[Bender]

Hey guys - We're still in the process of finishing our first grow room and I wanted to share the progress.

As it sits right now the room is mostly stealth and we're still far from done. We have our first run of bagseed clones flowering right now under 1200 watts of odd MH ballasts and old bulbs we scavenged over the past few months. The construction process has been a huge financial strain so we're piecing it together as we go along at this point. I will admit that I grossly underestimated how much it has cost to construct a purpose-built stealth grow room in an attic that can cope with the hostile climate. The room is heavily insulated and carefully vapor-sealed. We know exactly where the air comes in and goes out. We put up sheetrock walls and painted them with some expensive flat white primer that I can't remember the name of.

I will not be posting pictures of the entrance to the room to protect our security. I will say that we access the room from a hidden door in a walk-in closet. No ladders!!

I took pictures of the process previous to these, but they're a little too revealing.

Flower room mid construction


Looking in from the entrance. Divider is framed in the middle.


How the room looked yesterday


Ripped some magnets out of hard drives to secure the door (need to replace the broken one)


Looking at the entrance of the room (this is the veg side)


Veg/Flower divider. There will be a door here soon.


Flower room in its current condition


High-tech soil temp probe


Bender's Organic Tea Buckets bubbling away


In my opinion, this is the only acceptable fan controller on the market. The 8" Can Fan HO runs like a dream on this thing. We had the cheap router speed controller on it and it buzzed like hell. Money very well spent here folks.

https://www.variac.com/

There's an 8" HO Can Fan just behind the filter. The air ducts are heavily insulated and the fan assembly is dampened. We built a giant muffler with tons of insulation and it works great. Only thing you can hear at the exhaust port is a very faint 'whooshing' sound from the air, but you have to stick your head inside the duct to hear it!! I should also mention that the exhaust port exits the bottom of the big silver muffler to the room below. No pictures of that!


This looks like a mess but it is the start of something great I think. My partner is the brains behind the wiring and for what he had to work with I think he did great. The two 400MH ballasts on top are recovered hanging shop lights that we turned into remote ballasts. There is another 400MH ballast on the bottom shelf that was sourced by a friend. I believe its an xtrasun or something like that. None of it will matter after this grow though because we'll hopefully be upgrading ballasts, bulbs, and hoods. Expect to see 2400 watts of CMH in the future.


That should do it for now. I know I left a lot out, so if you have any questions or see any glaring flaws please let me know!

Rawr. Sexy and inspirational; be proud and carry that weight you love.

That looks like a high-quality setup with a lot of planning. I am sure it will bring you great rewards. I could easily stick another pun here, but I will spare you.

I'm subscribing so I can see your babies get fat; If you don't thread it here, stick a link?

Very sexy.
~A

PS- Are those beams of structural value or are you renting? If not, my newb ass would cut em out between your lights. Not if it's going to drop your floor out though!

Rock on,
A

[Bender]

AesNewGrower,
Thank you for the kind words. It has been an enormous amount of work, months of researching/planning, and thousands of dollars invested. I can't wait to finish the room.

As for removing the webbing from the structure.... not gonna happen The 400's actually fit quite nice in there as the footprint available in each 'bay' is roughly 2'x3'.

[the_dungeon]

That is a beautiful setup my friend!! The magnet door is a very good idea. Hope all goes well!

[Bender]

Originally Posted by the_dungeon

That is a beautiful setup my friend!! The magnet door is a very good idea. Hope all goes well!

Thank you! I remember going through your first Dungeon thread and I'm stoked to see the improvement in round 2. Looks great!

[pontiac]

beautiful setup good sir! hope to see some updates!

[Bender]

Originally Posted by pontiac

beautiful setup good sir! hope to see some updates!

Thank you Pontiac!! I have to say that my partner and I both feel very honored to be included in the DIY thread. I've had that page bookmarked on my computer for months and I've used it extensively for research and inspiration. Being part of that list easily validates our efforts and we haven't even smoked our own yet!

I will keep updating this thread as we progress. Good things are in store!

[laidbackgreen]

You know those beams could actually help you out. I would try and secure some wire or rope across the beams. It will help when your plants get to big they cant support themselves.

Something to think about. Peace.

[Graffiti]

Hell yeah, that looks like fresh setup. When I started looking at this thread seeing the unfinished attic i was thinking "how the hell is he gonna do this?" now I see that it works out damn near perfect. Like a ninja in the shadows, Mad respekt. By the time you get some genetics you'll have it down. Peace and good luck!