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Thanks EVERYONE for taking a seat and busting out the popcorn. Good news to report, today was day 1 framing, we accomplished a lot and I am thankful for having friends who are professional framers. Another day day and a half and we will work our selves out of stuff to do until I get the electrical ran. I know there will be a 1 week or so delay in electrical getting finished but in the meantime the panel and meter are getting taken care of.
I have decided to hose my water out to the barn at least until spring to see how it goes. The quotes I got were smoking crack, 4200.00 for a waterline, one day of digging. I will run the indoor copper and dig out by the barn and have someone run the rest in the spring if I am feeling it.
I plan to (still figuring this one out) run water in a badass garden hose in the winter, never touching the ground which right now is doable with existing structures. IE: deck, fences, bushes. Of course the hose will be drained and store din a warm place after ach use. I will fill my 5 44 gallon brute tanks that are connected via 3/4" and shutoffs. I will then run an appropriate sized water pump to 3/4" poly, saddleback my RO unit on to that, and run the fresh RO into my 500 gallon tank. Reapeat untill 500 gallons is full. Once the grows are rolling my dehumidifiers and air conditioners will pump condensate into the 500 gallon tank. After loading up the 500 a few times the room will replace all the water I need. I know when disposing of soil I will lose some, 15% dry weight of weed, and opening door. I would expect to have to run some more water in for maintenance of the supply but would be a lot less than actual use age, except when it is flush time
Lots of toys on the way I will get photos as the light board and water tank arrive, and of course as the build goes down.
Here is day 1 framing:
Putting in the floor, leaving opening for the drain to be installed in next day or two. 3/4 tounge and grove on 2x4 green board.
The 29ft x 9ft back wall:
The exterior walls are getting a layer of plastic with over lapping edges to be seamed, creating a vapor barrier, ceiling as well.
Ready to be raised:
Raise that shit!
Starting flower rooms side wall:
Raise it!
Starting to look like something Flower room inside dimentions = 20L x 15'8"W x 8'.8"H
Building front of flower room:
Raise it!
I have decided to hose my water out to the barn at least until spring to see how it goes. The quotes I got were smoking crack, 4200.00 for a waterline, one day of digging. I will run the indoor copper and dig out by the barn and have someone run the rest in the spring if I am feeling it.
I plan to (still figuring this one out) run water in a badass garden hose in the winter, never touching the ground which right now is doable with existing structures. IE: deck, fences, bushes. Of course the hose will be drained and store din a warm place after ach use. I will fill my 5 44 gallon brute tanks that are connected via 3/4" and shutoffs. I will then run an appropriate sized water pump to 3/4" poly, saddleback my RO unit on to that, and run the fresh RO into my 500 gallon tank. Reapeat untill 500 gallons is full. Once the grows are rolling my dehumidifiers and air conditioners will pump condensate into the 500 gallon tank. After loading up the 500 a few times the room will replace all the water I need. I know when disposing of soil I will lose some, 15% dry weight of weed, and opening door. I would expect to have to run some more water in for maintenance of the supply but would be a lot less than actual use age, except when it is flush time
Lots of toys on the way I will get photos as the light board and water tank arrive, and of course as the build goes down.
Here is day 1 framing:
Putting in the floor, leaving opening for the drain to be installed in next day or two. 3/4 tounge and grove on 2x4 green board.
The 29ft x 9ft back wall:
The exterior walls are getting a layer of plastic with over lapping edges to be seamed, creating a vapor barrier, ceiling as well.
Ready to be raised:
Raise that shit!
Starting flower rooms side wall:
Raise it!
Starting to look like something
Flower room inside dimentions = 20L x 15'8"W x 8'.8"HBuilding front of flower room:
Raise it!
canadasfinest
Member
nice 
tagged
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SpoCannabis
Active member
Coming along quite nicely!!! Tuned in... =)
fucking loving this thread already!
THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND: PuReKnOwLeDgE + 16kW +(32 10 gallon sour bubbles)BOG genetics + PK's excellent thread making skills + pk's diligence =
p.s.
thats what SHE said!
...ba dump dump chshshshshshshsh :yay:
im here all night folks...
looking forward to some more action PK....
THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND: PuReKnOwLeDgE + 16kW +(32 10 gallon sour bubbles)BOG genetics + PK's excellent thread making skills + pk's diligence =
p.s.
thats what SHE said!
...ba dump dump chshshshshshshsh :yay:
im here all night folks...
looking forward to some more action PK....
canadasfinest- ty
AOD2012- thanks and me to! Flushing will be a breeze
SpoCannabis- So far so good, framers are back at it this morning, told me to sleep in if I want! I might take them up on that offer for another hour or so.....
Lilwayne- You are way to kind man, I will try my best to not let you down! More action to come don't you worry.
Learner 43- Yes maybe some day! Glad I can inspire like so many here have done for me. Make a plan and stick to it, this literally is my dream come true. If you could have seen the grind it took to get here and where I came form and where I am now.
Choc- I like the skills to! To bad they aren't mine and thankfully I have a grower friend or two whos framing skills far outweigh their growing skills so they are still looking for work!
I will get some more pictures up later tonight!
AOD2012- thanks and me to! Flushing will be a breeze
SpoCannabis- So far so good, framers are back at it this morning, told me to sleep in if I want! I might take them up on that offer for another hour or so.....
Lilwayne- You are way to kind man, I will try my best to not let you down! More action to come don't you worry.
Learner 43- Yes maybe some day! Glad I can inspire like so many here have done for me. Make a plan and stick to it, this literally is my dream come true. If you could have seen the grind it took to get here and where I came form and where I am now.
Choc- I like the skills to! To bad they aren't mine and thankfully I have a grower friend or two whos framing skills far outweigh their growing skills so they are still looking for work!
I will get some more pictures up later tonight!
LittleAmsterdam
Member
Why are you building a raised floor? Better insulation?
I would assume the concrete slab would get real cold in the winter and conduct heat away from the reservoirs....?
Nice work !
I would assume the concrete slab would get real cold in the winter and conduct heat away from the reservoirs....?
Nice work !
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OrganicOzarks
I hate you.
LittleAmsterdam - For insulation purposes, I don't want my roots getting cold, and also to install a drain in the flower room for messy flush days. Thanks
OrganicOzarks- Thanks, the more haters I generate the better I am doing
Today was day 2 framing, I was offsite most the day tending to my girls and hitting up the growshop. I put in my order for the remaining ballast and hoods I need and also ordered close to 1000 gallons of soil mix. 450 pounds of earth worm castings lol. Plus all the pots I could ever need and a shit ton of 5 foot bamboos.
Today the center wall seperating the flower and veg was built, the flower ceiling framing was put on, and the front existing wall was stripped to include the railing and stairs. Lots of wood had to be juggled around. Tomorrow will be another 10-12 hour day and I expect to see all the ceiling 2x10's in place and some walls going up in the work room.
I decided against walling in the veg room and adding a door and will be going with an open floor plan. I like being able to walk in and see my veg girls right away and since the veg/work are will be on the same temp/humidity/co2 control no reason to make anything tricky IE: needing to install fans. The far right wall of the veg room is being delayed until I get the 500 gallon water tank in there.
Here we go:
Flower room is the room on left with door:
Looking into flower room from veg:
Front wall after being stripped, the door will be replaced with a wider steel frame steel door with a biometrics thumbprint lock + keypad + key. Looking out of the veg room into the work area here:
Veg room, 12+w x 20L x 9H:
OrganicOzarks- Thanks, the more haters I generate the better I am doing
Today was day 2 framing, I was offsite most the day tending to my girls and hitting up the growshop. I put in my order for the remaining ballast and hoods I need and also ordered close to 1000 gallons of soil mix. 450 pounds of earth worm castings lol. Plus all the pots I could ever need and a shit ton of 5 foot bamboos.
Today the center wall seperating the flower and veg was built, the flower ceiling framing was put on, and the front existing wall was stripped to include the railing and stairs. Lots of wood had to be juggled around. Tomorrow will be another 10-12 hour day and I expect to see all the ceiling 2x10's in place and some walls going up in the work room.
I decided against walling in the veg room and adding a door and will be going with an open floor plan. I like being able to walk in and see my veg girls right away and since the veg/work are will be on the same temp/humidity/co2 control no reason to make anything tricky IE: needing to install fans. The far right wall of the veg room is being delayed until I get the 500 gallon water tank in there.
Here we go:
Flower room is the room on left with door:
Looking into flower room from veg:
Front wall after being stripped, the door will be replaced with a wider steel frame steel door with a biometrics thumbprint lock + keypad + key. Looking out of the veg room into the work area here:
Veg room, 12+w x 20L x 9H:
Doing your part to keep America working I see. Looks good, but could look better if it was mine not yours. If it was mine I wouldn't change it but it would look stunning.
Hell no Jenn! When I see the 400 light rooms thats when I start to thinking lol. To bad I don't have the balls to go any bigger, I could manage a couple hundred no problem. Go check out DMT's threads, hes killing it. 16 lights, we are talking I can light up 320square feet, pretty small buy any production garden standards other then weed.
Ichabodcrane- that is some funny shit had me laughing
Ichabodcrane- that is some funny shit had me laughing
Jenn I am insignificant with my three little weed doughnut set ups. Still trying to figure out how to program PK's biolock with my thumb.
PoisonedDart
Member
Will the vapor barrier plastic be the only insulation for the outer walls?
PD
PD
Hell no PD it gets cold as hell here in the winter. I will be putting in the highest R 24" rolls of fiberglass I can find! The vapor barrier is there in case the pole barn "sweats" in the rapid temp changes they experience. This way my wood is protected and stays strong. Also if any leaks we fix come back. None are to bad as of right now but I will be tarring them all up. The inside of the walls will also have 5/8" plywood covering it, a layer of KILLZ mold paint applyed via sprayer, and of course a nice layer of Poly.
Ichabodcrane- you got the jokes man I dig lol. You will need my thumb print and the digitial code! I hope you have been brushing up on your CSI! Thumb print will be an easy one, everywhere I go I leave thumbprints made of sticky resin. What is even worse is a day rareily goes by where I don't have resin caked on the tip of my nose, I cannot remeber the last time I didn't have something at least mid flower that didn't deserve some molesting. Today my girlfriend was picking saw dust out of the resin on my nose for me She always gives me kisses and goes, emmmmmm, it is like kissing a bud.
xmobotx- thanks, up to this point I can only stake claim to organizing, planning, and on occasion holding something. Lots of store runs and of course lunches and dinners, my people don't need no union! All topped of with a mediable, a fat chem D, and a soak in the hot tub. The help has almost stayed the nigth both nights from being so comatosed after working.
Ichabodcrane- you got the jokes man I dig lol. You will need my thumb print and the digitial code! I hope you have been brushing up on your CSI! Thumb print will be an easy one, everywhere I go I leave thumbprints made of sticky resin. What is even worse is a day rareily goes by where I don't have resin caked on the tip of my nose, I cannot remeber the last time I didn't have something at least mid flower that didn't deserve some molesting. Today my girlfriend was picking saw dust out of the resin on my nose for me
She always gives me kisses and goes, emmmmmm, it is like kissing a bud.xmobotx- thanks, up to this point I can only stake claim to organizing, planning, and on occasion holding something. Lots of store runs and of course lunches and dinners, my people don't need no union! All topped of with a mediable, a fat chem D, and a soak in the hot tub. The help has almost stayed the nigth both nights from being so comatosed after working.
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Electrician
Active member
PK , Looking Good !!!! Good Craftsmanship There! When I see clean builds like that it really gets my excited about doing the same with the electrical!
