mikeykrinshaw12
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You could put a Y in and attach it to your dryer vent- I still recommend- Not going through the concrete.... cant say that enough man. Just trying to help You.
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So ur saying run ducting through door across my dryers and laundry room to vent ? Lmao
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mikeykrinshaw12
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fuck yeah that is what I am saying, hang it from the ceiling in there and put a Y in right where it connects to the pipe. Leave 3-4 extra feet of slack so you can open the door and, cut your hole at the very top of the door.
Edit- you can turn your door upside down and mount it from the other side if you need to- kinda funky knob placement but would probably make it a lot more feasable.
Hey bro its Your setup.... doin my best.... got my own ducting situation to figure out at the moment.
Edit- you can turn your door upside down and mount it from the other side if you need to- kinda funky knob placement but would probably make it a lot more feasable.
Hey bro its Your setup.... doin my best.... got my own ducting situation to figure out at the moment.
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mikeykrinshaw12
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Whats the temps AT and Just above the plant level, thats whats most important. well below too, but thats another thing all together....
Look.... here does this help?
What size vent is your dryer vent?
Look.... here does this help?
What size vent is your dryer vent?
mikeykrinshaw12
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after traveling that distance and with that many turns, the air should be moving a bit slower by the time it goes out the dryer vent.
The top hole u made is concrete.. Nice pic tho..
Dryer is 4" and literally be 2-3 ft of ducting in the room and 4-5 to dryer ?
Also wouldn't be that many turns..unless I ran it along the wall or something.. U sure it won't whistle my dryer like cray lol
mikeykrinshaw12
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I am about to vent into a dryer vent, different situation altogether though. Its really all you have to work with, how far up does the ducting go before it vents? You could replace the ducting and the vent so it is larger if need be, and that is still much better than a hole in your concrete wall there.
If you just vent strait into your laundry room.... the hot air is just going to go right back into your grow room through the intake hole, hence my suggestion of AC. I understand you dont want to spend money- I didn't want to spend money on the ducting and fittings I just got either- $100 AC unit..... or venting through dryer.
And no, I didnt mean to put it like that in the picture, just baked and messed up and didn't care to fix it- you get the idea from the pic.
Lol so right now its winter I have a heater in the room set to 76 for lights out..it probably runs the whole time lights r out cause it sits at 72 and fan runs 24/7.
So your saying put a ac in there as well? Wouldn't this run 24.7 pretty much aswell? That's gotta suck a lot of hydro no?
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Could I exhaust straight into laundry room if I had this inside the grow room? Do these need to be hooked up to ducting?
Could I exhaust straight into laundry room if I had this inside the grow room? Do these need to be hooked up to ducting?
JSB99
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I was actually going to suggest doing this, especially running 1000w bulbs and one of them in an open hood. It will also serve as a dehumidifier which is going to be essential because cellars are notorious for humidity. Humidity is good for veg but horrible for flowering. You'll have all sorts of problems then. If you do this, go oversized on the AC. I'm sure someone in here can calculate the BTU's needed. Best guess, 8,000 to 10,000 BTUs, but that's just a guess.
So I mentioned that the ac would remove humidity. You'll want to get a humidifier for vegging. Just go to good will and get one for a few bucks. With the ac pulling out the humidity you will have to put a drain on it otherwise it'll just pour water on your floor. When mounting the ac, make sure you tilt it back a little so the water drains at the rear. It might be a little tricky doing the drain piping since the ac will be moving with the door. You may be able to use flexible tubing and just leave some slack for when the door is closed. Mount the ac as high as you can.
Right now is a great time to get used ACs on craigslist.
I really think this is the best approach. However, you're going to have to skip growing in the summer. That ac will be blowing hot air out the back right into a house you'll probably be trying to keep cool.
mikeykrinshaw12
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those are load bearing walls, there is no way I would recommend cutting a hole, especially in the corner of the room.
yes thats a nice AC, maybe a bit more than you need but would work great, and the are temp set, so you can set it to whatever temp you want and it will prolly come on a couple times an hour.
yes thats a nice AC, maybe a bit more than you need but would work great, and the are temp set, so you can set it to whatever temp you want and it will prolly come on a couple times an hour.