Hidden grow rooms....

[serpentine5]

I have it skinned up and it looks great.... I just need to find myself the right light to put up on it.... I will get pix soon...

[prescottn6ft7]

Wow... I wish I had a basement! That room is going to be nice... Can't wait to see what it looks like cleaned up. My OCD was making me want to jump through the monitor to start cleaning lol :wtf:

[serpentine5]

LOL, not my house....
thats all I will say on the subject....
LOL
the home owner is a serial pack rat, and runs a dog rescue.... so.... But that is something I stay on them about.... as soon as the weather is nice enough to park a truck outside the whole thing will be spic and span..... Also, there are items in the earth side that have been there since the place was built....



Side note... I am having issues with the locking system I put on the door... I forgot to take my camera tonight when i did the electrical and to get the locking system to work right...
My idea was to put a sconce on the outside of the door, and on the inside have the bod the sconce is mounted to connected to the two spring loaded locks (one lock on the top and one on the bottom) but the connection between the sconce and the box is too weak to use the sconce as the mechanism to unlock the two locks. Turn the sconce and it turns the box inside pulling on the chains connected to the spring locks causing them to pull back allowing the door to unlock and open..... I am thinking of a better was to reinforce the box and how the sconce connects to the box so when you turn the sconce light it will not bind on the wood allowing a smooth turn.

I was also looking at possibly using electromagnet locks but after seeing the prices on even the smallest ones.... dont think it is something I will be able to do....

Will get pix tomorrow I think....

[LolaGal]

you GOTTA do the sconce thing.....too cool. I'm still lurking waiting for more pics

[serpentine5]

Ok, still having issues with the sconce thing... trying to get a friend who welds make me something that will work....

Here are the promised pix....

[serpentine5]

And a few more.....

[LolaGal]

5-snakes (your new Native American name): Thanks for posting the new pics. Everything looks really good. Nice electrical work and good carpenter work. I like watching it all go together.

You have got me thinking about a plan now...heehee. There is an old road bed on the farm......Wonder if I should dig back into the bank and go underground for the weather (cool)? I can't figure out how to put a ceiling in such a thingamajig! I guess it would be easier to build a shed outdoors, but not as stealth.

Any suggestions sconce-master?

[cannakeeper]

Hey serp, try mounting a bigger plate on the face of your box and get some of those teflon chair leg sliders and mount them to the face of the plate touching the door. Use the threaded tube with lamp repair kits to run wire through for the center pivot then an inch or so above that center tube use a piece of all thread and bolt the top of the sconce through wall to top of box. You will need to slot that top hole the path the bolt will take when you turn the sconce of course. That should stiffen it up but if that falls through then a remote cable is a cinch to run. Hang a bicycle on the wall and run the hand brake cable through the wall. Squeeze the brake on the bike and pop goes the door. Lots of shit has a cable operated mech on it, mower, tiller, snow blower....also can disguise the pull start rope to do the same... weed eater, leaf blower....bolt it to wall n pa-dow.

[cannakeeper]

The hidden "bomb shelter" is pimp!! I've built those too. Get a sm. track-hoe dig out and constuct same as a house foundation(footer, block/poured wall) only smaller. The roof is easy, pre-cast concrete floor beams. They use them to construct buildings on soggy soil areas and for just your situation too. They make giant plastic boulders to cover the entry(concrete sewer pipe with hatch)......call me the "stealth bomber" LOL

[LolaGal]

Cannakeeper...what if your budget is a shovel and do it your self concrete block interior walls. How to roof it then? thanks.