i am planning to grow in a small apartment. i only have a couple small windows and they are facing a pedestrian walkway, i am on the 2nd floor so there really arent people close to my window, but if someone looks up, i obviously cant have a dryer vent hose sticking out my window. what can i do to make it a little more discreet?
Here's one idea from the DIY forum. There are few details but it seems that you build a small box with one side open and however many exhaust ports you need, mount a vent grill, something like this from home depot. Plotting one myself but having tinkered with it yet. Just ideas for you.
build a box to fit over the inside of the window, and leave the window cracked a bit. then cut a hole in the box for your intake. this will keep the light out, disguise the window from below, and will bring fresh air into the room.
I always thought it would be a good idea to gut a swamp cooler and have it blowing out using the cooler as a facade. My buddy just runs his up in the attic though.
Just blow it out the window. lol I lived on a second story and that is what I did. The ceilings were high so nobody ever looked up I think. If you have the windows closed, and blinds closed, it isn't that difficult to figure some way to vent the air. People just think it is a fan or ac or something. You know those indoor AC units that have a tube or two in the back? They have a hose that goes to the window. Great reason to have a tube in the window in a hot season. If it is cold, crap I guess crack the window for a little fresh air, but just vent to the room. Free heating. What is the problem? Their was none in the first place.
thanks for all the input. i ended up coming up with a very simple solution. i simply bought some fabric from walmart and hung it like a window curtain.. the fabric i bought was very shear, the air blows right through it, but when you look at it from outside it only looks like a curtain, you cant see the ducting behind it.
I got ahold of an old airconditioner. window type, ripped out all the innards execpt the coil at the back. mounted a can fan inside and stuck it in a window. a little ducting to the cabinet. it still looks like an ac, it even sounds like an ac and it accounts for 1500 watts the power company , or the cops, or the landloard might be looking for. my buddy still uses the setup in his apartment...no one is the wiser.
I'm planning on using this to vent mine once I get an apartment, just hook up the exhaust hose to the fan, have the fan pulling the air outside: Google Image Result for http://www.viewpoints.com/images/review/2009/172/20/1245634263-15516_full.jpg