HydroDawg421
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The lot my house was built on has a gentle slope from front to back. In the left rear corner under the house there is significant dead space that I have easy access to that will require very little digging or excavating to prep for an 8x12 room with 10' ceilings. I'm going to split this 'box' in half with a wall and a pocket door and have 2 rooms, 1 for veg & 1 for flower I have a very close friend who is a master carpenter and we begin the build on Monday. I'll be looking for illegals at The Depot Monday morning to do the digging.
It's a new home so access to water, power, etc. is no problem. I do however want to pull several new power outlets and isolate on a different breaker. I have a hot water heater close by that has its own breaker box, can I use this to break out a couple of runs to my room? any electricians have some advice for me with regards to pulling electrical and how to isolate and prevent breakers from being tripped? Gauge wire, breaker size, amps, volts, watts, etc . . . (can you tell I'm an IT Geek?)
I'm going to insulate all the walls & floor and it will be built SOLID! I can intake fresh cool air from under the house to cool the 1000w lights and then exhaust outside. I can also pull cool air in to the room itself. During the summer the temp usually stays 60 degrees or so under the house and there isn't any water, mold, mildew, etc. (gotta love a new house!) In the winter I can use the heat that the lights, etc generate to heat the room. We have mild winters down south so this shouldn't be a problem. And I'm insulating just to be safe.
I already have everything up & running with seedlings in the spare bedroom but feel a LOT better knowing this will be secure & hidden underneath the house. We are going to attempt to make a trap door of some sorts from the master bedroom closet to the crawl space (not really a crawl space) below. From there I can stand (I'm 6'-3" tall) and walk the 25 feet to the room. Of course I will have the normal access anyone would underneath their homes via a door on the backside of the house opposite side of the house from the grow room and not visible from the street/neighbors. This will also double as a storm/tornado shelter too! and I got a wireless driveway alarm to ensure no one sneaks up on me. My Dad has one that works GREAT so I bought the identical model. Although I'm sure I ordered mine for a totally different reason than he did.
I would really appreciate any/all feedback or advice on what you would put in your secret room or how it would be configured.
I have a budget of $3k for this build.
It's a new home so access to water, power, etc. is no problem. I do however want to pull several new power outlets and isolate on a different breaker. I have a hot water heater close by that has its own breaker box, can I use this to break out a couple of runs to my room? any electricians have some advice for me with regards to pulling electrical and how to isolate and prevent breakers from being tripped? Gauge wire, breaker size, amps, volts, watts, etc . . . (can you tell I'm an IT Geek?)
I'm going to insulate all the walls & floor and it will be built SOLID! I can intake fresh cool air from under the house to cool the 1000w lights and then exhaust outside. I can also pull cool air in to the room itself. During the summer the temp usually stays 60 degrees or so under the house and there isn't any water, mold, mildew, etc. (gotta love a new house!) In the winter I can use the heat that the lights, etc generate to heat the room. We have mild winters down south so this shouldn't be a problem. And I'm insulating just to be safe.
I already have everything up & running with seedlings in the spare bedroom but feel a LOT better knowing this will be secure & hidden underneath the house. We are going to attempt to make a trap door of some sorts from the master bedroom closet to the crawl space (not really a crawl space) below. From there I can stand (I'm 6'-3" tall) and walk the 25 feet to the room. Of course I will have the normal access anyone would underneath their homes via a door on the backside of the house opposite side of the house from the grow room and not visible from the street/neighbors. This will also double as a storm/tornado shelter too! and I got a wireless driveway alarm to ensure no one sneaks up on me. My Dad has one that works GREAT so I bought the identical model. Although I'm sure I ordered mine for a totally different reason than he did.
I would really appreciate any/all feedback or advice on what you would put in your secret room or how it would be configured.
I have a budget of $3k for this build.
Glad things are coming together for you let us know when you have a journal or thread going with your setup when your done i wanna front row seat
