OK - a few peeps in chat wanted threads - so here's a contribution for what it's worth.

My GHETTO FAB CLOSET (or Dumpster-Diving DoHicky)

Soon after relocating and early chopping the 5th grow of Nevilles' we finally got settled into our new place - a big 2-story country farm house. Mrs. toke and I have an empty nest and a guest bedroom! BTW - check her out in chat some time, she pops in when she has to see what all the laughing is about! Hates to see the guys having all the fun! Come on in - there's plenty of room for everyone -no standing & the bars' always open! Gypsy's got big comfy couches & big screen TV!
Well, we may need the bedroom for stoners that discover they ain't gonna make it home tonight - but the closet is off to one corner. Hmm. 2' deep, almost 4' wide and 8' ceiling - with a shelf and clothes hanger bar.

Out to the garage dumpster-stash:
} Nice 31 gal TufTub - about 2.5 cu.ft. - 14x40 and 14 deep - dumpster freebie.
}Two new window fans - digital temp controlled - about $30 each.
}Chunk of sheet metal - dumpster freebie.
}Plywood scraps - dumpster freebie
}Two 400 watt HPS with remote ballast - eBay win, $253 total.
}Air conditioner extension cord and plug strip - dumpster freebie.
}Couple digital greenhouse timers, couple 1800w timers - dumpster freebie.
}Assortment of plate glass - dumpster freebie.
}Garden thermometer/humidity gauge - dumpster freebie.
}Dryer vent duct - aluminum flex - dumpster freebie.
}Wall vent cover - dumpster freebie.
Total dent in wallet........................ ...................$313

Smoking your own homegrown bud - FUCKING PRICELESS

First thought is use the shelf and hang lights on the clothes bar, set a tub filled with soil mix in & get beans cookin.
But with last 5 grows I needed all the 8' with these sativas.
Thinking that they want a lot of money for hoods - then try to vent them-why not turn the shelf and above it into a hood. After a few more bowls I decided to remove the bar and cut holes in the shelf, cover them with glass and set the lights on them and put the heavy ballasts on the shelf. This is what I came up with:



With the ballast and everything on the shelf - I'm gonna have to move the potting tub up and down to the light, so I'll have to fasten strips and the walls. And I'll need plenty of ventilation, so off we go to mount the fans and get the closet ready.

First problem turning the shelf and compartment above into a hood: need an intake without cutting up the hollow core bi-fold doors.
Bottom of the door is about 1 1/2" off the floor - 32x1.5=48 sq.in. for intake. And definitely want one of the fan sets near the floor blowing up the back wall. Solution: build a platform (false floor) and mount the fans at the back. Fans assist intake and blow it up back wall to the "hood" shelf. Have to cut vent holes in the shelf to take flower chamber air out and into the "hood" where it will be vented up into the attic by the other set of fans mounted in the ceiling.

After more lurkin 'n learnin' about how important temp control is, got to thinking about the central air and something someone once asked about tieing a 4" duct to it and into the closet. I found an old clothes dryer vent flex thingy, got out the ladder, climbed up into the attic and found the guest bedroom leg I could T into. I don't want duct hanging in the closet and taking up room, so how to get the AC to the lower part of the closet?
Easy. I cut the top plate of the closet wall in the attic and attached the 4" air conditioning duct to it. Then I dug up a vent cover and cut a hole in the wall cavity the duct was attached to - pop on the vent, and voila! Instant air - the wall cavity is now part of the AC ductwork. And the vent has controllable "flaps" to adjust the flow. :smile:

I have never need it but ya never know - Murphy was an Optimist.


They seem to like it.

Gotta take the opportunity to thank IC for mentoring me this far - all you guys that have answered my noob questions and put up with my "humor" - I salute you. Without you guys I wouldn't be even this far - tho I got a long way to go to grow with the Big Fellas!

Time for a break - join us at the Ann Arbor Hash Bash!




Also had time to dream this one up after reading up on drip buckets but that's another thread! Stop by Bigtokes' bio bucket thread and check it out! I may start a hydro thread for another brainstorm project I started.

Update pics.























Notice the tub cover - learned early on that the damn tub was almost clear and it stunted growth - coulda painted or replaced the tub, but cheapskate that I am decided to cover with towels that are occasionally misted to double as a humidifyer too!

[Mr GreenJeans]

Lookiing sweet 1toke! Nice job on the cab, your plants look to be loving it! -MGJ

Hey all - more updates.


Had to move the plants down. Also needed more room - so time to raise the shelf "hood" as high as I can



And took some cutting after reading 00420's Butter Bucket Bubbler

Nice job toke.

[nycnoob]

damn...really nice plants and nice closet...sooo great...nice innovative skills too..did you put a water pump under that lol? Well seriously hope you have more fun..