RE: Dream Darkroom!! (Questions)

You can't have too much DUST FREE AIR. You are putting your darkroom in an
area that attracts two dust streams; the furnace and the dryer. Make sure
that you feed the first well with air from the whole house and two restrict
the air flow from your dryer.

If you can do it, I'd use one of the windows as direct link to the outside
while still maintaining your dark. This will provide an exhaust duct and
could also provide the air intake or a place to put your need climate
control. Have fun. Large darkrooms are a blast. I find that a good music
source is a good first step, even before the rest is in place.

Eric Neilsen Photography
4101 Commerce Street, Suite 9
Dallas, TX 75226
214-827-8301
http://ericneilsenphotography.com
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> From: res1dvao@verizon.net [mailto:res1dvao@verizon.net]
> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 4:30 PM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: Dream Darkroom!! (Questions)
>
> You need a way to ventilate the entire area. Can't have too much good
> air. Also heating and cooling.
>
> George
>
> >From: "Best, Dianne" <dbest@hydro.mb.ca>
> >Date: Fri Apr 22 13:21:50 CDT 2005
> >To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> >Subject: Dream Darkroom!! (Questions)
>
> >MessageMy present darkroom is a small bedroom on the main floor
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/calamityjanecanary/Darkroom2.jpg 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 18:41:02 2005