TentFarmer
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Hello everyone!!! Long time no post, sorry for being a stranger lately.
So its a new year, and I'm prepping to start another season. My setup last year worked beautifully. My biggest problem was the STRONG smell that surrounded the room. Ok let's be honest, it was quite noticeable outside of my house which was quite concerning since I had no external vents.
My room is in a back corner of my basement with a false wall that hides it very well. The room that it hides has no drywall or anything so air flows pretty freely to other areas of the house.
So I've stripped out the entire room and created a bubble using the heaviest tarp I could find. I've stapled it to the walls and ceiling using small cardboard squares for added strength (hold the square over the tarp and run a few staples though both). Then I duct taped every seam and square of cardboard with a few inches of overlap.
The only way in and out is through a pie slice shape created from two long zippers.
My hope is that by enclosing everything and having two good carbon filters (one in the tent in the bubble and on outside of the tent but inside the bubble), that I can reduce my smell considerably. When I started some testing and turned the lights on, the room cooked up over 95 degrees within the first 24 hours. I've since killed the lights and ordered a dual vent portable a/c. I'm told that this style should provide no air exchange from the cooled room and the intake/output hoses.
The point of this novel was to see if anyone knows of any hurdles that I will be approaching soon, or has any pointers to make my current system work better.
My a/c arrives early next week and my magic beans are due in a week or two after. I've started a few left over beans from my last grow as I am impatient. Make that proactive, a back up plan in case uncle sam has more interest in my beans than me.
Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks everyone and happy new year!!
So its a new year, and I'm prepping to start another season. My setup last year worked beautifully. My biggest problem was the STRONG smell that surrounded the room. Ok let's be honest, it was quite noticeable outside of my house which was quite concerning since I had no external vents.
My room is in a back corner of my basement with a false wall that hides it very well. The room that it hides has no drywall or anything so air flows pretty freely to other areas of the house.
So I've stripped out the entire room and created a bubble using the heaviest tarp I could find. I've stapled it to the walls and ceiling using small cardboard squares for added strength (hold the square over the tarp and run a few staples though both). Then I duct taped every seam and square of cardboard with a few inches of overlap.
The only way in and out is through a pie slice shape created from two long zippers.
My hope is that by enclosing everything and having two good carbon filters (one in the tent in the bubble and on outside of the tent but inside the bubble), that I can reduce my smell considerably. When I started some testing and turned the lights on, the room cooked up over 95 degrees within the first 24 hours. I've since killed the lights and ordered a dual vent portable a/c. I'm told that this style should provide no air exchange from the cooled room and the intake/output hoses.
The point of this novel was to see if anyone knows of any hurdles that I will be approaching soon, or has any pointers to make my current system work better.
My a/c arrives early next week and my magic beans are due in a week or two after. I've started a few left over beans from my last grow as I am impatient. Make that proactive, a back up plan in case uncle sam has more interest in my beans than me.
Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks everyone and happy new year!!