Ono Nadagin
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Edited because the higher I am the worse I spell 
I have started breaking ground on my new growroom, these are the pics of what I am starting with... a hidden area underneath a building.
I am showing you the entrance as it will be changed to still be hidden but will look totally diff than in these current pics so the finished entrance will never be photographed.
So on with the show
Here are the 1st shots of the area I have to work with
These are shots from me standing just inside the access
Here are some a little further in
This is a shot of the area around the corner to the right of the cement wall on the right of the pics above
I am going to lvl the area ib between the pillars in this pic to 8ft the lvl inside the entrance is around 7ft...
the distance between the pillars left to right is 80 inches and the distance from the back pillar on the right to the edge of the concrete wall is 120 inches... and the front left pillar is even with the concrete wall making the area a perfect 120"x80" with 8ft of overhead...
So the next few weeks will be slow on progress I suspect I was planning on puting a major dent in the excavating this weekend put I wore my ass out for 4 hours yest and didnt make much of a dent.. I had failed to realize that dirt that has been under a building for 50 years gets hard as concerte...
So I am going to make a extra long chisel blade for a pneumatic chisel and go at it .... If that doesnt work I am going to rent a jackhammer, however I think the air chisel will work.... I will take a few shots of my struggle to remove the granite hard dirt over the next few days and detail my progress..
This is going to be a long work in progress that is going to result in a fair sized grow room utilizing Coco in a SoG ... most likely built to fit E&F tables but I may give drip to drain a try but I know E&F and the idea of all those dripper hoses snaking through a large cramped SoG kinda scares me.
As far as lights and such.... its still up in the air... I am guessing 4k min, but you never know... I am switching from my old ballast to new electronic units so my lights may change from 1ks to 750s or 600s
Also besides just digging out the spot to build the grow room in I will be installing a monster R/O system 100 Gallons of R/O storage.. which may or may not get put to use, I just sent off some wellwater from the on site well just to make sure it is ok before we start using it... the results may indicate we dont need the R/O unit ... still debating whether or not to dig a hole for the rez... just afraid it may keep the rez to cool( whats the temp roots cold shock at? I forget).... So I will have some pics in the next couple of days of the R/O unit as well as the 60 and 40 gallon R/O tanks going in.
So say tuned and feel free to shoot any questions at me... I have big plans for the room... going to be fully automated if I can swing it $ wise
I have started breaking ground on my new growroom, these are the pics of what I am starting with... a hidden area underneath a building.
I am showing you the entrance as it will be changed to still be hidden but will look totally diff than in these current pics so the finished entrance will never be photographed.
So on with the show
Here are the 1st shots of the area I have to work with
These are shots from me standing just inside the access
Here are some a little further in
This is a shot of the area around the corner to the right of the cement wall on the right of the pics above
I am going to lvl the area ib between the pillars in this pic to 8ft the lvl inside the entrance is around 7ft...
the distance between the pillars left to right is 80 inches and the distance from the back pillar on the right to the edge of the concrete wall is 120 inches... and the front left pillar is even with the concrete wall making the area a perfect 120"x80" with 8ft of overhead...
So the next few weeks will be slow on progress I suspect I was planning on puting a major dent in the excavating this weekend put I wore my ass out for 4 hours yest and didnt make much of a dent.. I had failed to realize that dirt that has been under a building for 50 years gets hard as concerte...
So I am going to make a extra long chisel blade for a pneumatic chisel and go at it .... If that doesnt work I am going to rent a jackhammer, however I think the air chisel will work.... I will take a few shots of my struggle to remove the granite hard dirt over the next few days and detail my progress..
This is going to be a long work in progress that is going to result in a fair sized grow room utilizing Coco in a SoG ... most likely built to fit E&F tables but I may give drip to drain a try but I know E&F and the idea of all those dripper hoses snaking through a large cramped SoG kinda scares me.
As far as lights and such.... its still up in the air... I am guessing 4k min, but you never know... I am switching from my old ballast to new electronic units so my lights may change from 1ks to 750s or 600s
Also besides just digging out the spot to build the grow room in I will be installing a monster R/O system 100 Gallons of R/O storage.. which may or may not get put to use, I just sent off some wellwater from the on site well just to make sure it is ok before we start using it... the results may indicate we dont need the R/O unit ... still debating whether or not to dig a hole for the rez... just afraid it may keep the rez to cool( whats the temp roots cold shock at? I forget).... So I will have some pics in the next couple of days of the R/O unit as well as the 60 and 40 gallon R/O tanks going in.
So say tuned and feel free to shoot any questions at me... I have big plans for the room... going to be fully automated if I can swing it $ wise
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This is gonna be one heck of a project...gonna tag and learn....thanks for contributing to the site/forum
One Nadagin,
No worries there the pillars are sunk deep 35-45 feet 
