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  Use expert tips for a grow room to quickly set up a totally controllable indoor environment for plant cultivation at a minimal cost for producing maximum crops. A grow room is a semi or totally sealed area using artificial lighting and ventilation, often in combination with hydroponic or soilless cultivation techniques, for growing plants such as mushrooms, medicinal herbs and wheat grass.
  
  

Preparation

• An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure where setting up grow rooms are concerned; cleaning the area thoroughly removes all contaminants which can attack crops with disastrous results. Choosing a room where mould is an issue, like a basement, means more work to ensure correct air flow is maintained (e.g. by running extra fans and dehumidifiers all the time). Basement often require heating in the winter months; all this also adds extra costs to your budget. Attic rooms also have their problems; any floors must be strong enough to bear the weight of all the equipment you plan on installing. Roofs are vulnerable to leaks, heat up to unbearably high temperatures in the summer months and tend to be odd shapes, because of the slope, so harder to seal with the floor to wall plastic sheeting used to keep grow room environments as sterile as possible.
  
  

Power Sources

• Power sources for lighting, ventilation and heating equipment must be sufficiently high voltage to support all the machinery you are installing to effectively grow plants indoors. Ventilation systems consist of three elements; an fan for intake of fresh air, one for circulation and a third for exhausting hot air to the outside. Even if heating seems an unlikely requirement at the time of construction, ensuring there is enough spare power to for a heater to carry plants over unusually cold snaps often saves a crop from being ruined. Since electric heaters draw more electricity than most household appliances, consider a safe back-up system for this eventuality, even if it means installing an extra heavy-duty power feed. Consider a buying a small gasoline driven back-up generator to keep your crop alive during power outages.
  
  

Water Sources

• A convenient and safe source of water which provides enough to keep the whole crop healthy is vital, especially during the longer growing seasons, when plants require more intensive watering. To ensure the water source is practical, consider installing plumbing in the room if there is no pre-existing faucet; relying on buckets or hosepipes to bring in sufficient water risks injuries and accidents, or at the least leaks from faulty pipe connections. A back-up source of water, such as a pump and a tank, cistern or well ensures you will be able to continue to grow your plants should the pipes freeze or local utilities be turned off for any reason, such as bad weather.