pahpah-cee
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I have an uninsulated/unfinished detached garage that I am running some tents in. I’m near the ocean so my temperature rarely falls outside of 49F-85F year round. …Everything was going great until a heat wave rolled in. My tents shot above 90F for 3 days while in week 6 of flower. I’m now battling plants shooting out nanners from the stress.
With summer on its way I need to create a insulated room. I rent and need to keep cost as low as possible. Luckily I have been collecting grow equipment so I already own:
Large dehumidifier, humidifier, 10k btu dual hose A/C with dehumidifier, 14” in-line fan w/ huge carbon scrubber, 3 16” oscillating fans, a CO2 monitor, humidity controller, 3 6” inlines, 4” inline fan, and for Lights 2-HLG v2 Rspecs 550, and one 650r spec.
Just to keep things interesting I have limited power to work with since it’s an old house. I’m currently in the process of running another 15amp line to the garage from the panel. I cannot go larger on the breaker without going passed 85% capacity on the main breaker. So I have a dedicated 15amp 120V line to work with in addition to a shared 15amp line - so I need to keep it under a 10amp load for safety on the shared line.
Garage build out-
My original plan is to build 2 walls off the northern facing corner of my garage. Since I already own a co2 controller I plan on making this a sealed room since all I’m missing is a tank and regulator. The room size is going to be 6ftx6ftx8ft-height. I was planning on sticking the two 550’s in there so they cover 6ftx4ft. the other 2 feet will house the equipment. Let me know if I should set it up differently.
I was going to frame out the two walls and add a door. I was planning on doing dry wall with foam board insulation sealed in-between the wall. As started adding up the material cost it got to around $500. Could I lower this cost?
I started toying around with the idea of just ditching the drywall and just using foam board. This lowered my cost dramatically. The 1/2” insulated foam board is only $8.
I understand this will make hanging stuff a pain. But I would just work off the studs. I don’t need the structure to last forever, as I will probably tear it down when if I move.
Thoughts on what I’m attempting?
With summer on its way I need to create a insulated room. I rent and need to keep cost as low as possible. Luckily I have been collecting grow equipment so I already own:
Large dehumidifier, humidifier, 10k btu dual hose A/C with dehumidifier, 14” in-line fan w/ huge carbon scrubber, 3 16” oscillating fans, a CO2 monitor, humidity controller, 3 6” inlines, 4” inline fan, and for Lights 2-HLG v2 Rspecs 550, and one 650r spec.
Just to keep things interesting I have limited power to work with since it’s an old house. I’m currently in the process of running another 15amp line to the garage from the panel. I cannot go larger on the breaker without going passed 85% capacity on the main breaker. So I have a dedicated 15amp 120V line to work with in addition to a shared 15amp line - so I need to keep it under a 10amp load for safety on the shared line.
Garage build out-
My original plan is to build 2 walls off the northern facing corner of my garage. Since I already own a co2 controller I plan on making this a sealed room since all I’m missing is a tank and regulator. The room size is going to be 6ftx6ftx8ft-height. I was planning on sticking the two 550’s in there so they cover 6ftx4ft. the other 2 feet will house the equipment. Let me know if I should set it up differently.
I was going to frame out the two walls and add a door. I was planning on doing dry wall with foam board insulation sealed in-between the wall. As started adding up the material cost it got to around $500. Could I lower this cost?
I started toying around with the idea of just ditching the drywall and just using foam board. This lowered my cost dramatically. The 1/2” insulated foam board is only $8.
I understand this will make hanging stuff a pain. But I would just work off the studs. I don’t need the structure to last forever, as I will probably tear it down when if I move.
Thoughts on what I’m attempting?
