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    Evening all, hope you're not nursing any sunburnt body parts unlike my legs.

    After the freak hot weekend we've just experienced in England I decided to make some much needed upgrades to the loft grow.
    I presently run a 1x1x1.6m loft tent with a 4" TD silent extraction and mountain air filter.
    I bought a new 6" model which I plan to simply change over and increase ducting size to 6" too.
    I plan to then use the 4" as my new active intake.

    My question is simply, in a very hot loft of a not very modern house, where would you be looking to draw cooler air in from?
    I had thought about fitting a vent on the loft hatch and drawing cool air from the landing ceiling, but don't want to draw any attention to the area should my landlord come round at any point.
    The tent topped 42 degrees yesterday and that was with the fan running at 100%, far from ideal. Plants are just fine tho, thirsty, but fine.

    What would you guys/girls suggest?

    Thanks

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    Does your roof have a soffit? cut a hole, cover it with bug screen, suck air thru the hole.

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    That'd be too easy , house is 1950's.

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    Tap in to the chimney breast if there is one.
    It's nice to be nice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by .Nixon. View Post
    Evening all, hope you're not nursing any sunburnt body parts unlike my legs.

    After the freak hot weekend we've just experienced in England I decided to make some much needed upgrades to the loft grow.
    I presently run a 1x1x1.6m loft tent with a 4" TD silent extraction and mountain air filter.
    I bought a new 6" model which I plan to simply change over and increase ducting size to 6" too.
    I plan to then use the 4" as my new active intake.

    My question is simply, in a very hot loft of a not very modern house, where would you be looking to draw cooler air in from?
    I had thought about fitting a vent on the loft hatch and drawing cool air from the landing ceiling, but don't want to draw any attention to the area should my landlord come round at any point.
    The tent topped 42 degrees yesterday and that was with the fan running at 100%, far from ideal. Plants are just fine tho, thirsty, but fine.

    What would you guys/girls suggest?

    Thanks

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    On a hot day is the air inside your house cooler than the summer air outside?

    I grow in my loft and my intake draws air from the spare bedroom. I've found this way the temps are more regulated


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    There's definitely one of those . Only reason I'd not considered it thus far is because we're an end terrace and my tent is situated at the no neighbour side of the house.
    I'll take a look at the chimney breast tomorrow and see whether I can get a 4" pipe in there somehow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by .Nixon. View Post
    There's definitely one of those . Only reason I'd not considered it thus far is because we're an end terrace and my tent is situated at the no neighbour side of the house.
    I'll take a look at the chimney breast tomorrow and see whether I can get a 4" pipe in there somehow.

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    You may have to work a couple of bricks out,the mortar should be softish if it’s an old house.

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    The house is considerably cooler than outside, hence my initial thought of somehow getting the pipe through the loft floor into the hallway ceiling, it was just the vent I'd have to install that'd draw attention to my landlord.

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    Do you have a vent for your clothes dryer around the general area? They make great intakes as well as exhausts if you plumb them correctly. Make sure to be careful when drying your clothes, though!!

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    The only vent upstairs at all is the bathroom one. No roof vents, soffits or other modern ventilation systems.
    The only logical thing is to figure a way to draw the cooler air from the house. Figure a ceiling vent is going to be getting installed this week.

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