FLOORS for Growroom

[LiveGreenLoveLife]

Greetings all,
I have recently been building a small 7x8x8 grow space in the spare area of my basement. I used 2x4 studs to construct the frame for the room and I'm planning on using bathroom drywall to close the room up. My problem is that a large portion of the floor is cracked and slightly (about and inch) unlevel . I used 6mil black plastic all around the entire room to seal the outside and floor but I want something in between my hydro and the floor. What am i to do? self levelling concrete pehaps? or should i just construct a plywood floor? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated . Thanks all. LIVEGREEN

[DR Weed]

Is there a reason you have to have your floor level ?
I have a grow room and the floor is out of level by abut 3" in !
But I use E&F tray`s on tables

[LiveGreenLoveLife]

well i do use a nft system with a gravity return but i could work around that. it is mainly the large open cracks that allow access for all kinds of goofy little critters. i'm just worried about mites,pillbugs,springtails and everything else that is basement related .plus that floor gets pretty fuckin' cold at night so I have to keep my soil plants off the ground.

[Zandor]

There are several way to achieve your goal. A sub floor (raised wood) gives you the option of counter sinking drains and even the return tub. You can cover the floor with 4x8 sheets of thick PVC plastic that is used in commercial bathrooms in most restaurants and bars in the USA. It's easy to find they sell different types at Home Depot and Lowe's. The thick the better but the more it costs. Use the Lock tight brand Power grip to hold it in place and don't use the crap they say to use. It will clump up and make your floor lumpy. The power grip will not lump up on you and will hold better. You don't use nails to hold it down you don't want the holes to plug.

They have joiners you can use to seam seams but I find as a floor using extra glue and tooling it smooth works better the whole floor lays flat.

Second option is cement and that sure works too but you do need to have a slight drain in your floor to a floor drain just in case.

A must option you should use is to put the plastic 12" or more up each wall if not cover the walls & ceiling with the water proof plastic so you can use a forger to produce and control moisture through out the plants life cycle.

Plastic sheets proper sealed at the bottom of your walls will come in handy when there is a leak or water spill.

The cost of something like this type of setup is expensive but in the long haul it will last longer then drywall or anthing else and be easer to keep clean.

Peace

Z

[LiveGreenLoveLife]

thanx z. you always have the best ideas . A plywood/pvc subfloor is an excellent idea I can really use the extra headroom i will get by countersinking my rez. into the subfloor. I knew that was what i needed to do somehow but you just made it very clear and concise.

[Zandor]

thanx z. you always have the best ideas . A plywood/pvc subfloor is an excellent idea I can really use the extra headroom i will get by countersinking my rez. into the subfloor. I knew that was what i needed to do somehow but you just made it very clear and concise.

Don't forget to add drains in a few places just incase and try to run some of the PVC sheet plastic part up the wall; just in case.

Peace
Z