Grow Room Renovations

Tyrannabudz

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Hello everyone and welcome to Grow Room Renovations. I recently enlarged the size of my flowering room and built an all new much larger veg room to accomadate the growing demand for high quality medicine.

Originally my flowering room was 6'6"x 5'6" with a ceiling height of 7'9". The veg room was 7'6"x 3'5"x 7'9".

The veg room was constructed like a hallway, it was deep and narrow. It was sufficient enough to grow small veg plants to a height of about two feet in 3 gal containers. I could squeeze about 15 3 gal pots in the small area but the light would not get good penetration through the dense foliage because of the tight spacing. So it was decided that a larger veg room was necessary to help the plants thrive by giving them the space they require.

The flower room was a good size. I could easily put those 15 vegging plants to flower in there without any space issues.
The problem that arose was access to the plants at the back of the room. I grow in soil and water each plant individually so getting in there to water the back plants was a chore. I would have to take the first couple rows of plants out of the room completely just to allow access. A change in this room was also in order.

The rooms were originally constructed right next to eachother. Utilizing 2x4's for wall construction and plastic sheeting for room separation. There was a single 2x4 framed wall dividing the two rooms. The plan was to remove this wall which would in turn make the two rooms one big room, which would become the new flowering room. An all new room for veg and clones would be constructed next to it. The measure ments for each area are now,
Veg room: 6'6"x 7'8"x7'9"
Flowering room: 6'x 10'x7'9"

I considered purchasing a new light to add to to the 600w Adjust a wing reflected light I have now, but due to budget constraints I opted for a light mover instead. A Gualala Robotics light rail 3 with 6 rpm motor and 6' rail fit the bill nicely.

For the veg room I utilized my existing 400w Sun System Super Sun reflector which will be more than sufficient for my new veg room. For clones I constructed a bench out of 2x4's and 1/2"mdf. With an upper shelf in which my four t-5 lights would hang from to illuminate my clones.

Below are some before, during, and after pics to show the process that was used in this renovation.
 

Tyrannabudz

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The first pic is my original space after initial construction. the wall that can be seen through the doorway on the left is the wall that will be removed to combine the two rooms enlarging the flower room. The second is another pic of my original cloning area.

2x4's were screwed to the ceiling and fastened to the floor. For the floor I used PL400 construction adhesive and 2 1/2" ramset concrete anchors. After establishing the placement of the floor board I used a plumbob to mark the placement of the upper board, to ensure the walls were perfectly lined up with each other.:bigjoint:
 

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Tyrannabudz

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Then 2x4's were installed vertically on 2' centers to construct the wall itself. 2 mil black olastic sheeting was attached to the outside of the wall and a zipper door was installed. I fasten the plastic using a t50 type staple gun with cardboard washers to ensure the plastic don't tear away from the staples. Then i covered the staples with black duct tape.
 

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Tyrannabudz

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The veg room was lined with black & white poly and mylar. Again using the staples and cardboard washers this time using silver plastic flex vent tape to cover the staples. Duct tape is manufactured using fabric that can collect mold so it is not wise to use on the interior of the grow room. Especially in the veg room where humidity levels can reach upwards of 80%. The new clone area as you can see is much larger as well.:bigjoint:
 

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Tyrannabudz

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The flower room was buttoned up and the light mover was installed. i constructed my own light stabilizer using 1/2" metal shelf wall brackets, 1/4" allthread, 1/4"-20 screws, 1/4"-20 wing nuts for adjustability and small 1/4" washers. I am a diy kinda guy.
 

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Tyrannabudz

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The center outlet and the 400w ballast were moved over to ensure the ballast to reflector cable would be sufficient. Another outlet was also added to the inside of the veg room to accomadate an exhaust fan for the light or other necessities. The last pic shows two outlets that were serving the original flower room. The one on the left was moved to the other side of the wall to be used in the new veg room for the clone area. The one on the right was moved to the ceilng of the flower room to energize the light mover and carbon scrubber fan.:bigjoint:
 

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Tyrannabudz

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There are still a few things that need to be done. I would like to replace the co2 bottle setup for a natural gas co2 burner, then utilize the bottle setup in the veg room and fabricate a manifold out of 3/8" ridgid copper to encircle the veg room and have it rain co2. But that is a little down the road. Here are a few pics of the plants I just harvested. Barney's Farm Blue Cheese, LSD. There is also some Kali mist, Bubble Jack & Moby Dick.

Thanks for checking out the first installment of Grow Room Renovations and for all the props.
 

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Tyrannabudz

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whats your typical yield off of the 600? if you dont mind me asking.
I was only vegging the plants to about two feet so in the three gallon containers I was getting about an ounce per plant. only giving them light to medium nutrient levels on a feed, water, water schedule.

This was also a reason for the renovation. I want to veg my plants a little longer so they would get larger to support larger colas. I also am now going to be transplanting my rooted clones from 5" containers straight to seven gal. containers to grow a massive root structure, thick stem and dense foliage canopy before flowering. :bigjoint:
 

1stworks

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The center outlet and the 400w ballast were moved over to ensure the ballast to reflector cable would be sufficient. Another outlet was also added to the inside of the veg room to accomadate an exhaust fan for the light or other necessities. The last pic shows two outlets that were serving the original flower room. The one on the left was moved to the other side of the wall to be used in the new veg room for the clone area. The one on the right was moved to the ceilng of the flower room to energize the light mover and carbon scrubber fan.:bigjoint:

cool
thanks for sharing
 

dwiajwalb

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nice setup going there, one thing, in one of the pics you have the food on a shelf in the grow room. HOT UP THERE!!!
keeps nuts outside the room.
 
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