Dishing out some reps Rad! I have a larger room build in my head and seeing your room helps with my planning. I dunno what my dimensions will be 100%. Before I harvest I'm moving my plants to the new spot for a better idea of what I can fit. I was thinking about building a deck, and then I thought about just using 1in foam board under the plants.
Thanks for the thoughts, reps, and comments
In my first grow I did a flowering room with 1" foam board for two walls and poured concrete foundation for 2 walls with an inner shell of panda film. It did an excellent job of insulation, but a 600W HPS puts out so much heat that it didn't matter much - for flower.
I later added a veg room with unpainted 1/2" OSB for 2 walls and poured concrete foundation for 2 walls. The insulation was not as good. With 2x 216W CFL it needed supplemental heat 2-3 months per year.
The main reason I chose OSB over 1" foamboard was I constantly worried about stumbling against the wall and putting my hand through it. Also foamboard is harder to transport since driving at 40 MPH without some protection the wind can snap a foamboard into pieces. I never had accidents with the foamboard, but I had near misses and worried a lot.
I suspect a foamboard floor would need some wood over it to protect it from being torn apart by footsteps and solid objects.
BTW: using a deck minimized the framing time and effort as I basically have studless walls
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I'm interested to see what you do for doors. The idea of framing and interior door and keeping it square makes me sweaty.
On power tools, I have been using a Ryobi set for years now with no issues. I did buy a lithium battery which lasts a long time. Although, using charge time for correct measurements is smart as I have been known to measure twice and cut 4 times...and then measure again.....and again....
DON'T do it the hard way!
Framing a door and keeping it square is daunting to me too.
I installed actual doors last time because it was a state legal grow where the state required doors with locks - no rules about locks in my new state.
What I did before is take measurements and go to ReStore (the Habitat for Humanity resale store.) The stock varies from visit to visit, but they always have some pre-hung doors. I loosely attached the prehung door frames to the other framing members, fiddled with the position until everything looked and worked just right, then screwed into position and cut the wall sheathing to go around the door frame.
The really hard part about using normal doors is controlling light leaks. I used door sweeps under the doors, insulation on the door frames, baffles/interiot thresholds for the inside base, and curtains inside the rooms. Too much work!
This time, my half-formed plan for doors is a smaller hole on the inside and a door a few inches wider than the hole on the outside.
My rooms are inside a light sealed room with a light proof wall between the veg and flower area, so heat management is more critical than light management. I'm more winging it than planning
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On power tools, I have been using a Ryobi set for years now with no issues. I did buy a lithium battery which lasts a long time. Although, using charge time for correct measurements is smart as I have been known to measure twice and cut 4 times...and then measure again.....and again....
Edit : Just wanted to mention that my basement room was too cold next to my concrete wall, I ended up having to glue 1/2in foam to concrete.
I considered buying a lithium battery - They had 2 lithium batteries for $99 on Black Friday, but I have 2 batteries and it's only about 10 minutes to recharge so I decided I could make do with the original batteries. And then I bitched about it in my post
I built this against the interior brick walls and chimney base. From what I understand, brick is a beter insulator than cement. It doesn't feel cool to the touch so I decided to forgo foamboard or sheetrock insulation.
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Sorry if this was boring or sounding like I am defending my ideas.
... if my ideas are stupid, please challenge them. I'm more interested it getting things done right than proving that I am right.