Light trap door./vents

[Vitki]

Good day fellow phytanaughts.

 

Any cool hacks or DIY tricks?

 

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[Naughty.Psychonaut]

Not entirely sure what's the deal here  

you wana put a door by that opening where the toilet is?

[Vitki]

Yes. And i need advice on how to make a light trap please.

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[Ill_Evan]

Could maybe try hang an old curtain and add some velcro to stick it closed against the wall if needed.

I remember they used to sell single tent walls with a zipper in the middle. That could've maybe worked too. 

[Naughty.Psychonaut]

A light trap you say?

how often you need to open and close to move through there? 

Drop sheet with ducktape, just leave one side open or something? 

otherwise, a low effort DIY door. 

rectangular wooden beams flush with the walls of the entrance, wooden frame door with soft wood board as the actual door, just one is needed. 2 x hinges and a latch. to keep the door closed. Tyre tube inners or any kinda rubber tubing that'll seal the door, this goes all along the wooden frame you drilled flush into the wall so when the door meets the wood and the latch keeps the door closed the rubber traps the light. 

so this rectangular beam goes flush on the wall all along the inside of the entrance, creating a "step over" or a "lip" inside the entrance (you need the outer frame to be strong enough to support the weight of the door, use coach screws so the weight of the door doesn't pull the frame out the wall)

then you build you door with square wooden beams (it's cheaper, and you'll need enough of it). measure the hole you wana close, add 2cm on each side, now you know how big the door frame must be. take the square beams, build the frame 

 

this is a good DIY door frame example, mind the free hand drawing  

now you slap some thin, cheap, soft wood board on it to make the actual door, literally this paper thin wood sheet will work 100% fiiiiiiiine. have some left over in the garage, will take a photo

 

then you gotta line the door with this rubber, you can buy it at autozone, it's meant to make cars water proof. so it'll work for light. 

now you just put the hinges on the door, easy peasy, get a thin object to raise the door 2-5cm off the ground when making it level so you know the door moves freely. the light trap will come from the rubber seal, hinges are the second easiest part.

now for the easiest part and that everything is in place, you just need the door to stay closed. a simple latch will do, many options. 

[Naughty.Psychonaut]

alternative is just buying a door and putting a lip inside the entrance with some of that rubber on it.

[Vitki]

I looked at the entrance way and decided maybe to make a type sliding door fitted onto the inside of the room. I will use your design for the actual door because i cant really think of another way haha. 

Thanks for the advice and tips. I will update as the project progress this week.

I made a stupid mistake of fermenting inside the veg room and that smell attracted a lot of fungus rats. Now i too know what little basterds they can be to get rid of.  This set me back just by 2 weeks before i get the room going. No point moving the plants with pest only do spread them into that environment also.