It's all good! I'm happy to have the input! Thanks!still working on it. have to work on it in my spare time since ive still got work and my girls to take care of.
Grow Room Floorplans. Here to help.
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What program do you use for design? I'm needing to put a few design plans together. Thanks!
ScoobyDoobyDoo
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8000 sq.ft. grow room? i have 1500 sq.ft. and it takes all of 10 tons of ac to cool it. are you sure you don't mean 8000 cu.ft.? even if you have 8000 sq.ft. you should probably build smaller rooms inside of it for your veg and flower. much more efficient and economical to cool.
wheels619
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autocad or any 3 dimensional software. i use autocad becuz thats what i have on hand and i didnt have to pay for the copy. perks of doing fab design work for a few companies i made money with a few years ago.
BleedsGreen420
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Hi im a First time grower ive been reading your Forums and you seem to know what you are talking about i was wondering if you would be able to give me a couple pointers. I set up a Ghetto Grow box thats about 2 feet tall 2 feet wide 1 1/2 deep and have it Lined with Foil and reflective material and i am going to be running 4 CLF 100 watt equivalent lighting and i also have 2 LED Muliti specturem blulbs ment just for growing and i have One Intake Fan with a Couple holes on the other side of the box as a outtake. Do you think what i have will be able to give me a good grow?? And the inside of the grow box has a pretty Big Breeze do you think that'll Cause any problems? Im looking for any adivice pleasee helppp!!!
wheels619
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you need a fan inside blowing the air around and the intake fan should be used for axhaust so its pulling the hot air out and not just pushing air in. but other than that you should be good. also foil isnt very awesome for reflectiveness. creates hot spots. your better off getting a can of flat whit spray paint and painting the inside of the box flat white.
BleedsGreen420
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Okay Makes Since Cool man thanks.. Do you think too high of a breeze will cause any problemss??
wheels619
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no the bigger the better. the breeze helps keep you from getting nasty problems. just dont have typhoon winds in that bitch and your good.
Nope, my space is as big as I said... And the plan is to partition the space
Thanks, I figure you must be busy so I'll take a shot at designing that space we discussed myself. Getting to d-day and I soon need to begin constructing my space.
ScoobyDoobyDoo
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when designing a room like that from scratch you build out the room based on 2 factors; light footprint and plant footprint. that's really it. you don't want a bunch of extra space that you have to cool or burn Co2 for but you also want to make sure you have enough room to move plants around and work in the space.
wheels619
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ive started but in all honesty it takes a bit to get design work done. ive been working on it in my spare time in between work and working on the existing op i have. thats still not up to par yet. trying to figure out how to stuff a 15000 btu ac in it along with other shit to prepare for summer. sorry man thats its taking too long for you but ive gotta get mine done before i worry about the rest ya know? work and wifey and plants take a toll on ya sometimes. if you feel like hitting it up then feel free. good luck. begin with walls and measurements. if ypu plan on constructing rooms make them the first piece of the puzzle. next is electrical to all the objects you need. take into consideration voltages and amperages becuz odds are you will need to run cable for it all. also consider where and how your lights will be hung air cooled hoods or batwings ect. intake and exhaust. also dont forget to take light footprints into consideration when drawing up the spaces themselves. dont try to pack 4 1000 watters in a 200 sc ft area. each 1000 with a reg air cooled hood has a light footprint of about 4x4 ft or 16 sq ft-25 sq ft max dont overdue or underdue your space to light ratio. lots of other stuff to take into consideration. if worst comes to wortst pm me if you need help. good luck dude.
oh and get an electrician to do all the wiring and stuff unless your electrical savy. which is not most.
I'm gonna give it a shot but I would love to see what a pro like yourself comes up with. I do appreciate your help and I understand your situation. I travel for work so I get it! Im in Cal now actually, Ojai to be specific!
Casper0878
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Was wondering if you could look at my sketches real quick and give me some thoughts on my stealth grow box. Here is a list of the parts I was thinking of using:
Super Sun 2 AC Hood
400w Digital Galaxy Ballast
400w MH/HPS
Vortex 6" Inline Fan 452 CFM
Phresh 6" Carbon Filter 400 CFM
My current issue is the sheer size of this thing. Not gonna go down a hallway and pivot into a bedroom at all. If I built it in the room, I won't be able to take it out unless I take it apart. Currently going to put this in my room at my family's house. Want to try the ventilation out before I move out into my own apartment at the end of summer to make sure there is no smell. I went 64" across because of the filter and hood. I wanted the light to be centered in the cabinet. I can probably cut it down to 60" and the depth by a few inches as well. Let me know what you think. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Super Sun 2 AC Hood
400w Digital Galaxy Ballast
400w MH/HPS
Vortex 6" Inline Fan 452 CFM
Phresh 6" Carbon Filter 400 CFM
My current issue is the sheer size of this thing. Not gonna go down a hallway and pivot into a bedroom at all. If I built it in the room, I won't be able to take it out unless I take it apart. Currently going to put this in my room at my family's house. Want to try the ventilation out before I move out into my own apartment at the end of summer to make sure there is no smell. I went 64" across because of the filter and hood. I wanted the light to be centered in the cabinet. I can probably cut it down to 60" and the depth by a few inches as well. Let me know what you think. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
ScoobyDoobyDoo
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i think wheels is trying to get you to provide more info. it's kinda hard to design a room without knowing all the equipment that will be in there; the size of the plants; number of plants; electrical situation; plumbing situation; space layout; etc... if you are building from scratch like i did you still need to know a lot of stuff to get the design just right. if your design isn't going to be close to exact then there really is no point in doing it. you can use a simple 2D program like SmartDraw or one of the free ones just to give you a rough idea of what you are gonna need.
i did this on SmartDraw but i already had the program for interior design and layout.
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wheels619
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lmao. not a pro. just been doing it for a few years and have gotten pretty good at it. lol. you dont becom pro with weed becuz you will always learn something new and new techniques.
wheels619
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your drawings look legit. altho you may want to take into consideration a 400s light footprint. a 400 with a regular air cooled hood has about a 3x3 light footprint. max is 4x4 ft. once you get passed 4x4 ft your light becomes pretty worthless and your buds will become airy. also dont raise your light more than about 18 inches above your plants. i usually keep my 400s really close within 12 inches for best results. if you really want to bang for your buck get a 600 for flowering. it will increase your flowering footprint to about 4x4 easily and will give you 5x5 ft if you really need it to. but try avoiding it. also add circulation fans a box fan from walmart works pretty awesome for 10 bucks. also i would consider making it 3x5 ft instead of 2.5. once you start playing around with it you will be happy you have the space.
wheels619
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what that guy said. without all the variables i cant really do much but just try. show you how to set everything up and everything once you get down to the more intense stuff like elec and power. it becomes a hassle becus its better to be overdoing it and have a shit ton of amps not being used than have all the amps used and need more power. its a bit of a sticky situation when you dont have 100% of the info needed. but i am still dickin around none the less. lol.
Great layout scooby, besides smart draw (expensive) could you recommend other 2D software? It looks like you have quite a bit of experience with such programs!
ScoobyDoobyDoo
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sorry bud but I don't know any other ones. like I said we use these programs for my business so we already had them. try to google it and see if you can come up with any.