stillmorebounce
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What's up everyone,
I've decided to take the leap and go from growing in a pc stealth box to making a full functioning grow cabinet.
I'm currently living in my parents house and we have a bunch of storage cabinets in the garage. I want to turn just one of these cabinets into a super stealthy grow cabinet, and I need a LOT of help!
I've provided pictures of the current emptied out cabinet as it is right now.
Cabinet's Dimensions:
Height - 71" (almost 6 ft)
Width - 48" (4 ft)
Depth - 20.5" (roughly 2ft)
First and foremost, I need advice on the layout of the inside of the cabinet. As you can see from the picture, the cabinet is compartmentalized, with two bottom sections and one long top section. Should I just get rid of the compartments all together, or should I keep them and have a separate chamber for vegging and one for flowering, but then I wouldn't know what to do with that top section besides keeping supplies and stuff. If I decide to keep the separate compartments then each compartment would be about 4ft high and 2ft wide. My ultimate goal is to have this cabinet grow at least 5 plants at a time. Is this suitable with this compartmentalized cabinet?
Also, the back of the this cabinet is just a very thin piece of cardboard, I am guessing that I would need to get rid of that and put a thicker wood board on the backside of this cabinet?
I am also planning to make this cabinet mobile by putting 4 wheels on the bottom board of this cabinet.
Then I need help with proper lighting. What types of light would be best for this setup and where would I place these lights?
Then on to the ventilation. WHat kinds of fans (intakes and exhaust) and where would I place them? Where to cut the holes in the cabinet for proper placing of fans and exhaust?
Then on to the reflectivity issue. I was thinking of wrapping mylar all over the inside of the cabinet.
What about lightproofing and sound proofing. As I mentioned earlier, I'm living with my rents and I don't want them to have the slightest idea that one of their cabinets has been transformed into a grow cabinet. So, I need advice on how to make this unit light proof and also sound proof.
I need some expert advice asap. Thanks.
I've decided to take the leap and go from growing in a pc stealth box to making a full functioning grow cabinet.
I'm currently living in my parents house and we have a bunch of storage cabinets in the garage. I want to turn just one of these cabinets into a super stealthy grow cabinet, and I need a LOT of help!
I've provided pictures of the current emptied out cabinet as it is right now.
Cabinet's Dimensions:
Height - 71" (almost 6 ft)
Width - 48" (4 ft)
Depth - 20.5" (roughly 2ft)
First and foremost, I need advice on the layout of the inside of the cabinet. As you can see from the picture, the cabinet is compartmentalized, with two bottom sections and one long top section. Should I just get rid of the compartments all together, or should I keep them and have a separate chamber for vegging and one for flowering, but then I wouldn't know what to do with that top section besides keeping supplies and stuff. If I decide to keep the separate compartments then each compartment would be about 4ft high and 2ft wide. My ultimate goal is to have this cabinet grow at least 5 plants at a time. Is this suitable with this compartmentalized cabinet?
Also, the back of the this cabinet is just a very thin piece of cardboard, I am guessing that I would need to get rid of that and put a thicker wood board on the backside of this cabinet?
I am also planning to make this cabinet mobile by putting 4 wheels on the bottom board of this cabinet.
Then I need help with proper lighting. What types of light would be best for this setup and where would I place these lights?
Then on to the ventilation. WHat kinds of fans (intakes and exhaust) and where would I place them? Where to cut the holes in the cabinet for proper placing of fans and exhaust?
Then on to the reflectivity issue. I was thinking of wrapping mylar all over the inside of the cabinet.
What about lightproofing and sound proofing. As I mentioned earlier, I'm living with my rents and I don't want them to have the slightest idea that one of their cabinets has been transformed into a grow cabinet. So, I need advice on how to make this unit light proof and also sound proof.
I need some expert advice asap. Thanks.
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