Watching an episode of "Holmes on Homes" on tv here, they had an episode where they had to basically gut EVERYTHING in a house that was busted for a very large grow op... I am aware that there's always gonna be the occasional dick that doesn't give a shit, but it is my hope that by and large, the marijuana community does their best to minimize the damage done to any house converted for growing purposes, especially those that are rented.
Just unbelieveable the damage that large grow ops do to the houses. The damage done leaves a heavy burden on the homeowner, and if electricity was in their name and it was stolen, guess who gets stuck with the bill? Guess eho gets denied insurance? Guess who gets stuck with very large repair bills? Don't do that to the community. Large amounts of humidity is created from a large grow op, and that can lead to mold problems. You do not want mold in your bud, right? You gotta make sure 100% of that humidity goes where it belongs, along with the smell: out of the house. How could current and future growers who want to blow it up large take the time to protect the house in the sense of, let's control the humidity and make sure it doesn't get where it doesn't belong in the house, let's make all changes done to the electrical, structural, plumbing reversible? I'm sure all the info is presented in the forums throughout but is there a STICKY in terms of making sure the structure itself is not adversely impacted by the conversion?
Good topics to cover:
* Sealing the actual structure itself
* 100% control of light, temperature, humidity, odor where it does not affect structure
* Electricity management (DON'T steal electricity!)
* Management of waste products
* Making all changes reversible
I think the future editions of grow bibles (horti bible, ed's grow guide, etc) need to include things in there about leaving no evidence whatsoever that the house got blown up large, etc. That way, good will is fostered to the community and when the grower moves on, there is no damage done to the structure, electrical, plumbing, and the landlord is able to rent out again, or the house is still sellable.
PondRacer
Just unbelieveable the damage that large grow ops do to the houses. The damage done leaves a heavy burden on the homeowner, and if electricity was in their name and it was stolen, guess who gets stuck with the bill? Guess eho gets denied insurance? Guess who gets stuck with very large repair bills? Don't do that to the community. Large amounts of humidity is created from a large grow op, and that can lead to mold problems. You do not want mold in your bud, right? You gotta make sure 100% of that humidity goes where it belongs, along with the smell: out of the house. How could current and future growers who want to blow it up large take the time to protect the house in the sense of, let's control the humidity and make sure it doesn't get where it doesn't belong in the house, let's make all changes done to the electrical, structural, plumbing reversible? I'm sure all the info is presented in the forums throughout but is there a STICKY in terms of making sure the structure itself is not adversely impacted by the conversion?
Good topics to cover:
* Sealing the actual structure itself
* 100% control of light, temperature, humidity, odor where it does not affect structure
* Electricity management (DON'T steal electricity!)
* Management of waste products
* Making all changes reversible
I think the future editions of grow bibles (horti bible, ed's grow guide, etc) need to include things in there about leaving no evidence whatsoever that the house got blown up large, etc. That way, good will is fostered to the community and when the grower moves on, there is no damage done to the structure, electrical, plumbing, and the landlord is able to rent out again, or the house is still sellable.
PondRacer
