Grow Closet DESIGN+pic's-ideas Needed!

[cantgetenough]

Hi all.
Just a quick back ground to me. I’m about to move in mid Aug and have attempted my first grow already in soil. Unfortunately both the plants I was growing turned out to be male. Now due to my lack of time, I’m not going to start another grow till I move. So in the mean time I want to build a grow closet.
I bought this closet for a set up a week ago and need some ideas please.
What I’m wanting from this set up is to be able to grow 2-3 plants. Ideally I would like a compartment to clone , a compartment to veg and most importantly a compartment to flower.
DIMENSIONS OF CLOSET
36” wide
18.5” deep
69” tall (- 5” for shutter roller inside)
I want this closet to be a perfect as possible, meaning where ever I go it’s just a case of plugging it in and off I go. I already have some equipment.
1x 400w HPS
1x 125CFL
2x Euro reflectors
2x fans (1x 8”& 1x21”)
1x carbon filter
1x extractor fan.
I know I’m going to need more equipment, so that’s not a problem.
As you can see from the pics I have a roll shutter. I thought this was great at first but now realise that I lose a total of about 5” in height, so this may need to come out.
I have 1 or 2 ideas already but I would like some advice and ideas guys and girls.
Anyway thanks for looking in.
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[cantgetenough]

Does no one have any ideas or thoughts

[Homergrower]

Well i'll comment, It sounds like you've got your equipment and it just needs to all go in.
ALl the usual advice i suppose.
Passive intake(s) to the bottom of the unit ,
active exhaust to the top.
I would forget about a Veg and Flower chamber. Just go the Clone and Main chamber. It will allow more room for your plants to expand.
I have a similar wardrobe but your looks a big bigger and deeper, so you'll have alot of room to work with.
Throw up some pics of your gear like filters and fans and lights, so we can get a better idea of what you've got to fit in
Good luck with it.
It's the best project you'll ever do

[cantgetenough]

At last Thanks for the input Homergrower, now why didn't i think of that. your right about prob been the best project I'll do. planning on doing some work on it tomorrow.
Anyway here are some pics & list of everything i have.I know there is going to be more stuff to buy, but that's not a problem.Just want to get this as spot on as possible.

3 in 1 soil tester (moist-light-Ph)
Digital thermometer
125w ECO light- Blue spectrum Bulb
6 meters of chain
Ph tester
3 feet silver ducting
3 feet white ducting
2x Euro light reflectors
400w HPS bulb
exhaust fan
1x carbon fillter
1x 10' fan
1x 20' fan
400w ballast
Humidity meter
3x timers
1x 4Way multi socket

and a partridge in a pear treeeeeeee.

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[cantgetenough]

Hi all, just thought i would up date quickly with the work that has been done so far.
Went out this morning to buy some wood and bits.
I bought some 15mm MDF and some modesty blocks.Ive decided just to go for 2 grow areas(seedling/veg & flower).There is 20' hight for veg and 42' hight for flowering.
Due to lack of hight for flowering I'm going to go for SOG grow method so I'm hoping this allows for some good growth.
As you can probably tell how this is going to end up I'm also going to put in some internal doors for each grow area so i can be sure of no light leakage from grow area to grow area.Because I'm fitting internal doors i noticed that the metal plating for my shutter lock was not level to the base.This was going to be a problem with the doors not been able to open and close for my veg area.All i did was remove the plate and chisel into the base a few mm and as you can see from pics it now lies nice and flat.
Let me know what you think guys.

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[cantgetenough]

High All

Well been very busy these past few days working hard. Today I’ve done some more work on the box. On Wednesday I put up the frame work for the inner compartments (1.5” by 1”) making sure there was a least half an inch gap from the shutter rails, to allow for the inner doors to open. Once frame work was up I sealed the inside as I notices small gaps, with bathroom sealant so to stop any poss light leakage and to make sure each compartment is air tight as best I can make it.
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[cantgetenough]

Once that was done I put in the door divider (if that’s what you call it and secured that with modesty blocks and screws.
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Today I put up the doors which proved allot more frustrating than I imagined. I’m no carpenter and have very little patience, so this really got on my tits. After I managed to get the doors hung I was concerned still about the light leakage and been air tight.
Went and got more wood and draft seal tape. Basically I knocked up indoor frames and screwed them in place and also chiselling into the frame allowing the door to close properly.
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Followed by some more bathroom sealant. Still on the inner door out side the frame, I stuck the draft seal tape to be 100% sure.
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[cantgetenough]

Instead of having lock or catches to keep the doors closed, I’ve decided to screw them closed. Again this way I can be sure of no leakages.
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Hope this all makes sense people, like I said I’m no carpenter and don’t know the terminologies.
Two things I would like to ask.
Heat is going to be a problem, I know. So I’m going to get a air cooled light tube. Can these be home made easily enough, as I had to pick myself up of the floor when in my local grow shop I found out how much they were.
Also can anyone recommend that anti heat thermo detection sheeting? Does it do what it say’s.
Comments and advise please.

[cantgetenough]

sorry i missed some pics out

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[TheTsunami]

wait so you have that sliding door and 2 doors?

[Rumpleforeskin]

Seems like you got a master plan. Keep going, I see only good ideas from you.

[cantgetenough]

Originally Posted by The Tsunami

wait so you have that sliding door and 2 doors?

Thats right but it's 4 doors and the shutter(stealthy).
Question for everyone!
I'm going to be buying the cool tube lighting this week.If i were to get 2x 4" computer fans for inlet and outlet and attach those on the inner upper side of the closet, do you think that will be enough air flow to keep a 400W HPS cool?

[JeraldoRonaldo]

Excuse me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't you need only two chambers anyway? Because you put your clones in your veg chamber with your momma and then put them into the flowering chamber when they're ready.

EDIT: What I'm saying is, in your first post you mentioned three chambers, but I'm almost sure you'd only need two because a chamber to clone and a chamber to veg would be the same (unless I'm wrong)

[WarezHaxor]

I think he means, one chamber to get the clones to root and such. Looks nice man, how much did you pay for the closet and equip so far?

[cantgetenough]

Originally Posted by WarezHaxor

I think he means, one chamber to get the clones to root and such. Looks nice man, how much did you pay for the closet and equip so far?

thanks WarezHaxor yes there were originally going to be 3 chambers but i realized i could clone and veg in the same chamber.
Total cost at moment will be around £30($55) in material so far.and the closet was £50($93) total of £80($148) give or take.