6kw/12 hood basement build, new member!

[sho]

50a plug wired up

"Drying closet"... haha, 4' deep 6' wide.

Green light ... battery's charged and I didn't burn my house down when I turned the powwaa on

"Reorganized" the hallway... ie: moved all the shit back so I can bring more drywall in

 

[tokeinafort]

MOAR!

 

[Mister_D]

Looks like a well laid plan coming together

 

[Chunkypigs]

looks nice, good luck!

 

[D's]

Busy, busy, thanks for sharing. Keep it rolling!!

 

[hereigrow]

That panel was not even bad compared to some stuff ive seen in my area. I know phasing is not in NEC code anymore but its habit for me and your sub panel is phased wrong. No big deal but generally wires run black red blue in order from left to right. Keep the phases seperate and don't share neutrals. Looking great though that's a lot of work your taking on. Also you could save a little coin on gfi by running them line and load/ master slave style...

 

[sho]

Thanks guys, I've kept busy! Muratic Acid'd the floor after scrubbing it 5 times and put my first coat of 2-part high solids epoxy down last night. Then woke up to a wet basement this morning, had the drain cleaners over, and have a big mess to clean when I get home from work!

hereigrow, no I know it's not that bad but still messier then if I replaced wiring in the house (not gonna happen anytime soon). I don't know about the phasing, I know enough about electrical to be dangerous and get my jobs done. I am running my GFI's line/load, first outlet in a wall gets GFI then the rest are load. I still need at least 4 GFI's unfortunately, more once I get to finishing the other 2/3rds of the basement.

 

[sho]

coat 2

coat 3

 

[Mister_D]

 

[hereigrow]

That's awesome work its gonna look even betyer full of beautiful medicine. Any thought on strains? Hydro or soil?

 

[Maripan]

Very well done, indeed! I'll be looking forward to what's coming...

 

[sho]

Soil. Northern Lights x Big Bud, Great White Shark, and a few crosses with Mikado. I'm hoping with CO2 and perfect temps & humidity, I'll break the 4-5 oz I average indoor and pull closer to 8 a plant.

 

[hereigrow]

Sweet I havnt grown nl x bb in years mine was from nirvana and it was fire. Mikado is another one I don't hear much about arounf here...I love the "old school" stuff the kush/GSC bandwagon is way over filled round here.....looking foward to your show man.

 

[sho]

Anyone doing concrete floors, I HIGHLY recommend using Sherwin Williams Tile Clad HS (High Solids) Epoxy.

The prep was not easy ...3x scrub with degreaser, then a very strong muratic acid solution (5 parts water, 1 part acid), then "TSP" from Sherwin Williams to neutralize the surface's PH to help the epoxy adhere.

3 heavy coats later, all 3 coats were reduced about 5-15% with #54 Solvent. First coat was thinner to help fill voids, 2nd coat was thicker, and third was like painting with tar.

Let the product "sweat" in the bucket before using it, 30 minutes to an hour (it'll make little mini-air bubbles as you're applying it if you didn't sweat it long enough). They go away and don't affect the finished product.


I didn't go around and patch all the pits in the concrete ahead of time (should have, but oh well)... but this is the finished surface. 2 days dry now, very glossy but even finish and water beads up on it.

 

[sho]

moar...

I've still got lots of corner to tape around the ceiling... but I called it quits at about 9:30 and got drunk on Absolut Hibiscus... freakin' awesome vodka, BTW.

 

[sho]

Plugging along

 

[whatthe215]

very nice work sho!

is that a special sorta drywall or do you just like purple?

 

[SecondAttempt]

nice build so far... waiting to see it full of dank.

 

[chileno1978]

Love the setup (so far), I want that basement! thanks for sharing!

 

[MagniKhan]

very nice work sho!

is that a special sorta drywall or do you just like purple?

Thats mildew resistant drywall, some brands it's green.

Good choice on the drywall btw.