Building an underground grow room

Is this a bad idea?

  • yes

    Votes: 11 27.5%

  • no

    Votes: 29 72.5%
  • Total voters
    40
  • Poll closed .
Jerik22

Jerik22

Member
any way i have taken all of what you are all saying into consideration i think i will be growing outdoors then D=
 
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redivider

Well-Known Member
you could build yourself a grow house shed. it would be a shed, with all the shed-like qualities.... but with two small grow cabinets inside...
 
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Bauer

Active Member
Can't you tell the missus the Attic has ghosts so she's to scared to go up there - then set it up in the attic?

It'd be fun rigging up some sound effects etc...
 
SanibelGreen

SanibelGreen

Active Member
I saw something awhile back, this guy had a old bus on property. He dug out the land with a tractor then buried it leaving only the top (emergency exit on top of the bus) showing which was in the middle of a bush or something that he had put on top of it, sealed everything in the bus prior to it and ran it on solar i believe, looked crazy. Jus a idea/story, throwing it out there.

SG
 
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mrmadcow

Well-Known Member
Jerik22 said:
...I cannot grow in the house since my significant other does not like it :wall: .
But I have always wanted to do it I have searched the forum all over and have not found
any threads on digging and making an underground grow opp.
Thanks
Sean
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and you think you can dig an underground bunker w/out her finding out about it?
build a garage or workshop and put a growroom under or in the attic
 
mr.smileyface

mr.smileyface

Well-Known Member
Do you know how to run a 6 gauge power cord into a breaker? Go to your panel and look for a 50 or 60 amp breaker. A 60 amp is good for 8 lights. At the other end of the power cord would be a 220 or a 240 female plug or a plug box. You then get a timer board that can support 8 lights a 30 or 40 amp board with a timer relay. plug in and your set. The more cord you have the more electricy is being used. You think it gives off heat for nothing?
 
Mcgician

Mcgician

Well-Known Member
Sounds like an epic idea to me, and you'd be set up for life. You'd find leaving a property like that would be very, very hard to do once you finished. You sure you want to live there indefinitely?
 
Jerik22

Jerik22

Member
well i am growing outdoors this year but i will still be doing this project but it will take a bit once i start production on it i promise to start a new thread and post pictures during its production
 
dew-b

dew-b

Well-Known Member
Jerik22 said:
Hey every one i have recently moved to the country and after much debate with my friends,
I have decided to make a "hidden" room underground somewhere on my property (over 400 acres)
since i really don't want to try to grow out side ( i see deer all over the place).
I cannot grow in the house since my significant other does not like it :wall: .
But I have always wanted to do it I have searched the forum all over and have not found
any threads on digging and making an underground grow opp.



So I have 3 Questions I have searched for on the forum but I cannot find any Topics on it

I have made a basement before so this will not be a problem but I am worried about the roof
any suggestions to make a roof I can cover with dirt and it will not rot?

I have no electrical experience how will I grab a full power line from one of my buildings and
get it to my “hole” (I don’t want an electrician to do it)

And lastly

How deep should the roof be underground so there is little or no heat signature from the ground?


So I have
- Tractor with a back hoe
- 1000 LB Cement mixer
- Lots of cement
- Rebar
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Any help would be awesome

Thanks
Sean
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to stop rot try fiberglass panels over plywood. give it a slight pitch for water runoff. run a extnetion cord in a pvc pipe for power. if any one asks your running pipe for rain drange
 
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justjr27

Well-Known Member
i work in the construction field. I would dig the hole a little bigger than what you what then pour a concerte footing build up the walls with block then pour the roof with rebar (slab) before you pour your roof insert one of big alumnuim drainpipes so you can get in and out of the room thats how i would build it and would probaly run you like 10,000 in materials
 
bball

bball

Member
I would suggest buying a till metal container that they use for storage, then get a digger and put in the ground.
 
meetzu

meetzu

Well-Known Member
saw a documentary the other day, huge bust.. these guys had train cars and school busses buried underground they were growing in, crazy shit.
 
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