First time posting, so if I get something wrong please bear with me.
I have a spare bedroom where I've made a DIY grow tent. It's not pretty, but I think it will do the job. The tent itself is approximately a 4x5 with a 1000w HID. The tent itself is made from panda plastic with the frame is all pvc piping. I've attached a 6" inline fan to suck air from the light, which pulls air from inside the tent.
So here's my problem... All the hot air I've been venting out of the tent goes back into the bedroom, which then is sucked back into the tent via an inlet at the bottom of the tent. The only thing is I'm having a HUGE heating problem. Like, 96 degrees huge. I know plants aren't supposed to be in that hot of an environment, so I stuck them under a bunch of cfls until I can fix this problem.
So here's my tentative solution: I was thinking about exhausting all that air into the garage via the attic (using flexible, insulated ducting). That is, connect some insulated tubing to the end of my fan, have it go through the attic and finally expel out and into the garage.
Th only thing is, I'm wondering if this is going to affect the rest of the house. Honestly, I don't know much about ventilation and heating and I'm afraid that if I take it upon myself to do this, I'm going to fuck shit up.
So my question is, Would this work? Should I vent back into the house, or outside, or maybe somewhere else?
Thanks in advance!
Edit: I think I found a solution to my problem. I don't why this didn't occur to me in the first place (probably b/c I was freaking out so much about the heat), but what I realized is that part of one of the bedroom walls is shared by the garage. I'll simply vent the the air straight into the garage, as opposed to the making it go up through the ceiling, into the attic, back down through the ceiling, and into the garage. It would look a lot nicer, but honestly, it's just too much work, time and $$, so fuck that. Thank you to everyone that has contributed to this thread. It's been a big help just getting it out there. Thank you.
I have a spare bedroom where I've made a DIY grow tent. It's not pretty, but I think it will do the job. The tent itself is approximately a 4x5 with a 1000w HID. The tent itself is made from panda plastic with the frame is all pvc piping. I've attached a 6" inline fan to suck air from the light, which pulls air from inside the tent.
So here's my problem... All the hot air I've been venting out of the tent goes back into the bedroom, which then is sucked back into the tent via an inlet at the bottom of the tent. The only thing is I'm having a HUGE heating problem. Like, 96 degrees huge. I know plants aren't supposed to be in that hot of an environment, so I stuck them under a bunch of cfls until I can fix this problem.
So here's my tentative solution: I was thinking about exhausting all that air into the garage via the attic (using flexible, insulated ducting). That is, connect some insulated tubing to the end of my fan, have it go through the attic and finally expel out and into the garage.
Th only thing is, I'm wondering if this is going to affect the rest of the house. Honestly, I don't know much about ventilation and heating and I'm afraid that if I take it upon myself to do this, I'm going to fuck shit up.
So my question is, Would this work? Should I vent back into the house, or outside, or maybe somewhere else?
Thanks in advance!
Edit: I think I found a solution to my problem. I don't why this didn't occur to me in the first place (probably b/c I was freaking out so much about the heat), but what I realized is that part of one of the bedroom walls is shared by the garage. I'll simply vent the the air straight into the garage, as opposed to the making it go up through the ceiling, into the attic, back down through the ceiling, and into the garage. It would look a lot nicer, but honestly, it's just too much work, time and $$, so fuck that. Thank you to everyone that has contributed to this thread. It's been a big help just getting it out there. Thank you.