No Nails or Screws?? - Support "Grid"

[upitroll]

[FONT=&quot]Hey guys, my undying love for the greenz will soon be materialized, but until then I need your sage wisdom on how to make the growing facilities into reality.

Right to it shall we?[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Issue:[/FONT] [FONT=&quot] It's a rental, drilling is out of the question; so no nails or screws in the walls or ceiling.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]This of course means that I'll have to make a support system to hold up the two 600w cooltubed lights, carbon filter, exhaust blower(may be better to put on a crate for sturdiness) and of course the ductwork.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I was thinking of making it myself with wood I found at a construction site but I was told that was a bad idea because of the risk of disease transference (which I don't get). This means I'll have to work with some kind of metal to make the "support grid" and in turn requires outsourcing by sending the correct measurements to a "blacksmith" (a lot of quotes around wildly incorrect terms I know hah).[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I was thinking of making it very simple, but I have no idea if it's safe or feasible.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]The red lines indicate where I'd hang the lights and other stuff.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Here's another rendering of the whole idea.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Paint is my bitch... [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Any ideas on how I can structure it to make it more reliable and/or comfortable to hang stuff on it?

Also the part about what material to make it from and how to assemble it (also the part about using wood).[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] Ask if something is unclear, you guys are the bomb.[/FONT]

 

[Auzzie07]

I'd say you'd be better off just buying some spackling and paint and then just repaint whatever you fuck up. Just my .02 though.

The only reason I say that is because, as we all know, equipment is expensive and I would hate to see a cooltube reflector fall and bust.

 

[Dirty Harry]

Take your wood outside and spray it down good with bleach water real good and let it dry. Bring it inside and using a towel soaked in bleach water wipe it down good and let it dry. That should kill any disease and external little buggers. It won't kill termites so don't use wood with a lot of bug holes.
Screws are better than nails. Vibration and weight can work nails loose while screws dig in and stay tight.

 

[lopezri]

Instead of using wood, use PVC piping. It's cost effective and you can use 90 degree angles, etc to put it all together. If you want it to be something a bit more permanent use PVC glue to put them all together, otherwise, just make sure they have a tight fit.

 

[xebeche]

Why not just use PVC pipe? I've made support racks for lights and other moderately heavy items in the past. It's surprisingly strong, relatively cheap and pretty easy to work with. Besides that, it would be easy to take apart and set back up if/when you move (as long as you don't cement ALL of the joint connections), AND it's white already, so no need to paint it (unless you want a different color).

You could easily make a rack like the one pictured (not EXACTLY, since they don't make "corner" PVC connectors like the corners in your drawing...but a few well-placed T joints can serve the same purpose) out of 3/4" (or 1") diam PVC that would hold up all of the equipment in your schematic.

Good luck.

 

[upitroll]

Why not just use PVC pipe? I've made support racks for lights and other moderately heavy items in the past. It's surprisingly strong, relatively cheap and pretty easy to work with. Besides that, it would be easy to take apart and set back up if/when you move (as long as you don't cement ALL of the joint connections), AND it's white already, so no need to paint it (unless you want a different color).

You could easily make a rack like the one pictured (not EXACTLY, since they don't make "corner" PVC connectors like the corners in your drawing...but a few well-placed T joints can serve the same purpose) out of 3/4" (or 1") diam PVC that would hold up all of the equipment in your schematic.

Good luck.

Thanks, that's exactly what I'll do.

All of the replies were really helpful in my decision, one less loose screw in my head.

Again, much appreciated.

 

[dragun]

you can set up a 4 x 8 or a 3 x 6 tent in half an hour.the whole tent planted and ready to go in 1/2 a day.wish i used tents two years ago.

they where charging only a few bucks more for the lumitec dial a watt,600,750,1000 or 1100.use the 600 setting for now if your limited to a 15 amp outlet.cause your gonna want to upgrade in the future.

 

[upitroll]

you can set up a 4 x 8 or a 3 x 6 tent in half an hour.the whole tent planted and ready to go in 1/2 a day.wish i used tents two years ago.

they where charging only a few bucks more for the lumitec dial a watt,600,750,1000 or 1100.use the 600 setting for now if your limited to a 15 amp outlet.cause your gonna want to upgrade in the future.

Hey man, thanks for chiming in.

What's the benefit of building a tent? Would you use pandafilm/plast for the walls and could you make it out of pvc pipes and fittings?