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Afternoon RIU,

My basement is large, but the spot I'd like to use is 20L X 15 W. There is already half a partition frame built from the old home owner, and two windows. Unfortunately, the sump pump is over there. I should probably leave that on the outside, LOL.

My two goals are 1) Not to spend a ridiclous amount of money. I don't have that. 2) Make something that is, or at least can become (is a work is progress) an actual room. Meaning if someone comes into my basement, like the oil or propane guy, it looks like a big old storage closet. 3) My veg setup needs to be in there also.

Okay so thats it. 20 x 15, pretty big. What kind of lumber do I need for this? 2x4 is a must, but I don't know spacing or anything. I would like to use the cheapest sheeting.

Then I need electrical. About how much for wiring, recepticales, etc. It's only about a 15 ft run, call it 20 for the estimate.


I'm going to be running a 600W HPS at first. So I've got to grab a current price on a reflector, ballast, hanger, etc.

Reccomendations on sizes of exhaust and intake are appreciated. It will be a large room without much going on, but I'm sure I will need something.

I have a 12,000 BTU portable air conditioner that can cirrculate air and cool. It dehumidfies (but spits out room temp air instead of hot, it exhausts that) and it heats at 11,000 BTU as well.

I have some other randoms too, fans, buckets, a full CFL setup for veg.


Help for this rookie is greatly appreciated. I'm trying to come up with a parts list, other than 600W hps, intake/exhaust. Plus some sort of number, including building the actual room. My wife has me on a strict budget!!

Thank you all,

Bud


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Why not just build the framing for regular walls, nail up some cheap paneling painted white on the inside, then hang all sorts of dirty outdoorsy type tools on the outside so people don't want to go by it. Anything inside can then be pretty much safe, but if you have a pre-installed dryer vent, I'd probably exhaust through that.

Start with a house fan and dangling bulb on a timer over a couple buckets of dirt. Its cheap and effective and you can upgrade as you go

Looks like that basement has a water problem or had.

Orithil said:

Why not just build the framing for regular walls, nail up some cheap paneling painted white on the inside, then hang all sorts of dirty outdoorsy type tools on the outside so people don't want to go by it. Anything inside can then be pretty much safe, but if you have a pre-installed dryer vent, I'd probably exhaust through that.

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Essentially that's what I'd like to do. However I do not know the average cost of doing that. I can multiply X amount of 2 by 4's by their price. Same with sheets of wood. But I don't know what kind of wood I should use and if regular $2.50 2x4's are right. As far as sheets Home Depot has like particle board and $35 cabinet grade. Not sure if I need to go to a lumber yard?

Few people will go down there. But if anyone does, a service man, or a family member - I'd like it to seem like a huge storage closet. My basement is rather large so partitioning some of it wouldn't seem odd - that frame you see is actually from an old partition... I just removed all the nasty.

hoagtech said:

Start with a house fan and dangling bulb on a timer over a couple buckets of dirt. Its cheap and effective and you can upgrade as you go

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I'm already doing that. I may or may not have mentioned above that I already have a closet grow going on. (And an attic veg ) Not having the plants enclosed though would render my basement unuseable for half a day every day. (Laundry, etc.)

ohmy said:

Looks like that basement has a water problem or had.

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More so moisture than water, definently both though. No water ever for me personally the water seeps through the cinder a bit, and up through the sump and flows right out the drain, down a hill and gone. There was a shitload of pressure on the foundation though before they added the pump tp the drain system. There was a 40x30 oak floor down there that had 65 years of nasty sucked into it though, that's where all the dank came from. I'm much closer to finishing down there than when I started. Over 1 ton of wood and 60 pounds of mud LOL.



Okay back to business. How much is this going to cost me and what the heck am I going to need for this room? I need a shopping list.