Dream Darkroom!! (Questions)

My present darkroom is a small bedroom on the main floor
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It has served me well but I need the space so I am planning to move my
darkroom to the basement within the next year so
 
The basement will provide ALOT more room and also accommodate a
light-trap entrance so my assistant (a Bloodhound) can come and go
without letting in the light. The easiest way to light-proof the
basement is to do the entire space (1 door and 2 windows), so I'll have
lots of room, about 18x35 feet, (shared with the furnace, water pump,
laundry, etc.)
 
One end of the basement has a "cold room", about 6x10 feet with shelves
on two walls where preserves were stored - that will become a storage
room for chemicals and such.
 
I have space along one wall that is about 16 feet long and I was
planning to use a 2x8' space for a dry side and the other 2x8 for wet
side (one LONG sink with removable covers).
 
I also have a room about 10 by 14 feet (no door) next to the cold room
that I am thinking of using for an "exposure room" so I can do exposures
without having stray light in the darkroom.
 
I think I have all the bases covered as far as the conventional darkroom
but since I have drifted into Tintypes and POP prints, I can foresee
getting into more "alternative" photography and I am wondering what
additional features I should plan into my darkroom design for the
alternate processes. Since I am fairly new to the alternatives, I
thought the people on the List might have more ideas.
 
This will be my "dream darkroom", probably the last one I will have
before "the old fart's home" so I want to do it right! What should be in
an alternative darkroom that gets forgotten?
 
Calamity Jane
(aka Dianne Best)
 
Received on Fri Apr 22 12:22:05 2005