Congrats on your new darkroom, Mark! Georges, the main piece of advice I can give you about those cement walls is....ENCAPSULATE. I have a few things, cinder block walls & some exposed cement floor among them, which are very dust producing. Every single such surface must, it seems to me, be thoroughly coated with primer and/or paint, or some other type of coating. They make specific types for basements, floors, etc. It's a drag to have to do this, & I am coming off a mostly nonstop 14 months of house renovations, some of which I have done myself....but I am determined to not skimp because I don't feel like doing it, and being sorry later. Not sure what your heating/cooling system is, but we had new ductwork added onto our system to ventilate the darkroom, it's near the floor of the room entrance. An updraft exhaust fan from a defunct kitchen stove is mounted above the sink, & works great. I actually used that book to help me design my darkroom, Claudio. Well, back to it. Cheers, all! -Adrienne *************************************** Please, please shake some booty on the dance floor. You look great in those pants and we totally spy you tapping your foot up against the wall, flower. If the beat moves you, then rock it. from "nonsense nyc," 12/31/04...and their list of rules for New Year's Eve (and for life). >------------------------------ > >From: "mark" <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: [pure-silver] Re: New Darkroom >Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:57:00 -0500 > >I had about a 10 year backlog of negatives that needed attention, and about >2 years of negatives that needed processing. >------------------------------ > >Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 21:04:59 +0100 >From: Georges Giralt <georges.giralt@xxxxxxx> >Subject: [pure-silver] Re: New Darkroom > >Hi ! >I'm looking at everything you've to say about construction and first use > because this spring I will have my own piece to turn to a darkroom ! >It will be in the basement, build in concrete and for now, my main >concern is how to cope with dust... and cold wet air. ============================================================================================================= 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.