Venting in a Rental

[lokes]

Hello Icmaggers,

I need a little help in the venting department. I have a rental and want to reduce the amount of holes I need to cut. I'm going to post my setup a long with a room diagram in hopes I can get some advice from the community.

Thanx in Advance

Setup:
4x8 flood tray or 3 4x4 trays
2 air cooled hoods with 2ea 1k per hood (4k 2hoods)
running them inline, may start with 1 hood only
8in votex for lights

My options are:

A) run the tray along the West wall at 12' or along the North wall at 9ft. Both have advantages and disadvantages.

If i run along the West wall I can intake from the window, and vent one of two ways. Either cut a hole in the ceiling and vent to attic -or- use ducting to bend at 90deg to vent into A/C duct in ceiling. (which might create its own challenges.) So at worst that's one hole in the ceiling cut it to vent into attic, which reduces the bends in my ducting and screwing with existing HVAC.


B) Run along the North wall and either intake or vent through the crawl space in the closet (CS) and cut a hole in the ceiling at the other end to /intake exhaust. On this model again one hole but I lose 3ft.

So the options seem about the same, but I was hoping someone might see a better solution than both A or B that I'm missing.

 

[dominicangreen]

ok get an a/c that you dont need and open it and unscrew and take out everything but the radiator thats located on the outside part of the a/c if it was monted on window.with the face of and everything halo inside you put it in window and black plastic 4ml thick or 8ml and put on face of the a/c and just cut the whole for your ducting on plastic and no one will see no holes they'll think its just an a/c on window nothing more.you can add more then one hole

big up,DG

 

[lokes]

Thanx for dropping in DG, I've got that on lock with a window box and window tent for the intake depending on which wall I run my tray on.

 

[lokes]

BUMP

 

[SirSmokalot]

Cut a whole in ceiling for lights intake on one side. On the other side of the room cut out a rectangle stud to stud. This will be exhaust end for lights and for scrubber if unsealed. Cut ur exhaust holes in a board that is cut to size for the hole you've made. Like a screw up template. The round hole is easy to patch and the rectangular one is already cut to the stud for new piece of drywall to get screwed up taped n textured when moving or if in a hurry for inspection. I used to do this while renting for years and always had repair supplies ready to go if needed. Cheap easy and no suspicious window ac. Always avoid any and I mean any reason to suspect. It's 115 where I live n I wouldn't dare risk a window ac for cooling or Intake actually In a window. If I needed an ac in the room I would build an ac lung box in the room to be safe to satisfy that. Always build with considering what could happen as if it is def gonna happen. The setup u are thinking of reminds me of my old grows. U should check out my casa del mota thread n read through for some ideas and info. Many ways to go I know but until recently I literally grew dank for pennies, including set up n equipment. I just decided to spend the dough to upgrade from 2k. Not renting any longer thank god or whoever u subscribe to lol

 

[PondeLftHndSide]

I plexed over similar venting issues and went with a HEPA-filtered floor intake to draw cool air from below the house on the opposite side of the room as my exhaust:

And a 10K BTU portable AC which vents next to the room exhaust:

My brother built the box, and a replaceable filter drops right in. Got a wonky little 200cfm inline on it now, but my ventilation is solid. I'm running a 450cfm 6" Vortex with a carbon filter for exhaust, and with the AC and two bare 1K sodiums in the vert cages temps stay below 85 at all times. Looking to upgrade to an 8" fan for exhaust and the current 6" for intake as funds permit... which isn't looking soon. That's what I get for growing old-school Sativas in today's market. A man has to have principles.

We had two things working for us - an exterior door on the corner of the room and a tile floor, both of which allow for very easy repair when we move out. We bought a solid-core door, replaced the existing door and cut our vent hole in that. Then we just replace the original door and the plug we cut out of the floor and re-tile. Might be an option if you have carpet... you can stick it right in the corner, or under your tray and duct it out into the room. Gotta have a HEPA filter though, it's dank and mildewy under most houses.

Here's one of the two Cages, just for reference. Running an 18 site Ebb & Grow split into 2 circuits:

Good luck, Lokes. Can't wait to see you up and growing again!

 

[lokes]

Thanx for dropping in Ponde, and for uploading the pics. Like the floor vent, and the removable filter is tits.
I've got my wiring done, which was much easier than I thought, I just hate electrical, but its to code and works great so I'm happy.

After spending some time in the room yesterday, I think I've got this solved, leaving only one hole to cut in the existing room.

I'm going to pull air in from the window across the hoods and cut one hole in the ceiling to vent the lights.
Then I'm going to run my scrubber through a separate fan and vent through the crawl space (CS) in the closet. I will be using passive air intake for both the lights and room, via the window box.
I bought everything for the partition wall and will be constructing that next, installing the lights, ducting, co2, etc.
As soon as I get that done, I will post up pics, and let the show begin.
It's been way to long, and its good to be so close to getting back to what I love.

 

[lokes]

-FUCK JUST DELETED A BOOK-
Okay, let's try this again. I think I've got my venting figured out, after getting some ideas bouncing around from the community and just moving forward, the pieces are falling together.
I started to erect the partition wall today and now I have to address the cosmetic issue of the window view from outside.
I think I'll take the old curtains, and affix them to the inside of the window and screw up the plywood. All you will see is curtains from the outside.
Place my passive vents in the plywood and just draw the air straight thru the curtains. (yes throw me a bone here please, lol)

I can't believe I'm actually getting close to spending time with my favorite ladies once again. Been a long road.
There's about another grand to spend on ducting, fans, trays, rez, and I should be up and running sooner than later.

-SORRY FOR THE RANT-

 

[sourpower456]

very smart idea.thank you

 

[Desert Hydro]

heres how i vent. window is left cracked open and bolted in place so no one can open it. put blinds iin the window. cut a cheap heavy duty board about 6" wider than window on all sides, silicone the edge of the window. screw board to wall. cut ductwork holes in said board(much easier before you mount it lol) vent out the window. i like those heavy duty bamboo type blinds and you can stretch em tight and screw em down good so they dont sway in the exhaust flow. i lined the inside of my box with whie foam to help kill noise.