Coming along nicely, bro. Reinforce like crazy! You're gonna have a good 1200 to 1500 pounds on that floor!
Thank you very much sir! I definitely am doing a lot of reinforcing. Each MPB has 2 braces directly under each one. 3/4" Ply will make for even more strength. I even thought of some posts to the ground below, but I want to see how the under side lays out first.
this is gonna be sweat...cant wait to see how you route those feeder lines and such
Well I hope you meant sweet, unless I undersize the A/C :D
Thanks for the interest in the project! I am planning to route all plumbing under the floor, until it pops up where it will terminate.
TF, it might be a good idea to put a 2nd door on the other side, or a small sealed secret hatch for the back corner, opposite your door. My reasoning behind this is that those girls might get bigger than you expect and you'll have no way to get to the back 2 girls.
Since you said that it can get hot where you are, especially in the garage... A 1-1/2 ton A/C might not be big enough for 4-1k's.
1.5 ton A/C = 18,000btu cooling.
1-1k light = 4-5k btu heat, it would be a good idea to go with 5k if it gets hot where u are (or hell, just a 1-3 week window of really hot weather could really cost you). So your gonna have 20,000btu's of heat to cool. It'd be worth the little extra to go with a 2-ton unit IMO.
How are you gonna cool the outer room (garage) where the rez., ballast's, pumps, chillers etc. are? One way to get away with running a 1-1/2 ton A/C in your flower room would be to cool your outer room (garage) as well. It would also make it easier to keep your rez. temps in check. You could get away with running a wall a/c unit which are inexpensive and you can get up to 2-ton units.
How large is your outer room and with NO cooling how hot would you say it gets in there? Remember that all those ballasts and pumps are gonna be creating heat so it's gonna get hotter than your used to.
I hope I didn't come off as a dick, just throwing my opinions and idea's out there. Take from this what you will and good luck with everything. I'm very interested to see your return and rez setup! Good luck!!
OK, first off, I appreciate the input.
The opposite wall is the outside of the garage, so to put a door there, wouldn't really be too good of an option. I unfortunately only have the one door for an access, although I see your point.
It definitely gets hot where I am at in the summer. It can reach into the mid to high 100's on occasion. I am going a little nuts with the insulation on this room. The walls that touch the exterior of the garage will be 7" deep inside, for extra fiberglass stuffing. All the inside walls are 2x6, again for more stuffing. Same deal on the roof, and under the floor, that hard foam insulation. The inside of the whole room will also be coated in reflectix to boot. Also to help out with the 4 1k's I am running them in cool tubes. I have been thinking about going for the 2 ton anyhow. I am about to pick one up in the next week or two, so I gotta make up my mind. As far as my res, it will be on a concrete floor, so that will help a bit, and I went a little oversized on the chiller. DDS recommends a 1/2 hp for 10, so I used a 1/2 for 5. If I need to in hotter times, the garage also has a large window unit that should be good for something...I would say the garage is somewhere around 20' x 30'. I am not so worried about the ballasts being hot, as long as I can keep my rez in check. Thanks for all the input. This is the kind of stuff that makes this site awesome!:pimp:
^ some very good points here. I love how people deal with problems and are always willing to share with others. Makes things a ton easier to deal with.
Can you show a layout of how plants and lights will configure?
Yep, sharing is caring... Thank you, everyone.
I don't have a diagram that is presentable for posting as of yet. My graphics skills are not so good. The layout is just like Easypleasie has. The plants will be 52" on center, measured diagonally, with the lights at 36" to the plants.
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