Hello everyone. I've got a bit of a dilemma. My tent doesnt quite fit in the new location. Its 2m x 1m and the room is only 1.8m. I could probably get it up by shortening the poles but it will end up all saggy and pants. Its pretty old anyhow and looks like the universe in a dark room.
So I had an idea of covering three walls with white plastic sheeting and half of the floor to turn half of the small room into a growing area a bit smaller than the tent was.
Shorten the poles on the tent to make it fit and use the bare frame to hang the lights and extraction off.
Board up the small window and use it as a passive intake to the room with a 4" duct and cut a hole in the door to extract out of the room into the hall with the door shut creating a sealed room.
My concern is smells leaking into the loft. As sometimes when I am in the loft I can smell the neighbours dinner cooking. So I dont want them smelling my plants. Will the plasterboard ceiling be enough to stop smells leaking into the loft. Surely with enough extraction from the room into the hall any small crack in the ceiling will be pulling air into the room from the loft? Right?
Just worried with hot air rising the loft will end up stinking.
Ive got a big extraction set up dialled right down with a variac controller so increasing extraction from the room is no big issue. Just wondering if covering the ceiling some how would be beneficial
Only ever used tents before so not sure how effective a carbon filter is just in a sealed bedroom basically.
Also I've noticed in the loft there is a couple of bricks missing where you can see into the neighbours loft so was going to seal them up and the roof awning between buildings with expanding foam, just to minimise smells drifting between lofts?
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
BM
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