icurbyou
Well-Known Member
Good evening ladies and gentlemen!
Here's the deal:
Size: 24"W x 14"D x 48"H
Made of: A dresser turned growbox
For: 1-2 plants via CFL
Total price: about $100 not including bulbs.
disclaimer: I don't want to hear any disses about the use of CFLs. I understand the benefits to using other lighting but I do not have the budget, space, etc to use those lights.
Here goes...
I took an old dresser I used as a kid... Pictured here:
And my goal was to create a small, incognito grow box with it. So here's my plan/work....
First, there was no bottom to the box... I wanted to put on a bottom and I figured I may as well put some wheels on it so I can easily move it around.
So first things first. Let's get this box rolling!
Luckily my girl donated some fancy caster wheels. She said they are expensive. You go girl!
and a closer up shot:
Allright... The next thing I wanted to do was make this still look like a dresser. So.. I took all of the drawers out:
And removed the faces from them:
So later I can re-attach them to the back side. To give a faux dresser look.
(This image is just re-inactment of what it shall look like when I do actually attach the drawer fronts to the back. I have yet to do this as I dont have extendable clamps to hold it on there while the glue dries!)
Then I got a sheet of wood and created a door on the (new) "back" of the box.
With hinges of course!:
And some little doo-dads to keep the door closed!
And there you go!
But dont forget to put some weather seal inbetween the door and the dresser box!
Like so:
Now time to put some exhaust in here! First things first... We need to cut a hole!
4" exhaust port:
Let's look a little closer:
And from the inside:
All right! Looking good.
Now we need something to direct the air to the exhaust... Put some 4" ducting in there... Oh and I painted it flat white! Rawr!:
OMG! It's like Jesus is in the box!
And now we install this 4" exhaust fan (80 CFM):
Oooh, it's that pretty?!
And now a view of the exhaust from the outside...
Check out that bling bling!
That's how far I have gotten. I have more supplies at the house and I am working on getting it all gathered up to have a part 2 to this thread.
Please subscribe so you can get the full experience of the creation of my box!
Here's the deal:
Size: 24"W x 14"D x 48"H
Made of: A dresser turned growbox
For: 1-2 plants via CFL
Total price: about $100 not including bulbs.
disclaimer: I don't want to hear any disses about the use of CFLs. I understand the benefits to using other lighting but I do not have the budget, space, etc to use those lights.
Here goes...
I took an old dresser I used as a kid... Pictured here:
And my goal was to create a small, incognito grow box with it. So here's my plan/work....
First, there was no bottom to the box... I wanted to put on a bottom and I figured I may as well put some wheels on it so I can easily move it around.
So first things first. Let's get this box rolling!
Luckily my girl donated some fancy caster wheels. She said they are expensive. You go girl!
and a closer up shot:
Allright... The next thing I wanted to do was make this still look like a dresser. So.. I took all of the drawers out:
And removed the faces from them:
So later I can re-attach them to the back side. To give a faux dresser look.
(This image is just re-inactment of what it shall look like when I do actually attach the drawer fronts to the back. I have yet to do this as I dont have extendable clamps to hold it on there while the glue dries!)
Then I got a sheet of wood and created a door on the (new) "back" of the box.
With hinges of course!:
And some little doo-dads to keep the door closed!
And there you go!
But dont forget to put some weather seal inbetween the door and the dresser box!
Like so:
Now time to put some exhaust in here! First things first... We need to cut a hole!
4" exhaust port:
Let's look a little closer:
And from the inside:
All right! Looking good.
Now we need something to direct the air to the exhaust... Put some 4" ducting in there... Oh and I painted it flat white! Rawr!:
OMG! It's like Jesus is in the box!
And now we install this 4" exhaust fan (80 CFM):
Oooh, it's that pretty?!
And now a view of the exhaust from the outside...
Check out that bling bling!
That's how far I have gotten. I have more supplies at the house and I am working on getting it all gathered up to have a part 2 to this thread.
Please subscribe so you can get the full experience of the creation of my box!
