Quote Originally Posted by Byzantine_Prince
I understand most of what you said very well . How many different peaces of equipment does the Darkroom require. Space is not an issue. Moreover how much would it cost in total to set up?
In that case...It doesn't take much space. There are only three main requirements: ventilation so that you don't get sick; total darkness; and nearby water.

If you can't get ventilation then buy a painter's air filter that will work for oil based paints, about 18 bucks and a lot cheaper than putting in a ventilation or room sized air filter.

As far as light goes. Just seal up the space and stand in it for about 5 minutes and you'll see any ambient light. If you really want to go check then go into the darkroom, shut off the safelight and pull out about 6 inches of film and hold it up. Develop it and you should have no image at all, if you have a blurry smudge in the film then you have a light leak.

A definite must is the Kodak lab manual; it gives you all the information that you will need about your chemistry.

A big plus of developing your own is that you can buy a bulk loader and load your own film.

I didn't know that Tri-X was being fazed out. That sucks. I like Tri-X.

Be careful about the BW on the PC, some printers don't handle it very well and you get an image with a weird color cast. Usually you can get rid of most of it by dramatically decreasing the blue color channel but that doesn't always work. Before you go digital ask a lot of questions.