Building Room Need Advice

[TheGanz]

I'm building a room in my attached garage. The garage is well insulated but not heated. My room is in my back corner of the garage. Veg room is about 5x8 and the bloom room is about 8x8. These rooms are insulated as well. Vapor barrier will be used then I have to put up drywall.

 

Right now I'm stuck on trying decide the best way to heat and cool the rooms. Since the room is so small would a space heater and window a/c unit be sufficient? If I go portable a/c and heater unit, how should I go about containing the smell from the exhaust of this unit. Is my room even big enough to buy a mini split unit? 8 foot ceilings. Will be using 4-5 600 watt hps lamps. Debating on using 1000's but that's another topic. Thanks.

[trichcycler]

600 waters are good, little heat, good penetration. 1000 watter are gooder, with gooder penetration, and more heat.

your rooms would love a single mini split. circulate the air between the rooms.

a window type ac unit will work well also. a portable unit will not. If you don't incorporate a dehumidifier you'll see failures.

a space heater may not be a reliable source of heat for your rooms.

 

good luck.

Jorge Cervantes grow bible has a million dollars worth of grow room design tips. for 25 bucks you wont go wrong. highly suggested

[ghgou812]

Hi Ganz and welcome.

 

grassmatch has some good advice. I would also suggest you check out youtube. Jorge Cervantez has a good video out there on designing a grow room and so does Mr. Green.

 

Hope this helps. Good Luck!

 

Cheers.

[Hayduke]

I have used mini splits (one in each room) with similar sized rooms.  Before that I used portable units that vented outdoors through a window.

 

The mini splits worked far better than the portable units.  They also cost quite a bit more to purchase, but took up far less space indoors than the portable models.  The cost was well worth the success with the mini split (which was a Sanyo)

[TheGanz]

If I went with a mini split I will definitely go up to the 1000's . But I'm gonna use what I got right now, 3 600's hps and a 1000 watt mh. I have the grow bible, but with tablets and such, paperbacks are last on my mind to check as a resource, lol. I want 4 1000 watters in that 8x8, but that seems like overkill and a lot of trouble (money) to cool.

 

I've had great results in tents, but designing my own room gets challenging. The room is framed and insulated. I was set on going with the window unit, now I'm sorta leaning towards the mini split, which has finishing my room on hold till I figure it out Definitely will have a dehumidifier, didn't list all the things I have to keep it short.

 

Seems like containing odor with the mini split will be a lot easier. My main concerns are noise and odor.

[trichcycler]

no odor escapes my window units. I hear portable ac is not that fortunate

[pergamum362]

Portable ac will exhaust smell, changing the filter will get rid of it...most of it. There horribly in efficient tho. A solid window unit and good airflow will do, but for perfection that mini split is it.

[TheGanz]

Anyone with a mini split have one with a heat pump? If so how did it work in the winter?