Why Grow Room In Attic Not Good Idea

As attic is venting air from the whole house including kitchen there is always some heat in there.

Why grow room in attic not good idea.

Hey all if you followed my previous threads id moved to a new location and was pressed into using an attic as my grow location. The temperature is highly unstable. Do not pull the insulation out of the attic you re home cooling bill will go nuts. Nobody else is going to go in your attic but you.

It wasnt too rough a start b back in february when temps were compliant. Often older homes don t have many bathrooms so any home with one bathroom will benefit tremendously by simply adding a second bathroom in the attic it s also good because bathrooms are an important room yet people don t spend too much time in them so any low ceiling issues aren t too burdensome. I bought the ierdbei seeds because i was planning to grow outside but after a lot of reading i decided indoor is faster and much nicer. Paint it white or lowe s sells a 4 x8 sheet of white plastic about 1 32 thick but tough that s what i ve got over the tile in my grow room.

Again use insulation board over batt. I think this is good to the plant more hot more growing. By late may it was another story altogether everything was lost. By venting into the attic this moisture builds up and can cause mold or even roof rot.

I do not have a basement so decided to use my attic i have enough room and i can say it s hot there. It s not included on a tour of the house and isn t visible to neighbors. Bathrooms are a very popular room to add to an attic. The same for rooms and or wall units facing southward especially if there are large windows or are on upper floors.

And the rh from the grow tent air is very likely to get stuck with this heat and cause mold on the attic. It will either be very cold or very hot depending on the season. To solve the issue you can reroute it to a vent which is going out of your attic. Your grow room is going to be bright and attics have less places for light to leak out and alert neighbors.

Some attics are difficult to get to.