Oh by the way you were mentioned the other day; a buddy said to me "haha that guy Mr. Tony could spot out a bong detail a mile away".
I've seen some bottom-watering systems before (including ropes / wicks, E/F, Autopots), but so far I'm most comfortable feeding top-down until trying other methods on a larger scale. I will definitely keep these other methods in mind for the future, though.
The room is close to square, but as far as a 3x3 layout and 9kW, there were other limitations and goals that came into play early on in design which led up to the 16kW total.
You should be. I'm sitting near your window sill checking out your grow right now.
...Just thinking back... If I recall correctly, this build ran just short of 400 studs, and something in the neighborhood of 175 4x8 sheets of drywall. Ran through a majority of a 5000-ct framing nail box, a decent amount of a 25# box of 1 5/8" drywall screws, lots of battery recharges, scrapes & cuts. Not sure how many 5-gallon pails of joint compound (I wanna say 4) or rolls of seam tape. Keep in mind that none of us were experienced in construction (except for the drywall guys that we had to hire), so a lot of work was less than efficient, etc.
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The framing nail system ran just under $300, mostly from Harbor Freight, in case anyone's wondering (I remember discussions about framing nailers in a thread in the past). $80 3.5" framing nailer; $100 air compressor; $20 hoses & fittings. Maybe $20 in compressor & tool oil and $50 for a 5000-ct plastic collated full round head framing nails from Home Depot.
In hindsight I wish I would have gotten the 28deg clipped head, or 21deg/28deg combo, since I'm not exactly doing work that'll need to pass building code inspections. Research seems to dictate that clipped head nails hold just as well for our purposes, and the larger magazine capacity and less plastic shrapnel would have come in handy as well. I imagine nails are probably slightly cheaper, too, since they're paper collated.
By the way this is coming from a non-carpenter, who has never owned or used a framing nailer before. Never really had the need for one; never really framed anything until I had to frame growrooms. If you have an unlimited budget, I'd say get a decent, light, $200-range framing nailer w/ bells and whistles. Otherwise, I'd say that a Harbor Freight gun works extremely well for our purposes. Our gun has worked flawlessly for us for the entire project, and I expect it to work for the next.
Just my
