Growing in a washer/dryer closet?

[TheShaaark]

I have seen a lot of posts about growing in small spaces or closets. I have yet to see a post about growing in a washer/dryer closet that has a dryer vent, specifically in an apartment. If you know, please tell me how the dyer vents work for apartments, such as if all vents in a building with multiple apartments lead together and share one exit or if each individual apartment has their own dryer vent exhaust on the outside? Incase of any confusion, I am thinking about using the dryer vent as a ventilation system specifically for temperature control as well as odor control, just to make sure: this is a possibility right? Also, would it get rid of most of the smell, heat is controllable with a simple fan, but I don't want my apartment to smell if I choose to grow. To go along with that, would the area where the vent meets the outside air smell bad or would it be lost within the vent?

I was thinking about a 3x3x4 (LxWxH) tent or something similarly sized so I would have some extra room for anything else I would need to fit in the closet. I am leaning towards autoflower seeds or something that is short but still yields pretty good in the close environment. Is the 3x3x4 size tent a good size for 3-4 with a max of 6 smaller plants, if not what are your size recommendations on a tent size that will still fit in a 5x5 (maybe 4x4, I don't know the exact so this is ballpark) closet?
If you have any other knowledge about growing specifically in a washer/dryer closet please enlighten me, as I am still a noob. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[waterdawg]

I would be very careful growing in any apartment. In saying that sounds like the perfect spot lol. Your biggest issue/concern imo is going to be odour. I have a seperate structure for growing but still need to keep it as odour free as possible. I'm wondering why not use the whole area and forget the tent if doors are light proof? Also vent is probably direct to the outdoors but may be common ducted as well. Hold a candle that has just been blowen out at vent, does the smoke get drawn in! If yes it may be common vented but you will need to make exhaust odour free anyways.

 

[TheShaaark]

I would be very careful growing in any apartment. In saying that sounds like the perfect spot lol. Your biggest issue/concern imo is going to be odour. I have a seperate structure for growing but still need to keep it as odour free as possible. I'm wondering why not use the whole area and forget the tent if doors are light proof? Also vent is probably direct to the outdoors but may be common ducted as well. Hold a candle that has just been blowen out at vent, does the smoke get drawn in! If yes it may be common vented but you will need to make exhaust odour free anyways.

So using some deodorizer or air purifier maybe in the piping for the vent? And I would like to think the tent keeps the smell maybe a little bit contained and the vent would hook right up to the tent as to try to get the smell at the source rather than letting it spread within the room and then sucking it out.
Would a fan blowing that is placed in the vent blowing out do anything or just move the stinky air into the vent just to become full with stinky air and lead it back into the grow room or apartment? Like would a small fan push the smell completely out or just enough to get it out of the tent/grow area?

 

[GrowinDad]

Outside of smell, you want a strong fan for airflow anyway.

If dojng this, I would still hook up a carbon filter so that the air gojng into the duct doesn't smell. Otherwise it could smell wherever it goes outside.

Tents don't control the smell much. Do not underestimate odor.

 

[ASMALLVOICE]

TheShaaarkNew Member
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"I have seen a lot of posts about growing in small spaces or closets. I have yet to see a post about growing in a washer/dryer closet that has a dryer vent. specifically in an apartment."

The very reason there are no such posts, should be a scary omen to you right away. Among the many unsafe, unethical and downright insane things to do, growing where you cannot actually control the flow of human traffic in and around the grow space is right up there next to Russian roulette.

Peace and Safe Grows

Asmallvoice

 

[Mr.Newbie1]

Well if you get a charcoal filter and a good fan put it together put it in your grow room on the floor. You can filter the air before it enters the exhaust or do both just to make sure

 

[LIBERTYCHICKEN]

In NY appartment dryer vents must have seperate vents for each unit, this likely changes by state

but simply count the vents and compare against the number off appartments

I would check the vents well before trying anything, they have habits of clooging with lint

 

[TheShaaark]

Outside of smell, you want a strong fan for airflow anyway.

If dojng this, I would still hook up a carbon filter so that the air gojng into the duct doesn't smell. Otherwise it could smell wherever it goes outside.

Tents don't control the smell much. Do not underestimate odor.

Are there any tents or indoor type grow areas like a tent that would help with control the smell? Maybe a bubble type thing that has multiple 3 prong plugs that connect from the outside and have outlets on the inside so it is sealed. I would just be able to put some deodorizer or a carbon filter with a fan or something into the bubble to control smell inside, while remaining mostly odor free outside. I know that some smell would leak whenever I opened the bubble to water or change things around and if the bubble has a venting hole, some smell would leak out of small spaces. But is there anything that is like a bubble type of tent to control the smell. Maybe a very miniature greenhouse?