drywall with construction adhesive and slap it up in place caulk all the corners tape any seams and your a superstar hit it with windex and wipe it off between grows it's petty slick

on a side note if you do not let heat build up anywhere than it won't build up anywhere... your room will stay the same or within 5 degrees of whatver the temp of the room you are pulling your intake from if done correctly even without a cool tube beleave it or not. exchange your air once a min. and your exhaust will blow out cool air your room will be stable and your drywall will not build up heat

Drywall with insulation is my preferred room

https://www.rollitup.org/grow-room-design-setup/623029-425-00-transition-mylar-solid.html
here is an alternitive to drywall or plastic. I used this cheap material because it was $11.00 a sheet at Ace hardware. I found it to be usefull for this purpose. There is a couple of close-up pics in my album as well that clearly shows the materials I used in my build.
I did this whole build very cheap! The walls can be poped out with hardware attached. They can be moved and re-set with min effort. It is an easy material to expand off of, as well as move to a new location and re-used. A ten foot floating wall constructed in this fashion is non-intrusive on rental properties, ( the POINT of the thread). and light weight 65 pounds (without hardware attached such as blowers and air mixers.) Hope this helps many . Melungeonman

Not trying to start a pissing match but I can't for the life of me figure out why people want to drywall grow rooms. The ONLY advantage to drywall is sound attenuation. ANd if that is your goal you need to grab the 5/8 stuff.

Drywall is heavy as hell, messy, is a pain in the ass to get rid of if you take your room down, it harbors mold, it has to be painted to be reflective, it make studs hard to find, and odors pass right through it.

Panda film or as someone said above, rigid board insulation.

legallyflying said:

Not trying to start a pissing match but I can't for the life of me figure out why people want to drywall grow rooms. The ONLY advantage to drywall is sound attenuation. ANd if that is your goal you need to grab the 5/8 stuff.

Drywall is heavy as hell, messy, is a pain in the ass to get rid of if you take your room down, it harbors mold, it has to be painted to be reflective, it make studs hard to find, and odors pass right through it.

Panda film or as someone said above, rigid board insulation.

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You would use drywall if you werent planning on "taking your room down". Some people build actual framed rooms with dedicated electrical, HVAC, etc. Framed, insulated and drywalled is how you build real rooms.

Panda film and insulation cons:

- A child could destroy your operation with its bare hands.

you are always ready for a pissing match. I get it, you're old school.

legallyflying said:

Not trying to start a pissing match but I can't for the life of me figure out why people want to drywall grow rooms. The ONLY advantage to drywall is sound attenuation. ANd if that is your goal you need to grab the 5/8 stuff.

Drywall is heavy as hell, messy, is a pain in the ass to get rid of if you take your room down, it harbors mold, it has to be painted to be reflective, it make studs hard to find, and odors pass right through it.

Panda film or as someone said above, rigid board insulation.

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panda film and insulation pros: it's so easy a hippy could do it

MYOB said:

You would use drywall if you werent planning on "taking your room down". Some people build actual framed rooms with dedicated electrical, HVAC, etc. Framed, insulated and drywalled is how you build real rooms.

Panda film and insulation cons:

- A child could destroy your operation with its bare hands.

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oh yeah, I forgot. I don't have any "REAL" rooms since they don't have drywall.



God, I hope a child doesn't come along and utterly destroy my grow!

Was thinking drywall to make a nice solid room and reduce sound. Have made a box to house the inline, with insulated ducting. Would be using insulation board be better?
Found this brand, DuroFoam EPS rigid insulation. Would still be putting panda on the foam.

You have 2x4s and panda film, no need for drywall.

Drywall makes your grow room a real room. I like feeling official. Use drywall to create walls. And Panda Film to cover those walls.

Against the advice of some here on RIU I built rooms with framing and drywall and then wrapped in panda.

These rooms are permanent structures and I do not plan on taking them down. I cannot imagine trying to navigate my rooms as comfortably as I have been if they were just poly.

sound deading, more stable environment, more permanent structure, unlimited mounting options for hardware.... Those were my reasons and I am glad I followed my gut!