Just finished sealing up the garage. (Pics)

jayjay777

jayjay777

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Hope it's going well. You should start your girls for next run very soon here. Even in a perfect environment these will take atleaet 8 weeks before you flip which is middle of September, but longer is better, I just started mine for grow after next, they'll be vegging for about 14 weeks. Just depends on your strain. I also suggest sealing garage with plastic and do scrog nets... Again don't under veg them cause your in a hurry to see bud, those extra few weeks will hurt your #s.
 
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PotHead3

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hi to the op of this. Im curious why you vent to the attic if you use ac? i would just vent to the attic if your ousides temps are accpeptable. or completely seal the room and use ac. I dont see why you would vent and use ac at the same time. sealed room need ac and co2. using a filter to vent to the attic you would also need a vent for fresh air to come in at the same time making your ac run harder but if you vent and keep your ac at 85 and outside is like 80 degrees your ac wont even turn on probably.
 
HydroNito305

HydroNito305

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PotHead3 said:
hi to the op of this. Im curious why you vent to the attic if you use ac? i would just vent to the attic if your ousides temps are accpeptable. or completely seal the room and use ac. I dont see why you would vent and use ac at the same time. sealed room need ac and co2. using a filter to vent to the attic you would also need a vent for fresh air to come in at the same time making your ac run harder but if you vent and keep your ac at 85 and outside is like 80 degrees your ac wont even turn on probably.
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Carbon Filter : Can Fan : Duct : Attic = Negative Pressure

Without negative pressure the smell will get out "point blank".
 
jayjay777

jayjay777

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I've been growing a while n will tell you that's not the best way at all. and believe me I've tried it all. ona, ozone gen blah blah....

In your case your burner and AC will be on a lot more if not constantly. Your paying to cool your neighborhood imo. And a carbon filter doesn't do a 100% of the job in late flower. So your fighting yourself a lot here.

The only way to keep out the smell is to use plastic sheeting and adhesive. run scrubbers inside room and then use the negative pressure trick on the adjacent room/hallway. That is the only way to have a larger grow in a house that you live in and not smell it. Also your furnace is your enemy! Trust me on all this.

My basement is split up 1/2 flower, 1/4 veg and 1/4 laundry room/utility room. And this was the only way to keep smell out of the living space. My laundry room has staircase, furnace, washer, dryer, water heater, so I put the filter and fan on my dryer vent and the negative pressure did the job.

But your in a garage so it may be a little different, however that's still the best way man. But you'll see for yourself when your wife's bitching about the smell lol just pm me haha
 
HydroNito305

HydroNito305

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jayjay777 said:
I've been growing a while n will tell you that's not the best way at all. and believe me I've tried it all. ona, ozone gen blah blah....

In your case your burner and AC will be on a lot more if not constantly. Your paying to cool your neighborhood imo. And a carbon filter doesn't do a 100% of the job in late flower. So your fighting yourself a lot here.

The only way to keep out the smell is to use plastic sheeting and adhesive. run scrubbers inside room and then use the negative pressure trick on the adjacent room/hallway. That is the only way to have a larger grow in a house that you live in and not smell it. Also your furnace is your enemy! Trust me on all this.

My basement is split up 1/2 flower, 1/4 veg and 1/4 laundry room/utility room. And this was the only way to keep smell out of the living space. My laundry room has staircase, furnace, washer, dryer, water heater, so I put the filter and fan on my dryer vent and the negative pressure did the job.

But your in a garage so it may be a little different, however that's still the best way man. But you'll see for yourself when your wife's bitching about the smell lol just pm me haha
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It's how we've always done it thus far, and unless we're in the grow area with the plants, we don't smell even the slightest bit of odor. Only problem I did have once was a faulty carbon filter that was blowing all the stink outside, which was quickly replaced. So I can only speak from my own personal experiences, but this negative pressure method hasn't failed me yet, and other than the carbon filter making the vacuum, I also have another two 10 inch by 49 inch carbon filters scrubbing the room. I also have an ozone generator in the attic portion that's directly over the front porch of the house for those meddling kids that like leaving pamphlets on the front door knob so much. I also may not have used plastic sheeting and adhesive, but I sure have used caulking and silicone by the caseload in order to seal up every single hole, crack, and crevice in that garage, and I know for a fact that I can proudly state that this garage is 99.9999999% airtight, and sealed NASA style.
 
HydroNito305

HydroNito305

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jayjay777 said:
I've been growing a while n will tell you that's not the best way at all. and believe me I've tried it all. ona, ozone gen blah blah....

In your case your burner and AC will be on a lot more if not constantly. Your paying to cool your neighborhood imo. And a carbon filter doesn't do a 100% of the job in late flower. So your fighting yourself a lot here.

The only way to keep out the smell is to use plastic sheeting and adhesive. run scrubbers inside room and then use the negative pressure trick on the adjacent room/hallway. That is the only way to have a larger grow in a house that you live in and not smell it. Also your furnace is your enemy! Trust me on all this.

My basement is split up 1/2 flower, 1/4 veg and 1/4 laundry room/utility room. And this was the only way to keep smell out of the living space. My laundry room has staircase, furnace, washer, dryer, water heater, so I put the filter and fan on my dryer vent and the negative pressure did the job.

But your in a garage so it may be a little different, however that's still the best way man. But you'll see for yourself when your wife's bitching about the smell lol just pm me haha
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Is the furnace to your house also connected to your basement? If it is then that may be the problem. In my house the furnace has nothing to do with the garage, if it wasn't for the shared attic space then my garage would be completely detached from the house.
 
Bubblegum31

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HydroNito305 said:
Is the furnace to your house also connected to your basement? If it is then that may be the problem. In my house the furnace has nothing to do with the garage, if it wasn't for the shared attic space then my garage would be completely detached from the house.
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