JB's New Growroom with Graphics

JSB99

JSB99

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What's up, RIU?

I wanted to share my new grow room designs, parts, costs, and ideas with everyone, with the goal of teaching some noobs a few things, and getting advice from the Ganja Growing Gods.

I've posted a few threads recently that have gotten attention for the 3d renderings I've been sharing. I've gotten some really nice comments and I thought that others might find the method in which I'm designing this grow room really helpful on some of their own projects. The type of build I'm doing is fairly advanced (RDWC UC under a COB array) and thought the graphics could provide a good visual for others to use for their setup.

First I'll say that I'm not an expert grower who's been doing this for decades. I actually only grew for a few years, from '08 to '11, but I built some pretty sophisticated hydro setups and had really good yields. I'm a self taught engineer, specifically with computers, programming, and databases, but I'm an engineer all around. I converted my garage into a dedicated room within a room, home theater for example. Being an engineer, I've got a knack for problem solving. So I used what I had learned (which was all from RIU and my own successes and failures) and I designed a system that I'm hoping to start within the next couple months.

Here are a few samples of the renderings I did while designing my RDWC UC system and COB array. I'll be explaining everything and these will all be put into context in the upcoming posts. But these are pretty cool to look at if you're into 3d design.

This is my 10x16x8 shop. Everything is to scale and I built all the objects as close to the originals as I could:















 
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Olive Drab Green

Olive Drab Green

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JSB99 said:
What's up, RIU?

I wanted to share my new grow room designs, parts, costs, and ideas with everyone, with the goal of teaching some noobs a few things, and getting advice from the Ganja Growing Gods.

I've posted a few threads recently that have gotten attention for the 3d renderings I've been sharing. I've gotten some really nice comments and I thought that others might find the method in which I'm designing this grow room really helpful on some of their own projects. The type of build I'm doing is fairly advanced (RDWC UC under a COB array) and thought the graphics could provide a good visual for others to use for their setup.

First I'll say that I'm not an expert grower who's been doing this for decades. I actually only grew for a few years, from '08 to '11, but I built some pretty sophisticated hydro setups and had really good yields. I'm a self taught engineer, specifically with computers, programming, and databases, but I'm an engineer all around. I converted my garage into a dedicated room within a room, home theater for example. Being an engineer, I've got a knack for problem solving. So I used what I had learned (which was all from RIU and my own successes and failures) and I designed a system that I'm hoping to start within the next couple months.

Here are a few samples of the renderings I did while designing my RDWC UC system and COB array. I'll be going explaining everything and these will all be put into context in the upcoming posts. But these are pretty cool to look at if you're into 3d design.

This is my 10x16x8 shop. Everything is to scale and I built all the objects as close to the originals as I could:















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I actually hate your SIMs style conceptualization. What emitters, drivers, at what amperage? How exactly do you plan to configure yo' shit?
 
JSB99

JSB99

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To answer some of the already known questions, I use Google Sketchup 2016 for the design and vray 2 for the renderings. I'm not a professional 3d modeler or anything. I just have an affinity for computer graphics and animation. These are like my PC games, as I don't really play games. I've also had a home recording studio. I played guitar, bass, a little keyboards, but mostly what I liked was the engineering. So, basically I like everything computers.
 
a mongo frog

a mongo frog

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JSB99 said:
What's up, RIU?

I wanted to share my new grow room designs, parts, costs, and ideas with everyone, with the goal of teaching some noobs a few things, and getting advice from the Ganja Growing Gods.

I've posted a few threads recently that have gotten attention for the 3d renderings I've been sharing. I've gotten some really nice comments and I thought that others might find the method in which I'm designing this grow room really helpful on some of their own projects. The type of build I'm doing is fairly advanced (RDWC UC under a COB array) and thought the graphics could provide a good visual for others to use for their setup.

First I'll say that I'm not an expert grower who's been doing this for decades. I actually only grew for a few years, from '08 to '11, but I built some pretty sophisticated hydro setups and had really good yields. I'm a self taught engineer, specifically with computers, programming, and databases, but I'm an engineer all around. I converted my garage into a dedicated room within a room, home theater for example. Being an engineer, I've got a knack for problem solving. So I used what I had learned (which was all from RIU and my own successes and failures) and I designed a system that I'm hoping to start within the next couple months.

Here are a few samples of the renderings I did while designing my RDWC UC system and COB array. I'll be going explaining everything and these will all be put into context in the upcoming posts. But these are pretty cool to look at if you're into 3d design.

This is my 10x16x8 shop. Everything is to scale and I built all the objects as close to the originals as I could:















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Your plants look nice and green!!! Have you checked for pistols on the back right one? It looks different then the rest? Did you get that alloy powder coated? Nice grow so far!!!!!
 
JSB99

JSB99

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By the time I decided to start growing again I was still a year out from getting the funds that would cover this. It forced me to sit down and think about everything in advance before buying a single item. There were some very specific things I wanted in my room. First, I wanted to be able to have access to 3 sides of the tent. I also wanted it to be reliable (as much as possible), wanted it to be leak proof, and I wanted to use a tent as a sealed environment and treat the external environment. I also want it to look cool! This is something I'm going to have for years. I want it to be clean and professional.

With all these goals I had to come up with a lot of different layouts, but ultimately I think I've got a layout I like. Working in a 3d modeler is such an awesome tool for being able to solve problems in the design instead of trying to figure things out in the middle of the build. This can be done with as little as a piece of paper, a tape measure, and a pencil. But the 3d environment allow you to walk around and see the scale of everything. There are a number of free CAD programs out there, as well as more professional one's.

So I know I've got a lot of equipment and take up a lot of space for a 4-plant grow. But there are some valid reasons. I had posted this in an earlier thread and could probably work here as well...

"I find it so easy to continuously think "bigger" and "more". So I started thinking of growing 6, and then 8. But then I remember how much extra work each plant presents. And that's from sprout to trim. Each plant also adds onto power consumption, nutes, water, etc...and it adds to the budget. If I'm not selling it to make my money back, which I'm not, then it's really not benefiting me in any way. I vape about 2oz a month, and want another 2oz to make edibles. I would also like to have some to store so that I could grow different strains and have them all available (think sativas for the day and indicas for bedtime). Here in Oregon, I can grow 10 plants and have 24 starts no taller than 12". So I have the ability to grow much more. But I suffer from Fibromyalgia and chronic pain from injuries from the military, and it doesn't take much to get me worn out.

I kind of want to talk about this for noobs who are trying to design their grow. I think all of us, when we were noobs, were obsessed with growing as many plants as we could. I remember adding so many suspended CFLs in my grows to get every last drop of THC out of those plants that I could. I remember pushing my nutes to the max, just below burning them (and I did burn them from time to time). But it gets very time consuming and expensive having a ton of plants to manage. So I would recommend to the noobs, to look at how much you really plan to consume, if this is purely for personal use. If you're on a limited income and you're spending all your money on all this extra equipment to grow big, the expenses don't stop there. You now have an increased power bill and water bill (for hydro), and you need to buy more nutes, which aren't always cheap.

That's just my humble opinion and others will have their's. But we're all civil, and its a friendly environment :-)"



 
BuddyColas

BuddyColas

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JSB99 said:
By the time I decided to start growing again I was still a year out from getting the funds that would cover this. It forced me to sit down and think about everything in advance before buying a single item. There were some very specific things I wanted in my room. First, I wanted to be able to have access to 3 sides of the tent. I also wanted it to be reliable (as much as possible), wanted it to be leak proof, and I wanted to use a tent as a sealed environment and treat the external environment. I also want it to look cool! This is something I'm going to have for years. I want it to be clean and professional.

With all these goals I had to come up with a lot of different layouts, but ultimately I think I've got a layout I like. Working in a 3d modeler is such an awesome tool for being able to solve problems in the design instead of trying to figure things out in the middle of the build. This can be done with as little as a piece of paper, a tape measure, and a pencil. But the 3d environment allow you to walk around and see the scale of everything. There are a number of free CAD programs out there, as well as more professional one's.

So I know I've got a lot of equipment and take up a lot of space for a 4-plant grow. But there are some valid reasons. I had posted this in an earlier thread and could probably work here as well...

"I find it so easy to continuously think "bigger" and "more". So I started thinking of growing 6, and then 8. But then I remember how much extra work each plant presents. And that's from sprout to trim. Each plant also adds onto power consumption, nutes, water, etc...and it adds to the budget. If I'm not selling it to make my money back, which I'm not, then it's really not benefiting me in any way. I vape about 2oz a month, and want another 2oz to make edibles. I would also like to have some to store so that I could grow different strains and have them all available (think sativas for the day and indicas for bedtime). Here in Oregon, I can grow 10 plants and have 24 starts no taller than 12". So I have the ability to grow much more. But I suffer from Fibromyalgia and chronic pain from injuries from the military, and it doesn't take much to get me worn out.

I kind of want to talk about this for noobs who are trying to design their grow. I think all of us, when we were noobs, were obsessed with growing as many plants as we could. I remember adding so many suspended CFLs in my grows to get every last drop of THC out of those plants that I could. I remember pushing my nutes to the max, just below burning them (and I did burn them from time to time). But it gets very time consuming and expensive having a ton of plants to manage. So I would recommend to the noobs, to look at how much you really plan to consume, if this is purely for personal use. If you're on a limited income and you're spending all your money on all this extra equipment to grow big, the expenses don't stop there. You now have an increased power bill and water bill (for hydro), and you need to buy more nutes, which aren't always cheap.

That's just my humble opinion and others will have their's. But we're all civil, and its a friendly environment :-)"



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I like the hinged top of your DWC pots...that way you can catch a little root porn whenever your want!

I'll be watching on the sidelines as your project becomes reality. Thanks for sharing.
 
JSB99

JSB99

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Originally I was going to use my shop, but I want to park my car in the garage now, and my garage is a home theater. So, I've since decided to convert the shop into a single-car garage and move the grow into a spare bedroom. So I've been adjusting my model to work in the room. The reservoirs are backed up to a wet wall, so I'll be tapping into that for grow, utility sink, and sprayer for cleaning.

Fist thing's first though. I'm removing the carpet and putting in a pond liner. I'm also putting a 4" drain and p-trap into the floor that'll drain into the yard right outside the room.

I'll also be adding dedicated 120v and 240v lines. I'll have the drivers on 240v, and everything else at 120v.

I'll also have the following:
  • 1/4 hp chiller
  • window ac (I don't really need a mini-split)
  • Alita 80 LPM air pump
  • Danner Supreme 1800 GPH water pump for the under current
  • VenTech 440CFM exhaust fan w/scrubber
  • Ventech 440CFM active intake w/mushroom filter
So here's what I have so far for the new grow room:




 
JSB99

JSB99

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BuddyColas said:
I like the hinged top of your DWC pots...that way you can catch a little root porn whenever your want!

I'll be watching on the sidelines as your project becomes reality. Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks Man :-)

The buckets and lids are from here:
http://www.mbferts.com/13-Gallon-DIY-Undercurrent-Hydroponic-Grow-Buckets-DWC-Hydro-880.htm

I was debating using totes. I've always used them before, but I couldn't find the exact size I wanted. The 2" pipes for the undercurrent take up a lot of space in the tent. These were a perfect fit. I'll be using the 13 gallon buckets.
 
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