I built mine in the basement, and treated it as a traditional room, with drywall (walls and ceiling), AC outlets, lights, switches, exhaust fan, cabinets, etc. Used those interlocking foam rubber square tiles as flooring over concrete. quiet, low-dust, light-tight.
1. I did the cellar routine when I was in high school, and it wasn't good. Humidity was uncontrollable. Dust was terrible- every time someone walked around upstairs, dust fell from the exposed rafters and floorboards. 2. A free-standing outbuilding would be expensive in that all walls would be exterior and have to be insulated. Plus there is the hassle of permitting. And if you have to specify that it's a photo darkroom, someone may get the idea to notify the sewer authority about chems going down the drain. 3. Water runs downhill, and any spills in your upstairs darkroom could end up coming through the ceiling of the room below. In order for a room to be counted as a bedroom, it has to have a window- usually a problem for a darkroom.That said, I agree that option #3 is probably your best bet. A single sheet of linoleum for a floor covering will protect the downstairs from small spills. Careful handling of the window can provide you with the ventilation you need. The door can probably be sealed for light. And depending on the heating/cooling in your home, odors in the rest of the house can probably be handled by the window ventilation.Good luck with your new darkroom! Ken Hart kwhart1@xxxxxxxxxxxx----- Original Message ----- From: "shannon Stoney" <shannonstoney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 5:53 AM Subject: [pure-silver] new darkroomI am moving my darkroom from TX to TN, and I'm trying to figure out what is the best way to build the new one. Here are the choices:1. Retrofit a root cellar so that it is less humid. Problems will be knocking out some of the concrete block wall for ventilation.2. Build a little outbuilding. 3. Retrofit an upstairs bedroom.Right now I'm leaning toward #3, but my darkroom has always been in the garage before, and I'm wondering if it will be hard to keep it clean enough so that it doesn't cause odors in the rest of the upstairs.Thanks for any thoughts you might have.--shannon============================================================================================================To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1415 / Virus Database: 2108/4093 - Release Date: 12/20/11 =============================================================================================================To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.
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