Some Crawlspace Action

Hello :jointsmile: This is my first post and my first indoor grow.
Ive tried a few times to grow outdoors, but I really didnt know what I was doing so it always came out like crap, except one time, I got lucky.

This time Im planning everything out from the beginning. Ive read tons of your grow logs hoping to learn from your mistakes :smokin:

Im starting my veg chamber in a crawlspace attached to my apartment. Its 9x4x4 but I only plan to use 5x2 of that, in the tallest spot of course. The floor is made of unevenly spaced planks and any drippage through them may cause spots in my downstairs neighbors ceiling so I layed down a 6x4 piece of pond liner to stop that. I will be building 4 plywood vertical walls at 5 feet by 2 feet, and the liner will go 6" up the sides.
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Vaccuumed today and nailed some styrofoam insulation to the ceiling above the growing spot.

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Heres the other entrance to it, this is the one im going to use

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For lighting I plan to use T8's, 4 or 6 of them. I can get a bunch of 32 watt 4100 bulbs for free from work, Should I use them or look for something better?

Looks like a good place to grow man. I'd just get some 4' fluoros and put in there for veg.

Put up some walls in there. 3/8 plywwod painted flat white.

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and have 4 48" T8s

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Now im off to home depot to pick up some longer chains to adjust the light hight. Im gonna grab another 2 bulb fixture too, theres room so why not :thumbsup:

Do you guys think I should get a white floor? Im pretty sure I can get a white tarp for free.

Tonight I start monitoring the temp to determine how much ventilation I need.

That pond liner is only going to protect against small accidental spills. If you get a fairly large spill the water will run under your walls and down. I would suggest that you now get a primary containment tub of some kind and actually have your grow operation in that.

JMO

Good luck with whatever decide. Looks like you are doing real good work. :thumbsup:

PC :smokin:

Looks like you have things well on the way. The temps will be a bit lower with plants in the room in my limited experience. Good luck and happy growing! :jointsmile:

F4i, in the 'so that's what stinks in the attic' thread there should be a couple pics of my own crawlspace.
What I did in there was put down white panda film on the floor, then tack a couple strips of lath down to serve as runners. I keep my plnats in a cheap sterilite bin, one of the shallow kind, from walmart, and it slides easily on the runners so that instead of crawling into the crawl space to water, I can just slide the entire tub of plants out for watering, pruning, maintenance, cloning, etc.
Anyway nice log so far and great pics.
Good luck! :D
oh- you ride? I've got a ninja but a CBR600 f4i is my DREAM bike. mmm.... wiht the yellow and black paint job...

as far as the leaking, just go get yourself a waterbed liner. This will contain any leaking and allow for easy cleanup. It had cardboard sides and is wrapped in vinyl and will hold about 6" of water if spillage occurs.:thumbsup: And they are cheap and come in different sizes.:thumbsup::thumbsup:

heres a link to one i found
Safety Liners

or heres a cheaper one
Waterbed Liner, Standup waterbed mattress liners