So there I was about to start doing the outside shed for my bloom room and I am looking at the walls thinking I am gonna need to dampcourse and seal and then line the walls and it will still prolly be damp and danky as fuck..

So I come inside and the missus can see I am a bit disheartened and low because of how damp and shitty it is out there and how cold its gonna also be in the winter and that its gonna have bugs, lots of bugs..

she is defiant that she does not want the weed blooming in the house rooms because of the kids and just all the equip (water and elecy + kids = )

she says "I dont mind them veging in the spare room" So me trying to wangle my way into growing in the spare room I say to her "I am gonna tidy up all your crap and all the old bags of baby clothes, toys, teddy bears"

while I am tidying up I think where the fuck am I gonna put all this shit - two mins later the missus comes and says "why not put that in the loft" I am like oohhhh yeeaa, totally oblivious that we even had one of those fuckers.. So there I was torch in hand and teetering on the end of some pos makeshift ladders.. I go up and too my surprise the loft is fucking huge, so I take a pic and go downstairs to show her bacause she aint going up there.. I was so exited to show her the pic.. It was as if I had just discovered atlantis.. she was laughing her ass off because I was all exited and eager - then out of the blue she just tured arround and said. "You should grow up there!! It looks like a nice space and it would be safe" - it was almost like she had just offered me the option to bang her up the ass because that never happens -

So theres me now with tape measure in hand still thinking if I was dreaming or not... till I stood on a big fucking nail and nearly went into my foot.. (note to self dont go up there with no shoes"

so now I have the measurements I goto my local timber supplier and show them my wonderfully shit sketch of my loft and they are like you need some plasterboard 12m squared and some loft chipboard 9m squared - I could not believe how cheap it was and all in it was £84 - delivered. the cool thing is there is cold water pipe running to the bathroom that I can tap into and there is eleccy also -

Sorry but I thought I should just share my exitement
Pic attached -

okay so maybe I cant use a tape measure - I thought it was 9M squared and I actually think its only 3m squared because all the shit came today and I went up and laid two of the 10 packs and it does half the one side of the loft

so that aside I got cracking when I got home from work and started laying the floor -

so here is an updated few pics of the work so far.. the insulation on the left is gonna be used to line the roof and then plasterboard will be placed over that to create a nice enclosed room

okay ... so today I finished work and cracked on with the rest of the build - It was 9M squared in the end ..

Flooring is finished - I am stoked with the way it ended up... just need to get the insulation up next and the plasterboard and then I can get the rest of the equipment up there..

what would everyone do with this space if they could put some equip up there?

I am gonna have a think about whats gonna be the best layout but am still a bit unsure..

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Nice work mate!

What are the dimensions?

You can make an awsome garden up there, have fun!

wicked stuff cytrax!

im excited for ya too. if only we ALL had that space to grow in. the skys the limit mate.

thnx for reply's dudes ..

the floorspace is 9m squared - its 3M x 3M

on the right side I am going to use for veg I think because clearance is not too high - but then on the right its a whole load better so should be cool for flowering..

nice bit of space to be using Cytrax

well done mate,nifty bit of neat diy there,bet you're itching to get it finished.
just chill and take the time to plan it right,so that you only have to position equipment once,you've certainly got the space,skills and potential to come up with the perfect perpetual grow space

nice space there,pleanty of room.i deffo need some space like that!

Looking great so far m8 keep the pics of its progress coming, love threads like this

Healthy

e2a: Welcome to uk420 Cytrax

cracking work mate. if theres a wall up there leading to the chimney great extraction good luck mate hope all goes well for you.
N.P

Thanks for all the replys dudes

yes there is a chimney but I would not have a clue about tapping into it - Would it be safe to just remove 4 or five bricks with a hammer and 4" brick bolster? If anyone has any tips with dissecting a chimney then I would appreciate it - I will google to see if I can find any tips

Once that was done I reckon would put my extraction duct lip/flange through it and fill the gaps with expanding foam so when I eventually do get the pipework/flexible ducting I can just stick it right on to the flange?

Lookin Top M8....

LS

Im lovin that,at more the one time my wife gave me that same grin. Myself I would get a masonry drill bit and cut a circle pattern and then chisel inbetween the drilled holes.It may take some time but its alot safer(no shock waves to the structure)keep us posted.

best thing chain drill a loads of holes then chisel it out the size of your ducting - makin it a nice tight squeeze

So today I had a day off and I really had to get cracking with getting the insulation and the plasterboard up..

First things first was to get some Power up there so I just used a spare flex that I had an did an einstein and now we have light up there

Then I layed all the insulation on the ceiling as you can see in pic one and then layed the plasterboard on top - once I got going it was not too bad.. The one thing I can tell you tho is "WEAR GOGGLES" and a mask because the amt of dust and shit that came outa the insulation was hectic -

Second one is of the ceiling complete apart from the frame at the top.. thats where the lighting and wiring will go and then I will box it off.. A 4 Inch metal duct pipe will also run along the top and suck all the hot air out and and into the chimney. Another one will run along the side of the floor and blow in temp controlled air,

Third one is of the frame and the top of the roof so you can get an idea,

Tomorrow its time for the expanding foam to fill all the gaps to make the moffo nice and air tight and I will section it off for veg and bloom using what plasterboard I have and black poleurethane plastic.

It's the teddy bears that take up the space! I cleared out our spare bedroom and there were enough of our daughters teddy bears to fill 7 bin bags. I ask you, what does a 23year old goth need with 7 bin bags of teddy bears? She has got married and is buying a house so she can have them back.

That's a nice job that you've done with your loft space. We had ours converted into a room and it only accessible by an aluminium ladder.

Well Things are moving along nicely - I was not meant to start with the next section till next week but I decided to just cary on with it while I had some time -

I filled all the holes and gaps that could let air in or out to make it easier manage the temps and humidity. I just used bog standard expanding foam for the gaps and then I did the bottom walls, floor and edges with some poleurethane incase we have any spills..

I think it went quite well - I wish I had a staple gun or something when I was doing it because I must have hit my fingers like a million times trying to get the wire clip/nails in backed with some cardboard so it didnt rip - anyways the journey continues - not long now before its growing ..

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Very nice my friend....

nice loooking project, good luck finishing it up, so far so good

Well done mate that is a very good job and in such a short time, well impressed. I also grow in my loft but just put flooring in mine then have seperate cabinets for veg,flower,clone & seed,I find its easier to control individual cabinets and there easier to to take down incase of unwanted visiters Ill say no more on that, but yours looks the dogs I cant wait for your gro I hope itll be something special to break your spaces in like a nice heese or some thing fruity like a nice blubbery??. Once again good look Ill be keeping my seat on the watch position on this one .

yooo - soorry for not updating this but with the grow and the build going on at the same time and work etc - its been mad hard to keep the pics updated

I have hung the 2x600W HPS and Reflectors on a heat resistant pipe that I can raise and lower down on my funky invention - the power cables run all the way to the ballasts that are in the loft where it doesnt get warm - (ignore the Fluro Tube above them atm - thats just so I could work in there while the plants in the veg room are in their darkness cycle.

Fitted the rest of the white sheeting for the flower room and the ducting in the ceiling, just need to put the last of the insulation in there and then seal it up so only the carbon filter and RVK left will be exposed.

A bit of clutter in the corner but thats just supplies for when things get going a bit more..

Pics follow,

Regards
Psy

Looking sweeeeeet Doobz very noyce my friend. how much did the plasterborad cost ya a sheet? i wish i couldve done the whole loft as a room but ££££ says nope

hiya mate, well plasterboard is cheap. I think it was like £4 a sheet or something and I got 4 sheets..

This is what the room looks like now after the upgrade

Its best to have two people when you put it up. One to hold them to the roof and another to bang in the nails. I had to do it on my own and used a broom to wedge it up