J.C Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Was going to start a grow diary but don't actually have any plants yet so thought a little build diary will do for now. I've been kicked out of the spare room but did a deal that in return we would get the loft properly sorted before I moved up there. Floor was raised to accomadate 200mm of insulation and then boarded with 18mm T&G boards. 150mm of Celotex went in between the rafters (with a gap for air movement), this was then plasterboarded, plastered and (badly) painted by me last weekend. Had my sparky friend over this week to put lights and sockets in and I'm left with this: Last night was the first time I could get cracking with "my" bits and so started with the underfloor heating. Laid down the 6mm insulating cement boards. Going to get the thermal underlay down tonight, then the foil heating mats and then the vinyl. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Could do with a few more sockets surely? Only messing That's going to be sweet, what ya planning in terms of lighting and extraction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.C Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 @KC - Told the sparky it was for a homelab and just kept adding them, easier to put them in now than half way through a grow! So I actually had a change from my original plan and am putting a BudBox Pro loft tent in, 2.4 x 1.2. Got 3 x PAR+480's when they went on sale a couple of weeks ago, bit much for the tent but will dial them down. Extraction is going to be an 8", possibly Systemair Revolution Silenced which weill hopefully went out through a hole in the chimney stack. Although I'm not looking forward to that job 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.C Posted March 14, 2022 Author Share Posted March 14, 2022 Good progress made over the weekend, mostly helped by my other half wanting a clear out..... Underlay went down, then foil heating matts and then vinyl over the top. Hooked it up to my InkBird, set to 25 and came back 25 minutes later to a pleasantly toasty floor: Decided to crack on, next up was test fitting the water butt to make sure my measurements were correct: And then the tent went up: Lights in. Made the mistake of turning them on at 100%, even on the loest setting they are still brutally bright: Mounted the drives onto the wall: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Very nice! I'd have done the extraction first though 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BushDoctoR Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Any updates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbal Kint Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Top job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.C Posted May 7, 2022 Author Share Posted May 7, 2022 @BushDoctoR - Got them last night, just about to setup a diary and will link it here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aphala Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Defo looks good, wish I had enough loft space to put my gear up! How many plants are you planning on running, gettin' mad yields. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.C Posted May 16, 2022 Author Share Posted May 16, 2022 Diary is here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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