Switching from tents to Rooms

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Midwestflowers420

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So I’m finally ditching the grow tents and building some rooms. A couple things is there a kit or something to hang lights really close to the ceiling without having to attach to the ceiling? Second if you use flood and drain tables what size are you using and how many plants per tray? Anyone use FastFit tray tables?
 
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What is the wieght of your lights?
Velcro camand hooks are rated for 3lb so if they under 6lb per light you could use them and not put holes in your cielling but you would have no adjustment
 
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A couple tall sturdy shelving units of some kind, raised high as possible on each side of the room, and a long enough board? Honestly though, I don't recommend anything other than sturdy ceiling supports when it comes to lights.

Why not just screw some eye bolts into the rafters/joist. Its fairly easy to repair sheet rock holes, like it never happened. Not easy to rebuild a house that burned down because the lights fell down though! The tent frame idea sounds great! Light, fans and scrog net support frame all in one. Maybe even hold your trays up!
 
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Drop That Sound said:
A couple tall sturdy shelving units of some kind, raised high as possible on each side of the room, and a long enough board? Honestly though, I don't recommend anything other than sturdy ceiling supports when it comes to lights.

Why not just screw some eye bolts into the rafters/joist. Its fairly easy to repair sheet rock holes, like it never happened. Not easy to rebuild a house that burned down because the lights fell down though! The tent frame idea sounds great!
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The thing I’m worried about is we did knock down on the ceilings and I’m worried if I were to move I couldn’t make it look right haha
 
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According to many renters policies, screwing holes in walls is fine, and isn't cause for losing your deposits or whatever. Don't take my word for it though.. I'm pro at finish work, lol. My last landlords begged me to do the work on their other units, and would never know if i screwed into the walls, or even nails. Spackle, cans of orange peel, and a paint stick.. Toothepaste, lol.. Anyway, if you go high enough up the wall into the top plate or studs, with a big enough bolt sunk in, you could probably run a chain all the way across the room, and safely hang rows of lighting off that.. Just another idea..
 
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Drop That Sound said:
According to many renters policies, screwing holes in walls is fine, and isn't cause for losing your deposits or whatever. Don't take my word for it though.. I'm pro at finish work, lol. My last landlords begged me to do the work on their other units, and would never know if i screwed into the walls, or even nails. Spackle, cans of orange peel, and a paint stick.. Toothepaste, lol.. Anyway, if you go high enough up the wall into the top plate or studs, with a big enough bolt sunk in, you could probably run a chain all the way across the room, and safely hang rows of lighting off that.. Just another idea..
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Not a rental just finished the basement but basically there’s really no good way around the light hanging I take it
 
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Spray some bloxygen into one of the leftover cans of pai..oh crap, they got thrown out huh? The paint will stay good for years, so you can touch up the holes with a little spackle back up later. If you have moldings up high (you got it made if you do!), pull them down and do the heavy duty chain thing, then nail em back up later. No one would ever know.
 
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Midwestflowers420 said:
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Not a rental just finished the basement but basically there’s really no good way around the light hanging I take it
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The problem is you finished the room. Unfinished is so much better. Open access to the joist allows you to us clamps instead of hooks and screws. No one cares if thier cement gets wet. Now your ducting is covered so you cant vent in or out though your furnace as easily. You probably covered access to the main drain of your house so you cant just squeege your run off away and have to pump or haul it off.
Hate to be captain hinsight but when building a room best to start on as fresh a slate as possible. Yeah drywall is realitivly cheap and easy but now you either have to work around it or "mess up" your fresh work.
 
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VaSmile said:
The problem is you finished the room. Unfinished is so much better. Open access to the joist allows you to us clamps instead of hooks and screws. No one cares if thier cement gets wet. Now your ducting is covered so you cant vent in or out though your furnace as easily. You probably covered access to the main drain of your house so you cant just squeege your run off away and have to pump or haul it off.
Hate to be captain hinsight but when building a room best to start on as fresh a slate as possible. Yeah drywall is realitivly cheap and easy but now you either have to work around it or "mess up" your fresh work.
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Yea if I knew Minnesota would go legal I definitely wouldn’t have fml
 
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I wouldn't buy a bunch of tents just for the frames btw. Re-use the old ones maybe. They aren't all that great (plastic fittings and mostly cheap metal poles), and you would be much better off building a larger frame that is the right dimensions to fit the grow area, right up to the ceiling. Using some welded 3-way + T slip fittings (DIY carport fittings are sold individually online in all shapes & size btw), and metal pipes. Use a few self tapping screws to zip it together quickly, or drill holes and add the push buttons with springs to lock the fittings in place, just like the carport tents they sell. 10' galvanized top rail pipes made for fencing, to save a few bucks, as opposed to heavier conduit.. That is what i'm thinking. End up being cheaper, and at least 10-20x stronger than any tent. You could also turn it back into a custom grow tent or greenhouse someday, or even put castors on it and roll it around in a larger shop space with a hard floor, etc. Nice HD frames with everything built in, sounds kinda nice!
 
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coreywebster said:
Just screw battens to joists across the ceiling and hang whatever you want.

If you ever remove them it's a couple of holes to fill, sand and paint.
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This. Also, you could tape on strips of foam or even old towels or something to act like a cushion between the board and ceiling, and protect from denting/scratching any of the paint or texture.. small screw holes are no big deal at all to fix!
 
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