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[sgrowell]

Hi Ed and Lee and all,

I'm going to be finishing out a darkroom soon. Any tips about things you would have done different or tips not ordinarily found in the "How to Build a Darkroom" books?

Steve

 

[lee]

Tips they don't tell you about:

Make the room as big as you can and add more electricity than you think you need. Also, you can never have enough sink. I will have 16 feet of sink. I may have more but I just don't know yet. They are not in place yet. Where I live you need to add cold water to the tap so you can cool the tap down. In the summer, the average temp straight from the tap is about 90 degrees Fahrenheit. So, we are installing a chiller. The water heater is only going to have to be used about 3 or 4 months a year.

Also, the construction time will take twice as long as you think it will.

lee/c

 

[sgrowell]

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Lee,

Who are you getting the chiller from?

Reminds me of an Aggie joke (not that Aggie, Texas Aggies).

Aggie is at Harvard, waiting to interview for graduate school. Professor walks by...
Aggie: Excuse me sir, where are the restrooms at?
Professor: Son, at Harvard we don't end sentences with a preposition.
Aggie: Oh. Sorry, where are the restrooms at, a#!hole!

Steve

 

[lee]

I don't know the brand of the chiller. One of the darkroom guys has three and we believe we will be able to make at least one work. I have only seen the chiller in the guys storeroom. Daily life has interrupted the building of the darkroom for the time being. We are almost ready to paint the place and install the door. I am gonna put down some 1x4's for molding on the floor in an effort to help control the dust.

As soon as I know the brand I will pass it on to you guys.


lee\c