Probably but that doesn t stop us trying.
Attic grow room cooling.
Tip 3 of 7.
Using an air conditioner is the best way to ensure that your grow room does not get too hot and that your plants are all safe from any possible heat related damage.
However the space directly beneath.
Process cooling systems are the other main type of cooling systems that you will run into.
Open loop grow rooms consistently provide fresh air to the plants in one of two ways.
Is the attic a space you use for storage or is it an extra living space that you or members of your family will be spending a lot of time in.
Grow room cooling systems are one of the most vital parts of any grow room operation.
These are all good places to build your grow room but almost any room in your house can be a grow room as long as there is privacy a way to stabilize the temperature people won t go in accidentally and you don t use the room or space for anything other than growing.
The outside source of fresh air could be a separate room in your house the hallway an attic basement cracked window or even directly from outside if.
If the space is being used often it may warrant adding another air conditioning unit or extending your central air system to include the attic.
They ve been well discussed here and other places but briefly they re not cost effective don t deal with the problem where it starts are using convection to solve a radiant heat problem and can even be dangerous by backdrafting combustion appliances and.
If building a grow room insulate the complete structure well.
How to cool the grow room if it gets too hot.
Alternatively install passive vents such as gable soffit and ridge vents which are openings in the roof that allow hot air to escape.
Powered attic ventilators are the worst way to try to keep your attic cool.
Most ac systems you encounter will be made for comfort cooling.
Is it a crazy idea to create an indoor garden grow room in your loft or attic.
Insulation and heating are good but only in certain situations and for a certain degree of heat.
Install electric ventilators and attic fans which remove hot air from an attic.
Those type of systems will run until the room arrives at a predetermined temperature on the thermostat.
They have thermostats that turn the fan on at a recommended preset temperature of 100 110 degrees.
Determine your cooling needs.
Keep the exhaust intake holes at opposite positions no matter how hard you try some warm air coming out of the exhaust system will be still there in the room.
Use insulation where practical.
Either an intake fan that pulls air from an outside source or a passive exhaust system pulls in fresh air by forcing old air out through an exhaust duct.
Bottles of frozen water rather than ice cubes are a resource friendly way to add cool to the room.