DIY GrowTent !!! PVC from HD

TE="PurpleBuz, post: 10743856, member: 509780"]Its already sagging ....what are you gonna do when the PVC gets all brittle from your kick ass lights ? white PVC is not UV resistant.[/QUOTE]
the sagging was fixed . & as far as poisoning my plants goes I highly doubt it considering I grew the best batch of GWS & SLH Ive ever seen Grown in the same thing so ill be sure to keep this updated so you can see how healthy my autos are . .& the only reason for the tent is to have a separate area for autos

but thanks to those of you that have acted like Dinks clearly your medicine isn't working

[QUOTEapsProvolone, post: 10743798, member: 752127"]If you want to improve your idea, use 1/2" galvanized pipe, corner fittings and flanges for feet.[/QUOTE]
Thats Probably stupid expensive im guessing right??? Im on a budget currently otherwise id have plenty of $$$ to burn & I dropped $700 on seeds recently

Gotta ask.. is there any cost or advantage to making a tent structure from PVC?... Im kinda a wood guy myself.

for a guy who says this

137 actually ! 137 = 3 points shy of Genius , hence the reason I finished school by 16 & had 2 college degrees by 19

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Then goes on to say they are on a budget - all I can say is: High IQ does not make you rich.

FrozenChozen said:

did this for a client once... after stitching together the curtains with zippers WE spent about 8 hours and $100 then had to add light proof venting and Velcro...

I wish I would have had amazon prime 4 years ago...
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Good Luck! Have Fun with it!
and please don't make a DIY thread until you ACTUALLY start and finish something and have it dialed down!

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how much extra do you think you'd have to spend in lights and filters for that ? Just curious....seems like a good deal for a tent that size.

I wouldn't mind something like that...I'd worry what to tell people what it is in my cellar....Guess I could put stuff in front of it like chairs, water skis, etc, etc etc.... I guess I could always brush it off as a clothes tent for something...

I personally love DIY projects, but I feel a tent of that size would be far more convenient to buy whole (I have two of them).

I'm curious...

- what are you going to use as cross members to hold the lights at the top?
- that PVC won't hold an air filter and fan (possibly not even just the light), so where will they be housed? Taking up floor space?
- what are you using to close it in... mylar?
- are you going to cut all your own duct sleeves and passive intakes?
- are you going to stitch the corners or use tape?
- how are you going to ensure no light penetration?

I'm not trying to be condescending... I'm genuinely curious.

-spek

SpaaaceCowboy said:

how much extra do you think you'd have to spend in lights and filters for that ? Just curious....seems like a good deal for a tent that size.

I wouldn't mind something like that...I'd worry what to tell people what it is in my cellar....Guess I could put stuff in front of it like chairs, water skis, etc, etc etc.... I guess I could always brush it off as a clothes tent for something...

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bought Two 600 watt setups with cool tubes ( $300), a 6 inch fan (450 fcm $130), and a green gator filter ($150 while it was on sale)


@northeastbreedersgroup
Can we get an update?
how much money have you spent? How much time have you spent? Still think its easier and cheaper to do it yourself? While you're still fooling around trying to figure this shit out, I bought ANOTHER amazon tent (4'x2' $74.39) and set it up in about 5-10 minutes, built and dialed in 2 dwc buckets and helped a friend harvest about 25 6 foot monsters....

FrozenChozen said:

bought Two 600 watt setups with cool tubes ( $300), a 6 inch fan (450 fcm $130), and a green gator filter ($150 while it was on sale)


@northeastbreedersgroup
Can we get an update?
how much money have you spent? How much time have you spent? Still think its easier and cheaper to do it yourself? While you're still fooling around trying to figure this shit out, I bought ANOTHER amazon tent (4'x2' $74.39) and set it up in about 5-10 minutes, built and dialed in 2 dwc buckets and helped a friend harvest about 25 6 foot monsters....

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thanks for that info...

How stealth is that 450 cfm ? Can you hear it at all ?

I paid $70 for my tent & got a 12 in. Filter for free and paid 130 fir a full 1000w hps system digital mind you and its holding together quite nicely

So $200 cause I had two inline fans laying around

Its relatively low cost and its not hard to setup so doing it myself has had its benefits like not waiting for shit In the mail