Using Grow Tent on it's SIDE?

[McSnappler]

Hey guys, just a quickie.

I currently use a 75cm x 75cm x 1m tent, and would like another 1m tall tent to go next to it. Height is a major factor, as without going into too much detail, tents any taller would be visible from outside the house.

The options at 1m high are pretty limited, but it's just occurred to me that there are a fair range of 1m WIDE tents.

I'm looking at the way the BudBox is put together, and thinking, is there really anything stopping me from turning one on it's side?

1m x 1m x 2m tent > 1m x 2m x 1m

2 square meters would obviously be a big growing area though - about 21.5 sq ft - so I wouldn't use the whole footprint for flowering. It would be a nice flexible space, though, that I could use multiple lights with, and have a semi perpetual area, with space to try my at hand breeding, and larger scale selections from seed.

Anyone already successfully used a BudBox/HomeBox/SJ type tent on its side?

Can anyone think of any reasons not to use a tent on its side?

All I've got so far is that the drip tray wont obviously fit the whole thing anymore, as that will be 1m square, and the same with any of the BudBox shelving etc, but to be fair those are small issues.

If anything, I can see advantages, for example the extraction outlet will be on the side, rather than the top - something that was screwing up my stealth a bit anyway.

Any and all input appreciated..

 

[LlamaSchool]

I can think of a ton of reasons not to use a DR/DarkRoom on it's side.

1. The floor, not the walls are reinforced.
2. The poles are held into their plastic attachment points by gravity and may slip out otherwise.
3. The ceiling is reinforced by crossbars to hold equipment, not the walls.
4. The walls would NOT be sturdy as a roof because they have much more material than the ceiling to support and no crossbars.

 

[McSnappler]

I can think of a ton of reasons not to use a DR/DarkRoom on it's side.

1. The floor, not the walls are reinforced.
2. The poles are held into their plastic attachment points by gravity and may slip out otherwise.
3. The ceiling is reinforced by crossbars to hold equipment, not the walls.
4. The walls would NOT be sturdy as a roof because they have much more material than the ceiling to support and no crossbars.

Good points.

1. I think you're right when it comes to the BudBox tents too.
2. I will check when my lights come on to see how secure the poles/corner pieces would be if flipped 90.
3. There would still be crossbars, holding lights etc, as these would still fit the tent from front-back, just not the along the length of the tent.
4. Is a worry.

Would love to hear about someone actually using a tent the wrong way up!

 

[HighonPottery]

i think the thing that would really keep it from working is the fact that the sides are not reinforced enough to support the weight of whatever you hang from it. you'd need to add in some middle supports to keep the "ceiling" from sagging, especially where the 2-piece poles connect. you can always add some sort of covering to make a new floor and protect the tent.

FYI, the frame structure of a HydroHut Silver is 100% metal and has the corner pieces integrated into the vertical poles. the horizontals all "clip" into the corner pieces via a spring-loaded pin - so they could never come apart unless you push the pin in. all tents are pretty much held together by the canvas shell, which is why i think some manufacturers get away with those cheap slip-in plastic corner pieces.

 

[McSnappler]

Thanks for your input.

I wonder if you can buy the crossbars as spares, as they could be used as support in the centre of the flipped tent.

 

[trakulis]

I have Homebox, and its good and its worth the money! And you can really hang something on! My friend on the Homebox XL is hanging hes pants socks shirts and even one box on the top!

go for it!

 

[McSnappler]

LoL, yeah, I've got a BudBox already which is like the HomeBox, looks almost identical.. I can put a reasonable amount of stuff on it, I try not to.

I've had a little rethink now and probably wont use one of the taller tents on its side, found a different solution that's probably less risky.

 

[Frogger]

a better way to go
http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?p=443825

 

[CMoon]

Anyone already successfully used a BudBox/HomeBox/SJ type tent on its side?

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=103014

ime id keep to one 600 or 2 x 400
nice signiture mcsnappler
bests cmoon

 

[McSnappler]

a better way to go
http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?p=443825

You're probably right dude, in an ideal world I would build a stealth cab of some sort. There are one or two reasons why a tent is preferable in my situation though.

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=103014

ime id keep to one 600 or 2 x 400
nice signiture mcsnappler
bests cmoon

Quality, I knew someone must be doing it already. Let me move over to your thread to pop you a couple of questions..

 

[Frogger]

Build the frame out of 1by1’s wrap it with black and white poly.

 

[McSnappler]

Build the frame out of 1by1’s wrap it with black and white poly.

Looks like what I'm going to end up doing TBH.